CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

KAYA's unique music draws on such influences as jazz, soul, blues, pop, folk and contemporary sound-scape with all band members coming from music/performing arts courses at UWS.
Together, they create urban music that is both lyrically and melodically compelling - if not a little cheeky and sensuous as well. In concert, KAYA performs a capella in 4-part harmony and also with instruments.
Chris Irvine (Phonies/Deependers) is a regular feature with them at live shows, he is a multi-instrumentalist Beat Boxer and Drummer and loves to drop FAT beats over their luscious vocals.
Their dynamic live performances are mainly of original songs including 'Don't want to go home', 'Somebody's Lyin'' and 'Move me', 'Too Much Talk' and 'Mr Man' but also add innovative versions of songs they have arranged such as 'Zebra' by John Butler Trio, 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell and a few Bob Marley favourites as well as some mad funky jamming!

Emma, Juleiaah, Alexi and Sally started singing together as Kaya at the end of 2004 and haven't stopped since then.
Originally they got together to arrange Lyin' for a Uni project of Emma's and to support each other in their songwriting and singing ambitions but soon realised that singing together created a sound and a feeling that they had not encountered before. It is an enriching and healing experience for them and they love to pass on this feeling to their audiences.