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. She has been performing as the solo project 'Bryde' since 2016.

Biography

Howells formed her first band in

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, West Wales, when she was 10 years old, with friend Nia George. They later formed a four-piece band, JYLT, with two other school friends. JYLT was disbanded in 2004 when George died aged 21, of

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. Howells' main musical project, together with co-writer and guitarist Richard Llewellyn, also from west Wales, was the band

(originally known as Halflight). Formed (as Halflight) in 2003, Paper Aeroplanes have had national radio airplay on

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and

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as well as touring Germany with

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and several releases since. They released their debut album ''The Day We Ran into the Sea'' in 2009 and were nominated for the Welsh Music Prize with 2015 album JOY. She came to dance music by chance. When

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, a DJ and record producer, moved to

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and was looking for a female vocalist for his album ''Better Late Than Never'', he met Howells, who lived there at the time. They together produced the single "Out of the Sky". The song became a trance hit and was remixed by

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, and

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picked the song for his year compilation ''A State of Trance 2008''.

also selected the song in his ASOT 500 broadcast. After the success with her debut single, Howells worked with other trance musicians in 2009 such as First State, John O'Callaghan and

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. Most successful was the single "Find Yourself", a collaboration with John O'Callaghan. The song made it on numerous compilations and the

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remix was also on the year compilation ''A State of Trance 2009''. In 2010, two of her songs each appeared on the album ''Changing Lanes'' of First State and ''Harmonic Motion'' of Lange. In 2016 Howells began a new solo project, using the name ''Bryde''. Her EP has been played on

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and

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and, in 2016, she toured the UK and USA. Her debut album, ''Like an Island'', was released in 2018 to positive reviews. It was followed up by a twenty-nine date European tour.

Discography

''See also

Discography''

Albums and EPs

* 2004: ''Subside e.p.'' (with Halflight) * 2005: ''Pick Me'' mini-album (with Halflight) * 2007: ''My Disguise'' mini-album (with Halflight) * 2009: ''The Day We Ran into the Sea'' (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2011: ''We Are Ghosts'' (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2011: ''A Comfortable Sleep'' EP (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2012: ''Time To Be'' EP (with Paper Aeroplanes, later combined with ''A Comfortable Sleep'' into an album) * 2013: ''Little Letters'' (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2014: ''Circus'' EP (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2015: ''Joy'' (with Paper Aeroplanes) * 2015: ''Chocolate Factory Sessions'' (as Bryde) * 2016: ''EP1'' EP (as Bryde) * 2016: ''EP2'' EP (as Bryde) * 2018: ''Like an Island'' (as Bryde) * 2019: ''On The Subject Of Breathing'' 7"-Single (as Bryde) * 2020: ''The Volume of Things'' (as Bryde) * 2022: ''Still'' (as Bryde)

Collaborations

* 2008:

feat. Sarah Howells – "Out of the Sky" * 2009: First State feat. Sarah Howells – "Brave" * 2009: John O'Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells – "Find Yourself" * 2009: Lange feat. Sarah Howells – "Let It All Out" * 2009:

feat. Sarah Howells & Secede – "Believe in You" * 2010: Lange feat. Sarah Howells – "Fireworks" * 2011: Al Lewis – "In the Wake" (vocals and co-writing) * 2011: First State feat. Sarah Howells – "Reverie" * 2011: First State feat. Sarah Howells – "Skies on Fire" * 2011: Daz Bailey feat. Sarah Howells – "In My Veins" * 2011:

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feat. Sarah Howells – "Acting Crazy" * 2012: Paper Aeroplanes – "Winter Never Comes" (Mark Eteson Remix) * 2012: Vexare feat. Sarah Howells – "Lanterns" * 2012:

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feat. Sarah Howells – "Heart Stops Beating" * 2012:

feat. Sarah Howells – "Go It Alone" * 2012:

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with Paper Aeroplanes – "Lay Down" * 2012: Simon Patterson feat. Sarah Howells – "Here & Now" * 2012:

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feat. Sarah Howells – "Tempted" * 2013:

feat. Sarah Howells – "When I Go" * 2013: First State feat. Sarah Howells – "Seeing Stars" * 2014: Simon Patterson feat. Sarah Howells – "Dissolve" * 2015: Venom One feat. Sarah Howells – "Rush" * 2018:

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feat. Sarah Howells – "Nothing to No One"

References

External links

Sarah Howells
on Myspace *
Bryde website
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