Daniela Di Lillo (formerly Niederer, born 20 July 1990),
Star-Telegram (18 April 2017) better known by her stage name Nora En Pure is a Swiss-South African DJ and

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producer. She first received recognition for her 2013 single "Come With Me". Further popular releases are "Morning Dew", "Lake Arrowhead", and "Tears In Your Eyes." In July 2016, she was invited to put together a two-hour long mix for Pete Tong's radio show: "BBC's Essential Mix".

Biography

Early life

Born to a South African mother and a Swiss father in

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, Di Lillo migrated to

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

during her infancy. Raised in a musical environment, she learned to play musical instruments at childhood. Before engaging in the

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scene, she used to listen to other musical genres including classical music, pop and rock.

Background

Being an outdoors enthusiast, Nora En Pure finds most creative inspiration in nature and travels resulting in organic and nature-infused productions and sets. Weaving her influences of South African roots with the love for classical music and soundtracks, tracks often paint a certain scenery combining tribal percussion with traditional Western instrumentation, creating emotional melodies and harmonies with piano, strings, wind instruments and synthesizers. Being part of the Helvetic Nerds in Switzerland, Nora En Pure has a long year studio and label partnership with Enormous Tunes label owner Christian Hirt. Through the long term collaboration they developed a characteristic sound that is well recognizable, distinct and sets the electronic act apart from general dance music. Nora En Pure was one of the first artists of her kind of melodic and organic deep house sound when this genre gained popularity. However the productions and live sets always remained unique connecting dots between different and disparate sounds, styles and scenes with ease and in her own raw style setting her apart from the mainstream.

Musical career

Her first steps into the global scene she started with the single "Saltwater" which contains elements of "

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" by

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, and was included in the 2012 compilation by

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. In 2013 the success of "Come With Me" followed, which remained in the Top 100 of

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's download list for more than seven months. She gained international recognition by touring, with appearances at

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on the Yuma stage (which hosts the best artists of deep house and techno music), at the

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"Daybreak Session" (a 3-hour set on the mainstage of alongside

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and others), or with a whole catalogue of EPs and remixes (for artists such as

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, Paul Harris and his side project

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). In 2017, she released an extended play titled ''Conquer Yosemite''.

Discography

Awards and nominations

International Dance Music Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pure, Nora En 1990 births South African DJs South African house musicians Swiss DJs South African people of Swiss descent South African emigrants to Switzerland Living people Electronic musicians Deep house musicians Electronic dance music DJs Progressive house musicians Women DJs