Sophie Koh

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Sophie Koh

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Img_capt = Sophie Koh promotional photo by [http://www.benloveridge.com Ben Loveridge] (2005)
Background = solo_singer
Years_active = 2000–present
Origin = Melbourne, Australia
Genre = Folk
Rock
Pop
Instrument = Vocals, guitar, Piano
Label = [http://www.infidelity.com.au/ In-Fidelity Recordings]
URL = [http://www.sophiekoh.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Phil Collings, Ivan Jakic, [http://www.myspace.com/timreidmusic Tim Reid]
Past_members = David Kleynjans

Sophie Koh is a singer and songwriter based in Australia.

Brief Biography

Born in 1979, she grew up in New Zealand and in Singapore. Based in Melbourne, she headed north to Darwin after finishing university, where she won Triple J's Unearthed contest in 2003. Returning to Melbourne, she launched her debut album "All The Pretty Boys" in 2005. Sophie is regularly asked to play high profile events in Melbourne and around Australia. She performed the national anthem live from Caulfield Raceway (Super Saturday) in March 2007. It was broadcast live on Channel 7, and syndicated on many other networks.

Achievements

Sophie Koh signed to the In-Fidelity Recordings label after winning Triple J's Unearthed Contest in 2003. In 2005 she appeared on "rage" on the ABC TV channel. She became a successful breakthrough female artist by reaching as high as #3 on Triple J's Net 50 and remaining in the chart for 8 consecutive weeks. Her single "Anywhere" from her debut album "All The Pretty Boys" has been played all over Australia on Triple J radio stations and scored a slot on "rage" playlists in successive weeks during July and August 2005.

In early 2005, Sophie Koh appeared on Australian TV show RockWiz performing her song Anywhere and then singing a duet with legendary Australian singer Jimmy Little. They performed a cover of The Turtles song, "Happy Together". In 2008, she appeared on Rockwiz again. This time, the male, counterpart musician was Steve Kilbey from Australian band, The Church. The song they performed together at the end of the show was a cover of The Go Betweens, "Streets of Your Town". In the quiz part of the show, Kilbey's team beat Koh's 160 to 145.

In August 2006, Sophie Koh and 2006 ARIA Female Artist of The Year Clare Bowditch performed together live on JJJ Radio in an outside broadcast from Darwin, Northern Territory. For the event,which was hosted by Robbie Buck and Jay, Clare and Sophie were known as the "Children of the Evolution House Band" and played a version of the T-Rex song as the theme for the day. Sophie also performed a live version of her song "Honey I will Buy You A Mercedes Benz".

Sophie has supported acts such as The Eels, The Go-Betweens, Paul Kelly, Betchadupa, Pete Murray, Alex Lloyd, Paul Dempsey, Ember Swift and Mick Thomas.

Sophie Koh's second album "All Shook Up" (produced by J Walker(Machine Translations)) was released in Australia on August 9th 2008. As of 2008, Sophie is touring Australia, playing all states and territories.

Discography

Albums

*"All The Pretty Boys" (2005)
*"All Shook Up" (2008)

EPs and singles

*"Anywhere" (2005) #3 Triple J Net 50
*"Silly Thing" (2006) EP
*"Objects In This Mirror" (2008) single iTunes only

Compilations

*"She Will Have Her Way" - "Charlie" (2005)
*"Like A Version 2" - "Creep"(Radiohead) (2006)
*"Lazy Sunday" - "Silly Thing" (2006)
*"Acoustic 2" - "All The Pretty Boys" (2006)
*"Rockwiz - Two For The Show" with Jimmy Little- "Happy Together" (2006) - DVD

External links

* [http://www.sophiekoh.com/ Sophie Koh Official Site]
* [http://www.kohreidheeney.com/ Koh - Reid - Heeney Official Site]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/unearthed/nt/sophie_koh.htm Triple J interview with Sophie Koh]
* [http://www.roocast.com/ Sophie Koh podcast included in Australian Music Podcast feed]
* [http://abc.net.au/jtv/video/default.htm?clip=sophiekoh Sophie Koh clip on JTV 'Honey I Will Buy You A Mercedes Benz']
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzlIzADOuhw Sophie Koh video clip on youtube 'Anywhere']
* [http://myspace.com/sophiekoh Sophie Koh on myspace]