Jane Lui
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jane Wing-Chi Lui |
Also known as | Surrija LuieLand |
Born | April 24 United States |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter producer performer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals Piano Guitar Percussion Melodica Glockenspiel Music box |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | unsigned |
Website | www |
Jane Wing-Chi Lui is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Southern California.
Biography
[edit]Lui grew up in Hong Kong and at the age of 12, she moved to the United States.[1]
Her musical influences include Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Björk.[2] She has opened for Jason Mraz, Jim Bianco, Kate Earl, Vienna Teng, Tom Brosseau, and others. In 2004, she started her solo career.[3] Since then, she has released three albums.
Lui voices Mother Tanaka in the 2012 animated short film, Hibakusha, alongside Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, and William Frederick Knight.[4]
In 2019, Lui successfully crowdfunded her fourth album[5] under the name SURRIJA. New tracks have now premiered on Earmilk[6] and Audiofemme.[7]
Lui is credited as being Opera Evelyn in the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. She is also credited on the movie's soundtrack under the track "Opera Fight."
Education
[edit]Lui has a degree in music education from San Diego State University.[8] She is classically trained in piano and voice.[9]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Teargirl (2004)
- "Yellow Light"
- "Pigeon Woman"
- "Blackest Crow"
- "Blue Square"
- "Freddie Goodtime"
- "Playing God"
- "Years of Roses"
- "Phaedon"
- "Marvelous"
- "Rainbow Sleve"
- "Pigeon Woman" (hidden track; produced by Greg Laswell)
- Barkentine (2007)
- "Third place Difference"
- "West in Me"
- "Hunter"
- "Libra Armor"
- "Barkentine Interlude"
- "Snowboots in Summer"
- "Firefly"
- "Surrija"
- "Barkentine Memoir"
- "Widowmakers"
- "Made of Ribbons"
- "Below" (hidden track; live from San Diego performance)
- Goodnight Company (2010)
- "Goodnight Company"
- "Jailcard"
- "Edelweiss"
- "Perished"
- "Illusionist Boy"
- "Southern Winds"
- "Take Me For Now"
- "New Jersey"
- "Long Ago"
- "Last Rose of Summer"
Others
[edit]- Prate and Idle Chatter (2000) – with Jason and Jane (pop duo)
- Two Fridays for Thursday (2002) – Jason and Jane (pop duo)
- Vega (2003) – with Starline Theorie, co-wrote & lead vocal (soundscape)
- Obon (2005) – Starline Theorie, co-wrote & lead vocal (soundscape)
- Opera Fight (2022) – with Son Lux and YMusic
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2009 Featured Artist on YouTube[10]
- 2009 1st Runner up Kollaboration – The Shrine, Los Angeles, CA[11]
- 2008 Best Recording Nominee – San Diego Music Awards, CA[12]
- 2008 Winner of Kollaboration – Ford Amphiteatre, Los Angeles, CA[13]
- 2007 Best of Performing Arts Nominee – San Diego/Los Angeles Asian Heritage Awards[14]
- 2006 Best Female Performer and Best Keyboard Player – San Diego Honoring Acoustic Talent Awards[15]
- 2006 Best of Performing Arts Nominee – San Diego/Los Angeles Asian Heritage Awards[16]
Reviews
[edit]Justin Roberts writes positively about Lui, describing her vocals as "sultry" and "candlelit".[17] On Barkentine, the San Diego Troubadour notes the originality of her album.[18]
For her performance of Below at Kollaboration 9 in Los Angeles, Ernie Hsiung describes Lui as a "...stand out performer..."[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Around the World in Her Mind: An Interview with Jane Lui". Asia Pacific Arts. January 25, 2011.
- ^ San Diego Reader | Jane Lui
- ^ Jane Lui :: About This Artist – ReverbNation
- ^ "HIBAKUSHA Behind The Scenes: Jane Lui". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ "Jane Lui • SURRIJA • Fourth Album by Jane Lui – Kickstarter". Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ "Surrija is waiting for you in "Barcelona"". February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ "Surrija Retells Picasso Muse Lydia Corbett's Story With New Song, "Sylvette"". Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ Pacific Media Expo || music
- ^ Bio from JaneLui.com
- ^ YouTube – Jane Lui Freddie Goodtime Monterey Park, CA
- ^ "Kollaboration – EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT – Kollaboration 9". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ San Diego Music Awards 2008 | SignOnSanDiego.com Entertainment Guide
- ^ "Kollaboration – EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT – Kollaboration Acoustic 2". Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ "AHA Past Nominees – ASIA Media Frontpage". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ "2006 Winners". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ "2006 AHA Nominees List – ASIA Media Frontpage". Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ Demo Review 2008 Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The San Diego Troubadour". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ^ Jane Lui’s “Firefly” | Entertainment | 8Asians.com