| Ida Maria | |
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 Ida Maria playing guitar in 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen |
| Born | 13 July 1984 |
| Origin | Nesna, Norway |
| Genres | Punk rock Indie rock Alternative rock |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Vocals |
| Years active | 2007- |
| Labels | Nesna Records/Mercury/Lava |
| Website | www.idamaria.co.uk |
Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen (born 13 July 1984 in Nesna, Helgeland) is a Norwegian rock musician and songwriter known primarily by the stage name Ida Maria, (pronounced ‘Ee-da’). Her first album; Fortress Round My Heart was released in 2008. In November 2010 she released her second album Katla in Norway; the album was released internationally on 7 June 2011.
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Ida Maria was born and raised in the small town of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. She currently lives in Nesna, Norway.[citation needed]
She specializes in fiercely energetic and exciting alternative pop-punk music with catchy melodies and witty lyrics. Ida taught herself to play guitar and began performing at local concerts at age fourteen. [1]
Ida Maria gained considerable success in Norway in 2007 after winning two national competitions for unknown artists - Zoom urørt 2006 and Urørtkonkurransen 2007 - and playing successful shows at the annual Norwegian music industry festival By:Larm 2007 and 2008. Her singles "Oh My God" and "Stella" were both played regularly on Norwegian national radio station NRK P3.[citation needed]
Ida Maria later expanded her popularity outside of her native country, namely in the United Kingdom, where she appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, was interviewed by The Times, and performed at the Glastonbury Festival.{{[2]}}
In September, 2009 Ida released a remix of her explosive debut single "Oh My God" with legendary punk rock icon Iggy Pop singing backing vocals. [3]
Having performed at various festivals, including Reading, and being nominated for Best Rock/Indie Artist category at the BT Digital Music Awards 2008, Ida Maria has toured in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.{{[4]Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
Ida Maria performed her song "I Like You So Much Better When You´re Naked" at The Tonights Show With Jay Leno in 2009. [5]
Ida Maria is reported to have the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia which, in her case, means she envisions colours when she hears music.[6]
‘I don’t know what life’s like without it, as I’ve always had it,’ she says. ‘As I’ve gotten older, I’ve seen that it has definitely been a bonus in terms of what I do. When I started to play guitar, I made this colour sheet for all the chords. I didn’t know what they were called, but I knew exactly what colours and shades they were. So I made songs with colour palettes which was really cool.’ [7]
Ida Maria's song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" was featured in episode 8 of "My Life As Liz" entitled "A Prom to Remember Part 2". It was played during the dancing sequence at the prom. Her song "Louie" is being used for some commercials for the FX TV show Louie (TV series). The song Oh My God was one of the first songs confirmed to be featured in Rock Band 3.[8]
Ida Maria's song "Keep Me Warm" was featured in the season 4 finale of the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy and during some Nivea commercials during the Fall of 2009.[9]
Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was featured in the trailer for "It's Kind of a Funny Story".{{[10]}}
Ida Maria was one of the co-headliners of the 2009 Perez Hilton Presents tour. On 17 September 2009, after a Boston show, she pulled out of the tour, citing exhaustion.[11]
Her second album, Katla, was released on 8 November 2010 in Norway.[12] And internationally on 7 June 2011.
Her song "Bad Karma" was featured in the 2011 films Scream 4 & Bad Teacher, and in an episode of Gossip Girl together with the song "Quite Nice People", both from the album Katla.
Ida Marias song Oh My God was featured in a Finnish film, Sisko tahtoisin jäädä (Sister, I wanted to stay), released in 2010.
In 2008 Ida Maria contributed backing vocals for the track "Words" on Guillemots' 2008 album Red.[citation needed]
In 2009 Ida Maria collaborated with the norwegian band DeLillos for the track "Flink" on DeLillos ´2009 album Huskeglemme [13]
Ida Maria has collaborated with the norwegian rapper Joddski on two occations, first on the track "Sannhetsserum" on Joddski´s2010 album Krig & Kjærlighet [14], second time on the track "Hold Ut" on Joddski´s 2011 album Bensin På Båletref>http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.7736703</ref>
In 2012 Ida Maria did a duet with Anthony Green for the track "Can´t Be Satisfied" on Anthony Green´s 2012 album Beautiful Things [15]
On stage Ida Maria prefers a white Fender Stratocaster American Vintage 62´reissue together with a Fender DeLuxe amp. [16]
For her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, Ida Maria's backing band included:[20]
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