Irene Torres is a Peruvian born singer songwriter who has resided in Canada for the last eighteen years. There she has developed her sound and distinct style of writing within the hip and culturally diverse backdrop that is Toronto. In the summer of 2005 alongside close friends and writing partners, Sol Torres was formed. Since then, they have been writing great tunes and leaving behind memorable performances. Despite all being involved in a variety of different ensembles and projects, all members past and present, agree that with Sol Torres, they seem to have found a winning combination based around a positive outlook on life, friendship and the importance of community. In 2006, Irene sung her way to Top 40 Finalist round on the popular Television Show, Canadian Idol. Since then she has studied singing and music theory with award-winning pianist and arranger, Dave McMorrow (Rough Trade, Etta James, Billy Holiday) and Ben D'Cunha. Recently, Irene has joined forces with Nice+Smooth/Caroline Records/itunes artist ‘Sol Azul' which has gained international renown for their dance floor hits. As well as licensing their songs world wide for Television, Advertising, Fashion Shows and on the Internet. In addition she has been writing and performing with many other artists and ensembles such as The Errol Fisher Blues Band (Blues/Jazz/ Soul), Rhymestone (Turkish/World/HipHop), Minority (metal), Michael Costantini (Flamenco/Folk/Soul), Rhythmicru (HipHop). Torres' sound characteristically features her voice over a mix of funky bass lines, jazzy trumpets, soulful sax lines, Spanish guitar and trip hop beats. In 2007 Irene's lyrical compositions were featured in the soundtracks for films, ‘Exhale' and ‘After Sunset'. She is also a busy session singer on several demos and masters written by award-winning composer D'Arcy McGuire and Evren Ozdemir amongst others.

To add another experience on her musical journey, Irene has become a member of the Santerias band. Filling the lead vocal spot left by Ruby and Ana Raquel, the latter is one of Irene's long time friend and someone that she felt very inspired by when she used to see her and Santerias performed. Now that she's in the band, she brings her own jazzy/world vocal style, combining both, Ruby's and Ana's sound, that blends in so well with the band's adventurous and inventive musical style, which has been the trademark of the Santerias sound since its beginnings. Currently she's focused on developing her repertoire and sound as well as sharpen her tools within music and commercial advertising.

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