Ecca Vandal
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| Born | Louis Trichardt, South Africa |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Years active | 2013 (2013)–present |
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| Website | www |
Ecca Vandal is a South African-born Sri Lankan-Australian singer-songwriter and rapper, currently living in Melbourne. To date, Vandal has released one studio album; Ecca Vandal.
Vandal was born in Louis Trichardt, South Africa, to Sri Lankan Tamil refugee parents. When she was a child, her parents chose to leave South Africa with Ecca and her older sisters and moved to Australia, settling in Melbourne.[1] Vandal grew up listening to gospel music, and, as she recalled, "got into [her] sister's record collection, soul and hip hop and '90s RnB. And then [she] actually became obsessed with jazz music".[2] Vandal attended the Victorian College of the Arts, studying for a Bachelor of Creative Arts.[3][4]
In July 2015, she played at Splendour in the Grass.[5]
On 29 January 2016, Vandal's debut EP, End of Time was released, with her performing a promotional national tour throughout February.[6]
On 28 July 2017, Vandal released her first single, "Broke Days, Party Nights", from her then-upcoming debut album, with an accompanying music video. On 22 September, the single "Future Heroine" was released, along with its music video. On 12 October, Vandal released the third single, "Price of Living", featuring Dennis Lyxzén of Refused, and Jason Aalon Butler of Letlive.[7] On 20 October, Vandal released her debut self-titled album. Thomas Smith, of NME, gave the album a rating of 4-out-of-5 stars.[8] From 3–25 November, Vandal performed a national tour for the album. In December, Vandal made her UK tour debut, supporting Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. She then returned home to perform at the 2017 Falls Music & Arts Festival.[9]
In March 2018, she supported Incubus on their Australian East Coast tour.[10] In April, Vandal released a music video for her track "Your Orbit", featuring Sampa the Great. June saw Ecca Vandal perform at Download Festival on the Avalanche Stage.[11] In July, Ecca Vandal traveled to Paris, France and performed at Afropunk Paris 2018 held at the Grande Halle de la Villette.[12] On 24-26 August, Ecca Vandal performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals back in the UK.[13] In September she performed at Reeperbahn 2018.[14] In November, Vandal collaborated with Birdz on his track "Place of Dreams".[15] In December, Vandal joined the lineup for the inaugural Good Things Festival.[16]
On 10 January 2019, Ecca Vandal was confirmed to appear on Hilltop Hoods' new album The Great Expanse as a featured artist, it was later released in February. She appears on the tracks "Be Yourself" alongside feature artist Nyassa, and "Exit Sign" alongside feature artist Illy.[17] "Exit Sign" debuted at #44 on the ARIA Singles Charts.[18] On 15 May, Vandal was confirmed to appear at the 2019 Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, performing with Two People and Slag Queens.[19] On 10 July, Vandal was featured on the single "In My Mind" by Alice Ivy.[20] On 10 December, Vandal co-wrote and performed the vocals for League of Legends' new champion Rell's theme song.[21]
On 21 February 2021, Ecca Vandal was featured on Void of Vision's re-imagined version of their single "Decay" from their 2019 album Hyperdaze.[22]
| Title | Album details |
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| End of Time |
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| Title | Year | Album |
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| "White Flag" | 2014 | non-album singles |
| "Father Hu$$la" | 2015 | |
| "Battle Royal" | End of Time | |
| "End of Time" | ||
| "Broke Days, Party Nights" | 2017 | Ecca Vandal |
| "Future Heroine" | ||
| "Price of Living" |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| "Oblivion" (Moonbase Commander featuring Ecca Vandal) | 2016 | – | Orthodox | ||
| "Happy Birthday, Lisa" (Dan Cribb featuring Ecca Vandal)[24] | 2017 | – | Worst Tribute Ever | ||
| "I Know How It Goes" (Nina Las Vegas featuring Vera Blue & Ecca Vandal) | 2018 | – | Lucky Girl | ||
| "Place of Dreams"[25] (Birdz featuring Ecca Vandal) | – | Place of Dreams | |||
| "Exit Sign" (Hilltop Hoods featuring Illy & Ecca Vandal) | 2019 | 16 |
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The Great Expanse | |
| "In My Mind" (Alice Ivy featuring Ecca Vandal) | – | Don't Sleep | |||
| "Rell, the Iron Maiden" (Riot Games, featuring Ecca Vandal) | 2020 | _ | Non-album singles | ||
| "Decay" (Void of Vision, featuring Ecca Vandal) | 2021 | _ | Hyperdaze (Redux) | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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| "Be Yourself" | 2019 | Hilltop Hoods featuring Ecca Vandal & Nyassa | The Great Expanse |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "White Flag" | 2014 | Andrew Stalph Richard Buxton |
| "Battle Royal" | 2015 | |
| "Father Hu$$la" | ||
| "End of Time" | Matthew Chuang | |
| "Truth to Trade" | 2016 | Richard Buxton |
| "Broke Days, Party Nights" | 2017 | Richard Buxton Sean McDonald |
| "Future Heroine" | Ecca Vandal Indoor Fountains | |
| "Your Orbit" (featuring Sampa the Great) | 2018 | Unknown |
The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2018[27][28] | Ecca Vandal | Best Live Act of the Year - People's Choice | Nominated |
