Shadow on the Wall

In 2018 a classically-trained harp player walked into an underground rave in London. Thrilled by the sense of community that drove the party, UK-based singer / producer Tatyana made it a goal to play her own music in this kind of environment some day. No surprise, that’s exactly what she did the following year. It’s not the kind of show one might expect an artist with her background to play, but this is how things happen in Tatyana’s world – her moves seem surprising until you realize they’ve made perfect sense all along. Born to Russian and English parents, she lived in Holland, Russia, Singapore, and Boston – where she attended Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship – before settling back in her hometown of London in 2017; the transient nature of her upbringing has certainly informed her music. From underground raves to viral YouTube covers to playing harp on tour with Neneh Cherry, there seems to be no scene that she doesn’t thrive in. Her new music is a multi-faceted product of all of that experience, the kind of precisely produced, impossibly catchy pop that takes other artists entire careers to nail.