Half Icelandic and half Italian, 27-year-old Emiliana Torrini is a romantic at heart.

Discovered in Iceland by the MD of One Little Indian, who happened to be eating in a restaurant where she was singing, Emiliana had grown up in a town outside Reykjavik and spent her childhood summers with her grandmother in the wild, spacious countryside.

Lush, magnificent soundscapes are captured within her intimate, whispering voice.

Back in 1999, when Emiliana released her critically-acclaimed debut, Love In The Time Of Science, it was a gorgeous, trip hoppin' vision of endless summer and moonlit nights.

Now, following her departure from One Little Indian, there's a new introspection, closer to Nick Drake or Jolie Holland than Portishead or Goldfrapp.

Talking about her new album Fisherman's Woman, Emiliana explains: "This whole record is about these four years I was away. Very life-changing times. A lot of things happened. I just couldn't at this stage go back to writing a record like I did before."

Indie HQ Rough Trade clearly approved of her new direction. They signed Emiliana immediately after hearing the first demos from Fisherman's Woman.

Since Love In The Time Of Science the singer/songwriter has moved to Brighton, joined the cast of Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers to perform Gollum Song, toured with Thievery Corporation and written Slow, a number one hit for Kylie.

"It was a very fun thing to do," she says.

"It was an opportunity to dust off my dancing shoes and write music that I don't normally write but love, and then keep the smokey-little-bar-music to my self."

Slow was written and produced with Brixton-based producer Mr Dan, midway through the sessions which became Fisherman's Woman. Emiliana decided to go back to basics and write with just a guitar and no electronics or programming.

"One thing I knew very well is that I wanted a very intimate vocal sound," she says. "This album was recorded with candles, laughing fits and my duvet."

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