Lachi (artist)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

This article is about a musical artist and author from New York City. For the minority language of Vietnam, see Lachi language.
Lachi
File:Lachihat br -300.jpg
Lachi Music
Lachi
Background information
Genres Pop / Singer Songwriter / Fiction
Occupation(s) Composer, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Author
Instruments Piano, Vocals, Guitar
Labels EMI/Caroline Distribution Trend Def/Sony Music Entertainment
Website www.lachimusic.com

Lachi is a vocalist, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and author based in New York City. Having released numerous albums and singles, Lachi's music is often described as Pop, Pop Rock, or Singer Songwriter.

Early life

Daughter of Author and Professor Dr. Marcellina Offoha and the sixth of seven children, Lachi began writing songs and short stories at a very early age, and performed in musical ensembles throughout her school years. Lachi has a congenital visual impairment, Coloboma of the retina causing legal blindness. Lachi overcame her severe low vision through her music, writing and performing.

Lachi attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she created the all female a cappella group The UNC Cadence. She then moved to New York City to embark upon her music and writing career while working towards a Master's degree in Music at New York University. Apart from obtaining side music gigs, Lachi worked at the New York District's United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Career

Lachi's music can best be described as Pop and Singer Songwriter: with a hint of soul, electronic dance music and sociopolitical musings.

She completed her first project album, "And This Is My Life," full of solo piano pieces released June 6, 2006. The album is an intimate array of jazz, blues and mellow piano songs heavily influenced by life experiences throughout her college years. On January 24, 2009, she released her piano driven alternative rock EP "Ugly Beautiful," full of messages of empowerment and inner growth. This EP demonstrates Lachi's strong songwriting prowess, and though rock, still harbors much of her jazz influence through colorful chord progressions and random spouts of scatting.

She then got picked up by Fanatic Records/EMI-Caroline Distribution, who spotted her at a South by Southwest showcase and signed her for one album. On July 27, 2010, her self-titled piano driven alternative rock album "Lachi" was released, which though edgier and more confident, held her message of inner-growth and strength. The album garnered her a good deal of press and attention, landing her on Oprah Radio and winning her national TV and radio spins. The album made it through to the first round of Grammy nominations. During this time, Lachi performed at PrideFest (Milwaukee) (where she opened for Patti LaBelle).

Lachi then teamed up with Ray Archie, CEO of Music is my First Language to put out “It’s Our Time,” a song she wrote to aid in the launch of MIMFL's social music collaboration platform, Mixluv. She also flew out to L.A. to record new tracks with Trend Def Productions while putting the finishing touches on her first full-length novel, “The Ivory Staff.”

In June 2015 Lachi released The Boss EP through Trend Def Production’s Sony Music Entertainment imprint. Again an album of empowerment, the EP is a high-energy foray into commercial Pop/Dance touched with Dubstep and effects. The single "Boss" found a prominent feature on Oxygen Networks's Bad Girls Club.

In October 2015 Lachi released her Fiction narrative, The Ivory Staff, under the name M. Lachi through independent publisher, Library Tales Publishing.

Discography

Albums

Album information
And This Is My Life
  • Released: June 6, 2006 (U.S.)
  • Singles: "Something Blues"
The Ugly Beautiful EP
  • Released: January 24, 2009 (U.S.)
Lachi
  • Released: July 27, 2010 (U.S.)
  • Singles: "We Can Fly"
Time Heals
  • Released: March 28, 2011 (U.S.)
Bug Out
  • Released: August 29, 2011 (U.S.)
Such A Fool
  • Released: December 1, 2011 (U.S.)
Illusion
  • Released: January 13, 2012 (U.S.)
Make Some Noise Remix EP
  • Released: July 2013 (U.S.)
Last Redemption EP
  • Released: August 2013 (U.S.)
The Boss EP
  • Released: June 2015 (U.S.)

Awards and accomplishments

Prior to 2009
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • Song "Boss" placed on Oxygen's Bad Girls Club
  • Song "What it Feels Like" placed on E's Total Divas
  • Released Mixluv single "It's Our Time"

2015

  • Released "The Boss EP"
  • Published novel "The Ivory Staff"

See also

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Lachi_(artist)&oldid=1464855"