Nataly Andria

Life and career

Andria was born in Antsirabe, Madagascar, from a mother descendant of the Royal Family, and a father who was, originally, a singer/guitar player, but then turned to a more classical way of life, by working in the national Oil and Gas company, in order to provide more stability to their five children.

As a youth, her father, who was the leader of rock n' blues band the "CCC guitars", taught her about Jazz music and Blues Music. She developed her skills of playing the guitar with two of her brothers, both founded the acclaimed band L.A Doudh and was awarded as the best alternative rock band in Madagascar in 1998. She learned various genres of music through her musical household.

Andria rose to fame by being the finalist among thousand contestants, in 2003, of the nationally broadcast TV Contest show Pazzapa. Her first single, in her mother tongue, "K'atao ahoana moa", released just right after the TV show, brought Andria to the position of a valuable and notable young artist of the nation.

Andria, then, moved to France and pursued a degree in Economics and Management at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, with majoring in Finance and Banking. She is fluent in four languages: Malagasy, French, English and Spanish. She is currently still living in Paris and has been naturalized as a French citizen in 2015.

In 2008, she met the French DJ Sims off Now Futur, who produced her first EP Out of Stage.

In 2010, she went back to Madagascar for few months and stayed near her mother who was suffering from a cancer. Most of her songs included in her EP "Something New", released in 2013, were written and produced during that stay.

Andria left the indie record label Kulture Label just right after the release of "Something New" and started to work with an other indie record label named Be Live Records in 2014. She is currently working on her debut album. Meanwhile, she multiplied collaborations with various artists from different backgrounds on different side projects, such as French DJ Ilo Bosco or her duet with Joel Rabesolo in the band "The GasyQuarians".

She released her single "Used 2" (feat. Ilo Bosco) on Sept. 7th, 2015 and has announced at the beginning of year 2016, the release of new music during the ongoing year. On June 30th, 2016, Andria confirmed the new musical direction she chose, electro-soul music, with the release of her EP "Covered (The remix)". Thrilled to experience music in all forms, Andria started to spin some records as a DJ in some private parties in Europe during the whole year of 2016. From that place, she decided to give birth to her very own side project or alter ego , LAINGO, a Deep House music producer and DJ. Andria explained that the alter ego will help to make a clear distinction between her career as a singer and her career as a DJ that she will intend to develop as well.

LAINGO, the alter ego has dropped her first single on December, 30th, 2016 on Soundcloud and will be officially released on January, 11th, 2017.

Meanwhile, Nataly Andria, is officially introduced in the Hall of fame of Divas of Madagascar, when she sang the national anthem of her birth country, for the President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, at the UNESCO headquarters, on December, 1rst, 2016 at the donators for Madagascar Conference.

Philanthropy

Nataly Andria has been living in France for many years now but she always felt that her heart was still in her motherland. By the age of 25 years old she became the Goodwill Ambassador of NGO Vakan'ala. She used her fame and raised her voice for awareness and helped this NGO spreading the message of the necessity of saving and conserving the unique biodiversity heritage of Madagascar.

Malagasy by heart, she is most of all a citizen of the world. In 2014 Andria enrolled as a United Nations Volunteer and started to work with association Arpedac which aims at developing sustainable energy in Central Africa.

Singles

Extended Plays

Filmography

This is a chronologically-ordered list of films and television shows in which Nataly Andria has appeared.