Vula Malinga

Vula Malinga (born May 5, 1980) is an American-born English singer. Born in the United States to South African parents, she was raised in Hackney, London.[1] Her religious parents supported her singing talents by allowing her to join the church choir, which resulted in her becoming one of the lead singers for the London Community Gospel Choir.

Vula Malinga
Malinga performing with Basement Jaxx at the Orange Warsaw Festival in 2013
Background information
Born (1980-05-05) May 5, 1980
United States
OriginHackney, London, England
GenresDance
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2001–present
LabelsDivaGeek Records
Associated actsBasement Jaxx

This brought her to the notice of Basement Jaxx, with whom she sang lead on their single "Oh My Gosh". The collaboration continues to this day, and led to her supporting fellow Basement Jaxx singer Sam Sparro on his tour.

In 2007, she sang lead locals on BBC South's re-recording of the hymn "Amazing Grace", created to help mark the 200 years since the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.[2] In 2008, Malinga began developing her own music under her own record label, DivaGeek Records, releasing her first single "Wondering Why" in October.

In 2009, she sang support vocals for Dizzee Rascal on his 2009 album Tongue N' Cheek, and has supported him on live appearances, including Live Lounge, Later... with Jools Holland and the 2009 BBC Electric Proms.

"Better Days", the title song of Incognito's 2016 album In Search of Better Days, features Malinga as lead singer.

In 2019, she collaborated as featured artist with English DJ Riton and Dutch producer Oliver Heldens on the song "Turn Me On", which interpolates "Doctor Love" by First Choice and "Don't Go" by Yazoo.[3]

Vula performed live at Trevor Nelson's Soul Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019.[4]

Discography (as vocalist)

References
  1. "Introducing Vula Malinga". Represent. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. "Vula Malinga interview". BBC South. March 12, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  3. Vogrin, Daniel (November 15, 2019). "Riton x Oliver Heldens feat. Vula – "Turn Me On"". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  4. https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2019/trevor-nelsons-soul-christmas-2019/. Retrieved 14 January 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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