Aruna (singer)
| Aruna | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Aruna Beth Abrams |
| Born |
January 16, 1975 Flemington, New Jersey |
| Genres | Trance, progressive house |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, DJ |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Labels | Enhanced Music, Armada Music, Anjunabeats, Black Hole, Monstercat |
| Associated acts | Armin van Buuren, Myon & Shane 54, Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate, Mr FijiWiji, Direct, Rameses B |
| Website | http://www.arunamusic.com |
Aruna Beth Abrams (born January 16, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, producer, and pianist. She is best known as a vocalist in dance music since 2007 and a DJ/producer since 2011. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
Aruna grew up in Flemington, New Jersey, the daughter of Beatrice and Larry S. Abrams, a clinical pharmaceutical researcher. Her name was suggested by her Indian godfather and means "sunrise" in Hindi. She began studying classical piano and later, jazz improvisation, and left her hometown to study piano as well as film scoring and electronic music production at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. In 1996 she worked on the 'Portal' project together with members of the progressive metal band Cynic, providing vocals and keyboards. This material was eventually released in 2012 as the The Portal Tapes, under the Cynic name. At Berklee, Abrams was taught music production, audio editing and sounds design, while she graduated in 1999.
Growing up, Abrams listened mostly to 70s and 80s pop, which changed when 'my tastes started diversifying and I got into hair, thrash and death metal as a teen'. She first began performing as an acoustic singer-songwriter at local coffee houses in Boston, and recorded the three-song demo Broken Circles, produced by Alain Mallet and mixed by Kevin Killen. In 2000 she was selected as the opening act for the Boston show of The Girls Room Tour showcase.
After graduating college, Aruna relocated to Los Angeles. In 2004, she recorded and self-released her first full-length album, Running Red Lights. While pursuing a career as a pop singer-songwriter, Aruna saw some early success when a number of her songs were featured on the MTV shows, Laguna Beach and The Hills. An even bigger break came when she co-wrote a song for Miley Cyrus entitled “I Got Nerve” for the 2006 #1 Billboard album, the Hannah Montana: Season One soundtrack.
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