Aruna Abrams
Aruna Beth Abrams (born January 16, 1975 ) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboard player. Under her stage name Aruna she is known as the vocalist of several trance hits.
Life
Aruna grew up in New Jersey and has played the piano since childhood. She studied music synthesis and film music at Berklee College of Music . After her sophomore year she took a two year hiatus to move to Miami . There she played in the band Portal , which formed in 1994 from the remaining members of the death metal band Cynic after they broke up. Aruna was active as a singer and keyboard player. After Portal disbanded in 1996, she finished her studies and then moved to Los Angeles , where she still lives today.
Her song "Break You Open" won first prize at the USA Songwriting Competition in the Pop category, beating 30,000 other entries. In 2004 she released her debut album Running Red Lights .
One of her most successful productions was her song "I Got Nerve", which she wrote with two other songwriters. The song was recorded by Hannah Montana and was released on the Hannah Montana Soundtrack in October 2006, which sold over 2 million copies in two months and debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Top 200 . The song I Got Nerve came 67th on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Aruna came to electronic dance music in 2007 with the hit single "Waiting Here For You", a collaboration with The Thrillseekers . The single reached number 5 on the Dutch dance charts. Since then, Aruna has worked with several trance artists, including DJ Shah , ATB and Cosmic Gate , and has co-produced more than ten club hits.
After they had already produced the single “Helpless” in 2009 with the Hungarian trance duo Márió Égető and Előd Császár (better known as Myon & Shane 54 ), the trio released the single “Safe (Wherever You Are)” in 2010 under the pseudonym Velvetine . On October 22nd, 2010 her debut single "Let Go" was released.
Discography
EP
- 2001: Broken Circles
Albums
- 2004: Running Red Lights
Singles
- 2007: The Thrillseekers feat. Aruna - Waiting Here for You
- 2008: Double Agents feat. Aruna - Electrified
- 2008: Ronski Speed feat. Aruna - All the Way
- 2008: DJ Shah feat. Aruna - Now or Never
- 2008: George Acosta feat. Aruna - Fallin 'Backwards
- 2009: ATB feat. Aruna - My Saving Grace
- 2009: Filo & Peri feat. Aruna - Ashley
- 2009: Myon & Shane 54 feat. Aruna - Helpless
- 2009: Cosmic Gate feat. Aruna - Under Your Spell
- 2010: Mike Shiver & Aruna - Everywhere You Are
- 2010: Velvetine - Safe (Wherever You Are)
- 2010: Aruna with Mark Eteson - Let Go
- 2011: Cosmic Gate & Myon & Shane 54 feat. Aruna - All Around You
- 2011: Cosmic Gate feat. Aruna - Free Falling (Barra)
- 2012: Ferry Corsten feat. Aruna - Live Forever
- 2012: Myon & Shane 54 feat. Aruna pres. Velvetine - Great Divide
- 2012: Markus Schulz feat Aruna - Sing Me Back to Life
- 2012: Save the Day
- 2013: Myon & Shane 54 with Aruna - Lights
- 2013: Armin van Buuren feat. Aruna - Won't Let You Go
- 2013: Reason to Believe
- 2013: Conjure One feat. Aruna - Still Holding On
- 2014: Start a Fire
- 2014: Aly & Fila feat. Aruna - The Other Shore
- 2015: The End
- 2016: Mr FijiWiji , Direct & Aruna - Time to Say Goodbye
- 2016: Aruna & Rameses B - Ready To Go (feat.KINGDØMS)
- 2016: Aruna - What If / Sunrise
Web links
- Aruna's website ("coming soon")
- Aruna on MySpace
- Aruna's fan page on Facebook
- Aruna at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Aruna's biography on MySpace . Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ↑ berklee.edu: Alumnotes . Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ↑ allmusic.com: Hannah Montana (Bonus DVD) . Retrieved August 28, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abrams, Aruna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abrams, Aruna Beth (full name); Aruna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1975 |