Inch chua
Encyclopedia
Inch Chua Yun Juan is a Singaporean singer-songwriter
, musician
, composer
and multi-instrumentalist
. She gained national recognition after being the first Singapore
solo artist to be invited to the prestigious South by Southwest
(SXSW) Music Festival. She has since gained visibility with the release of her 2010 debut full length album
Wallflower. Her music is influenced by everything from early pop
classics, oldies
, jazz
to alt-rock
. Her material is best described as a schizophrenic potpourri of introspective acoustic tunes, chirpy electronica and introspective lyrics.
Singles
Music videos
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, musician
Musician
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, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
. She gained national recognition after being the first Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
solo artist to be invited to the prestigious South by Southwest
South by Southwest
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(SXSW) Music Festival. She has since gained visibility with the release of her 2010 debut full length album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
Wallflower. Her music is influenced by everything from early pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
classics, oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
to alt-rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
. Her material is best described as a schizophrenic potpourri of introspective acoustic tunes, chirpy electronica and introspective lyrics.
Discography
Albums- The Bedroom EP (2009)
- Peace, Love & Mistletoe (2009)
- Wallflower (2010)
Singles
- "Aqueous Oblivion" (2009)
- "Rule The World" (2010)
- "The More We Get Together" (2011)
Music videos
Year | Song | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
2009 | "Devotion In Reality" | Jac Min |
2010 | "Rule The World" | Han West & Laetitia Gangotena |