Biography

With her voice, Yumi Ito creates worlds far beyond all borders. The Swiss singer with Polish-Japanese roots is considered one of the most outstanding representatives of vocal improvisation, and effortlessly operates between genres as well as her roles as a singer, pianist, composer, and improviser. Consequently, Ito's own music is diverse, a veritable ocean of art-pop, jazz, folk and neoclassical.
 Her third single "Drama Queen" of her upcoming album was written in the historic Jensens Hus, one of the oldest buildings in Iceland, where Yumi Ito worked on the music for her new album. Since there were no keyboard instruments there, only an old guitar, this is what she used to work on the song and its 13/8 time signature. Shrouded in a failed relationship, the thematic core describes how former lovers often wear a mask of acceptance and hide behind it, despite the pain of the break-up. At the same time, the song also stands for strength, for breaking free from the shackles of thought - or: the transformation from victim to queen. 
 The new album "Ysla" will be released with Enja Yellow Bird Records on the 14/4/2023 
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