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Elviin Duval Dalphinis Smith (born 5 April 1984), better known as Elviin is a British singer/songwriter and self-taught pianist from South London. His voice is characterised by a very smooth tone and his music is a mix of soulful rock. His name is pronounced the same way as the single 'I' spelling of Elvin.
He signed to Virgin Records in 2007, ten months after learning to play the piano, and toured with Jack Peñate shortly after. In 2008, Elviin recorded his debut album "Made Of" with producer Tony Hoffer at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles. In between recording trips, Elviin toured with Gary Go, V V Brown, Natty and was the main support act for Adele on her first major UK tour.[1] He performed two acoustic sessions for MySpace and MTV.[2]
Elviin performed at the Camden Crawl Festival.[3]
Elviin's song "In Colour" was a limited release in 2009, it featured on Channel 4 drama Nearly Famous, and in August it was A-listed on BBC Radio 2.[4] Elviin performed live twice on Dermot O'Leary's BBC Radio 2 show, one session was a recorded performance at Latitude Festival.[5] His first single "Good Books" was released on 18 January 2010.
As part of 'Radio 2 Introduces Elviin', he performed a cover version of "Rocket Man" for the BBC's Great British Songbook.
Elviin was the main support for Alesha Dixon on her October/November UK tour entitled The Alesha Show.
"Made Of" was made available to download for free on the 3rd November 2010 under his own Clicks n' Claps record label.
[edit] References
- ^ LastFM
- ^ Clicksnclaps.com
- ^ camden crawl
- ^ BBC Radio
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/22/latitude.shtml
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elviin/15074540437
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/latitude-2009/elviin/
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/25/new-band-menya
- http://blog.atribecallednext.com/2009/01/28/greenlight-elviin/
- http://londonist.com/2009/05/listen_up_elviin.php
- http://www.sugarscape.com/tags/new-music-we-love/336103/new-music-we-love-elviin
- http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/reviews/Elviin-7787.html
- http://cde.cerosmedia.com/Volume_Issue2/1W47066e6d3588e012.cde/page/8
