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Isabella Janet Florentina Summers[1][2] (born October 31, 1980)[3] is an English musician, songwriter, producer, remixer and composer. She is a founding member of English indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
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| Birth name | Isabella Janet Florentina Summers |
| Also known as | Isa Machine |
| Born | 31 October 1980 Hackney, England |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Universal Publishing |
| Member of | Florence and the Machine |
Biography
Summers lived her first nine years in Hackney, London,[4] and met Florence Welch as the young Summers would babysit Welch's younger sister Grace. When Summers was nine, her family moved to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. There Summers attended Woodbridge School,[5] had piano lessons and grew an interest in music, crediting some influence from mixtapes made by her father with a very eclectic mixture of everything and anything from Beethoven to Bob Dylan, rarities, poetry, even the Shipping forecast".[6] Hip-hop was a preferred genre, as her neighbours gave her a tape with Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle (1993) and 6 Feet Deep (1994) by Gravediggaz, and she would also spend evenings with fishermen's sons "who smoked loads of weed and listened to hard American rap."[7][3]
For her university years, Summers moved back to London in East Dulwich,[6] where she would get a fine arts degree at Central Saint Martins. In the meantime she bought a set of DJ mixers to learn how to mix, while also doing side jobs such as being a runner for Top of the Pops and transcriptions and film digitizing for Alan Parker.[5] Soon she was working with Dan Greenpeace on his 'All City Show' radio show on XFM London, an experience that led Summers to buy her first MPC which was installed at the cupboard of her shared flat. With the help of a friend she started a studio in a former plastics factory at Crystal Palace, and began making hip hop.[7] During this time, Summers worked with, amongst others, Kashmere, The Iguana Man, IRS Crew, MBC Crew, Inja and The Last Skeptik. She would also have meetings with Welch during DJ work and art school, as Welch was attending the Camberwell College of Arts.[8]
As Summers was hired to remix songs by the band Ludes, Welch became a more common sight at her studio given she was dating Ludes' guitarist Matt Alchin, and even impressed Summers with her singing. One day, as Summers got into a creative rut, which she described as getting "sick of boys telling me what to do", she thought of writing pop music with a woman, and invited Welch to make songs with her.[8][9][10] Following a day joining Summers' beats with Welch's lyrics, soon they were creative partners, with Welch nicknaming Summers "Isabella Machine" for her electronic music skills.[5] This led to their performing together for a time under the name Florence Robot/Isa Machine. The project was renamed Florence and the Machine as according to Welch "that name was so long it'd drive me mad."[11] Summers had only thought of being a producer but ended up as the group's keyboardist, with her second gig being right at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival.[10] Summers has writing and producing credits in Florence and the Machine's first three albums Lungs (2009), Ceremonials (2011) and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015), where she also played piano and percussion.[12]
Summers has also written, produced and remixed tracks for artists including Beyoncé, Juliette Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Jasmine Thompson, Cara Delevingne, Chloe x Halle, Flux Pavilion, Rita Ora, Judith Hill, LP and The Game.[12][13][14][15]
Summers had created the main title song "Was It Love" for the Sky Atlantic series Riviera,[16] and provided her friend Sam Levinson the song "Rage" for his film Assassination Nation (2018),[17] when right after finishing the High as Hope Tour, that film's music supervisor Mary Ramos invited Summers for her first composing gig in a team-up with Mark Isham, scoring the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere,[18] which won her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.[19] Summers followed it by composing the score for the Prime Video series Panic alongside Brian H. Kim,[20] and Netflix's Sex/Life in another collaboration with Isham.[21] Her first solo composing gig was the Apple TV show Physical, whose 1980s setting led to a score full of "crazy synths and over-the-top guitar solos".[10] Afterwards Summers scored her first movie, Call Jane (2022),[22] and the Paramount+ show The Offer.[23]
Summers is working on her first solo album which is set for release in spring 2022. It will feature multiple guest vocalists.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Track | Role(s) | Label | Note | |
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| 2009 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | "Are You Hurting the One You Love" | Yes | Island Records | ||
| "Between Two Lungs" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Cosmic Love" | Yes | Yes | Also remixed with DJ Lexxx Remix | ||||
| "Dog Days Are Over" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Falling" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Ghosts" | Yes | ||||||
| "Hardest of Hearts" | Yes | ||||||
| "Hospital Beds" | Yes | ||||||
| "I'm Not Calling You a Liar" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2011 | Florence and the Machine | Ceremonials | "All This And Heaven Too" | Yes | Island Records | ||
| "No Light, No Light" | Yes | ||||||
| "Remain Nameless" | Yes | Yes | Digital deluxe bonus track | ||||
| Ivan Ink 'n' Isa | Ivan Ink 'n' Isa - EP | "Caught in Symmetry" | Yes | Yes | Brink Records | ||
| "Lover's Kiss" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Silver Or Lead" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Standing on a Hill" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2012 | Dia Frampton | Red | "Bullseye" | Yes | Yes | Universal Republic | |
| Florence and the Machine | Snow White and the Huntsman | "Breath of Life" | Yes | Yes | Island Records | ||
| Sam Sparro | Return to Paradise | "Shades of Grey" | Yes | EMI | |||
| 2013 | Angel Haze | Dirty Gold | "Rose Tinted Suicide" | Yes | Yes | Island Records | |
| 2014 | LP | Forever For Now | "Forever For Now" | Yes | Yes | Warner Bros. Records | |
| "Some day" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Road To Ruin" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Iggy Azalea | Reclassified | "Trouble" | Yes | Virgin EMI Records | Featuring Jennifer Hudson. | ||
| The Game (et al.) | Single | "Don't Shoot" | No | Yes | Multiple labels | Feat. Diddy, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, DJ Khaled, and others. | |
| 2015 | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | "Delilah" | Yes | Island Records | ||
| "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Which Witch" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Flux Pavilion | Tesla | "Never See the Light" | Yes | Yes | Circus Recordings | Featuring Andrea Martin | |
| Katharine McPhee | Hysteria | "Hysteria" | Yes | Yes | N/A | ||
| "Burn" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Lick My Lips " | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Don't Need Love" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Isa Machine and LP | Rock the Kasbah | "Torch" | Yes | Yes | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| 2017 | Isabella Summers | Riviera (TV Series Soundtrack) | "Was It Love" | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2018 | Isabella Summers | Assassination Nation | "Rage" | Yes | Yes | Lakeshore Records | |
| 2020 | Isabella Summers and Mark Isham | Little Fires Everywhere | Entire score | Yes | Yes | Hollywood Records | |
| 2021 | Isabella Summers and Brian H. Kim | Panic | Entire score | Yes | Yes | Milan Records | |
| Tate McRae | "The Darkest Hour" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Isabella Summers and Mark Isham | Sex/Life | Entire score | Yes | Yes | N/A | ||
| Isabella Summers | Physical | Entire score | Yes | Yes | Lakeshore Records | ||
| Paradise City | Entire score | Yes | Yes | Sumerian Records | |||
| Call Jane | Entire score | Yes | Yes | N/A | |||
| 2022 | The Offer | Entire score | Yes | Yes | Paramount Music | ||
References
- American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) IPI no. 565587995
- "Isabella Janet Florentina Summers - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- Extraordinary Machine: Isa Machine, Notion
- TH/E FREETHINKER: Isabella Summers
- Aldeburgh: Florence and the Machine writer set to release new music Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, EADT
- Fifteen Questions Interview with Isabella Summers
- Shannon, Aideen. "Isabella Summers". 1883, June 2012
- Howe, Zoe (2012). Florence + The Machine: An Almighty Sound. Music Sales Group. ISBN 9781780385136.
- Isabella Summers - Florence and the Machine: Roland & Boss TV
- Ottewil, Jim. "Isabella Summers on Florence + the Machine to Emmy-nominated scores". composer.spitifreaudio.com. Spitifire Audio. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- Bell, Sean (26 July 2009). "A piece of my mind: Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- "Isabella Summers - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "The Truth About Cara's Singing Career". British Vogue. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "The Songs In 'Little Fires Everywhere' Will Make You Want To Break Out Your Discman". Bustle. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "Laura L P Pergolizzi and Isabella Summers of Florence and the Machine... | FilmMagic | 142749447". www.filmmagic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "Isabella Summers Writes Theme Song for TV Series Riviera". www.umusicpub.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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- Grobar, Matt (17 August 2020). "'Little Fires Everywhere' Composers Mark Isham & Isabella Summers Talk Moment Of Creative Breakthrough On Hulu Miniseries". Deadline. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "Isabella Summers". Television Academy. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- Central, Film Music. "Isabella Summers". Film Music Central. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "Mark Isham & Isabella Summers Scoring Netflix's 'Sex/Life'". Film Music Reporter. 27 September 2021.
- ASCAP Screen Time Ep. 18 - Isabella Summers + Phyllis Nagy talk Call Jane
- The Offer with Isabella Summers
External links
- Isabella Summers at AllMusic
- Isabella Summers discography at Discogs
- Isabella Summers at IMDb
Media related to Isabella Summers at Wikimedia Commons
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Изабелла Джанет Флорентина Саммерс (англ. Isabella Janet Florentina Summers; род. 31 октября 1980) — британский музыкант, автор песен, продюсер, диджей и участница британской инди-рок-группы Florence and the Machine. Помимо игры на клавишных, Саммерс, по мнению критиков BRIT Awardsruen, является соавтором пяти песен группы[1] в альбоме Lungs[2]. В следующем альбоме — Ceremonials, Саммерс выступила в качестве соавтора только лишь трёх песен.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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