Writing soulful music is as natural as the very earth singer-songwriter, Lisa Oribasi, stands on. Raised in the heart of the Swiss mountains, it’s no wonder that Oribasi’s inspiration comes from the world around her. Channeling her inner child, her music is told through the freedom and imagination of child-like wonder, yet there’s a maturity in the lyrics and her indie-folk soundscape. The sun, the moon, the seasons and her personal relationships all play a part in her storytelling, while her stage presence is its own force of nature.
Lisa Oribasi’s songwriting journey began when she was 8 years old, picking up the guitar and crafting songs underneath a tree, in her tiny village. The innocence and naivety of childhood still linger in Oribasi’s songs, but now that expression holds a cheeky irony and adult perspective. Staying true to her roots, her sound is organic and nostalgic, blending natural instrumentation with man-made textures. This intuitive writing style led Oribasi to the metropolis of London where she developed and nurtured her talents in a Vocal and Songwriting degree in 2015. Her time in London offered an array of impressive opportunities, performing at venues such as the O2 Islington, Under the Bridge and Shepherd’s Bush Empire, including a personal invitation to perform at the iTunes Head Office London. 2017 became a pivotal moment in Oribasi’s career, when she was chosen as the artist for the Swiss equivalent of the John Lewis’s Christmas advert, retail company Coop, performing her song ‘Memories.’ Within a week, the song reached number 1 in the charts and has amassed nearly 2 million streams on Spotify alone, with over 20,000 monthly listeners. She was a noted songwriter for ‘Victoria Line’ by Pegasus, which became the most successful Swiss song of the year, before joining them at their stadium show at Zurich Hallenstadion.
2021 saw the release of her single ‘Mustard Yellow,’ of her EP 'Red Earth' accompanied by a vibrant music video she shot in Berlin, or the release of the 'Red Earth' video just like the her recent live EP 'The Red Earth Live Session' and many more - all available on her YouTube channel.
After she released her 1st EP 'Red Earth', Lisa is finally putting out her long awaited 2nd EP this year - 2024. A body of work she fully wrote and produced by herself alongside Ball-Zee (worldchampion beatboxer and music producer) who is the only other creative force found in her new music.
Besides being a musician at her core, Lisa Oribasi is a green witch, a yogi, a vocal teacher, a sound healer, an astrologer, tarot reader amongst many other interest which created the foundation of her sound. in other words, Lisa Oribasi's music is an accumulation of numerous samples recorded as she wanders around channelling songs.
For this multi-instrumental singersongwriter, storytelling is at the core of her art, and her sound follows a journey of surrender, surrendering to the present moment and to everything that co-exists.
