
Aiwa or Ava Laurel, better known by their[a] stage name Lava La Rue, is a British musician and director from West London. They are the founder and creative director of NiNE8 collective Laurel was born in Northwick Park Hospital in London, to a teenage Latvian migrant father and working-class Black British mother who met through London's free party / rave scene in the late 90s. Laurel's grandparents on their mother's side directly came from the Windrush Generation whereas Laurel's grandparents on their father's side grew up in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, which led to Laurel's father migrating to London as a teenager to escape the aftermath of the Latvian SSR fall with hopes of leading a more hedonistic lifestyle in the UK.
Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Pop, Alternative R&B
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