Noia

NOIA is the stage name of Barcelona native Gisela Fulla-Silvestre. A film score sound designer by day, Gisela produces left-of-center pop by night as NOIA. Habits, her 2016 debut EP, reflects NOIA’s myriad musical and cultural influences: everything from dancehall, tropicalia, and R&B, plus the literature and cultural theory of Cavafy, Olaf Stapledon and Byung Chul Han. NOIA also incorporates works her sound-design experience into the mix, creating a uniquely cinematic atmosphere with percussive foley and digital distortion. NOIA has spent the last few years in a creative shell, experimenting with new sounds and techniques. She’s now emerging with a new EP entitled CRISÀLIDA, the Catalan word for “chrysalis.” Across the EP's four tracks, NOIA again unites the disparate styles of her musical heritage, and what emerges is a confluence of cultures: traditional arias flutter atop left-field pop production while lyrics float seamlessly from Spanish and Catalan to English.