Laïka Fatien

French singer
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Laïka Fatien is a French singer aka Laika.

Laïka is the first French artist to be signed by Universal Music Group. Here she recorded "Nebula" produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, and "Come a Little Closer" featuring Roy Hargrove, Ambrose Akinmusire, Graham Haynes & Rufus Reid, produced by Jay Newland & Jean-Philippe Allard and arranged by Gil Goldstein. The album artwork for "Come a Little Closer" was created by Sylvia Plachy the photographer.

With her talent deeply rooted in Paris, Laika was often called on to accompany various artists such as: Vanessa Paradis and Rockin' Squat and was featured on pianist Ran Blake's recording of "Cocktails at Dusk". In 2016, Laika featured on Disney's homage recording entitled "Jazz Loves Disney" alongside Gregory Porter, Melody Gardot and Jamie Cullum.

Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer selected Laïka as his "European Muse" for the Tokyo Universal Exhibition in Japan

She performed at the Luminato Festival in the 70th Birthday Concert for Joni Mitchell at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada

In 2016, she created with her husband, Christopher Thomas, the band Laïka & The Unit.

Date of Birth1st January 1968
Age56 Years
Zodiac SignCapricorn
CountryFrance
Current CityParis
LanguageFrench
ReferenceIMDB