Iraina Mancini

Iraina was born in London, England. Her father, Warren Peace, was a childhood friend of David Bowie, and contributed to several of Bowie's albums and tours.

Iraina's own music career began with Mancini, an electronic pop group that appeared on Channel 4's Mobile Act Unsigned. After Mancini disbanded, Iraina moved to Liverpool and started a band called The Venus Fury with ex members of The Zutons and The Dead 60s.

Iraina is also a DJ, and typically plays Northern soul, early rhythm and blues, ska, funk, Garage Rock and Latin boogaloo. She has played throughout London and internationally at music and film festivals such as the Toronto Film Festival, Glastonbury, and The Secret Garden Party. Mancini has also played for brands such as GQ, NME Awards , swarovski, American Express and Samsung. She ran a popular monthly night called "Soul Box" in east London with Eddie Piller and fashion photographer Dean Chalkley. Iraina also presents a monthly radio show on Soho Radio.

On 19 June 2020, Irania provided vocals for "The War", a single from electronic musicians BT and Matt Fax which appears in the album The Lost Art of Longing.

In 2021 Iraina returned with new solo music including singles "Shotgun", "Deep End", and "Do It (You stole the Rhythm)". Her music takes influences from 60s French cinema, Psychedelia, Serge Gainsbourg and French YeYe girls. All singles playlist and featured heavily on BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 with firm fans in Lauren Laverne, Jo Whiley & Chris Hawkins.

In 2022 she released "Undo the Blue", a single produced by Jagz Kooner.

On 18th August 2023 Iraina released her debut album "Undo the Blue" on Needle Mythology Records to critical acclaim.

On 15th September the band Saint_Etienne_(band) remixed Iraina's dreamy pop single Sugar High.

Undo The Blue was rapturously received by fans and critics alike. Shindig! hymned “a playfully radical first album… perfectly amalgamating disco, psych, pop and rock”, while The Times singled out Iraina’s “intoxicating way with a melody”, describing her as “a new heroine to make us swoon.” Iraina has also enjoyed strong support from several DJs across BBC 6 Music, all echoing the sentiments of early supporter Lauren Laverne, who declared that “this is an artist I absolutely love.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iraina-mancini-review-apocalyptic-cabaret-from-an-infuriatingly-cool-chanteuse-fv9ns9tg0

https://1883magazine.com/iraina-mancini/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/20/everything-but-the-girl-fuse-review-still-staking-out-pops-frontier-after-40-years

https://allmusicmagazine.com/all-music-magazine-uk-album-review-iraina-mancini-undo-the-blue/

https://www.clashmusic.com/news/iraina-mancinis-cannonball-feels-like-a-lost-spy-theme/

https://thebookofman.com/mind/culture/iraina-mancini-on-beating-the-lows-and-finding-the-highs/