Aya Yves is the brainchild of a Cooma born Canberra native Vendulka. Born from a love of pushing boundaries and breaking expectations, Aya contrasts light airy vocals with dark, brooding and quirky production. The Aya Yves project has been taken far from Vendulka ’s folk music roots, however, still manages to keep the vulnerability and unifying connection that folk music is known for.

Standing out with her otherworldly vocal abilities and honest approach to songwriting, Aya Yves is quickly becoming one of the premier emerging faces in Australian pop. With the year Aya Yves has had, it’s easy to forget that this project only launched in March this year.

A mammoth debut, “(in)Sanity” amassed 30,000 streams in just two months, received nationwide radio play on triple j’s Home and Hosed and led to performances for Isolaid, The Tait Show, Marx Matinees, Live In Ya Lounge as well as a support for Hands Like Houses.

Aya has showcased many sides to her artistry this year. She came steaming out the gates with her heartbroken, yet strong debut “ (in)Sanity”, followed up by her girl-power smash “Smart Girls ”, and most recently showcased her vulnerability with her personal ode to family “Dear E.” all of which featured the work of talented producer Xavier Dunn (Jack River, CXLOE, Graace, Carmada, Peking Duk), and were added to rotation on triple j Unearthed.

In a short 8 months, Aya has proven time and time again that she is someone you want to be paying attention to. Celebrating the year that has passed, and the return of live music to our stages- join Aya for her debut Sydney show at the legendary Oxford Art Factory - this is one you don’t want to miss.