Tahita Bulmer
{{Short description|English singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tahita Bulmer
| image = Tahita Bulmer NYPC.jpg
| caption = Bulmer performing with NYPC in 2010
| image_size =
| birth_name = Tahita Rotardier Bulmer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|4|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = City of Westminster, London, England
| years_active = 2001—present
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist|Post-punk revival|electropop|new rave|alternative dance}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|New Young Pony Club|Alphawave|Blue States}}
| label = Modular
}}
Tahita Rotardier Bulmer (born 29 April 1981){{Cite web|date=2008-02-16|title=My secret life: Tahita Bulmer, singer, age 26|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-tahita-bulmer-singer-age-26-781853.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-tahita-bulmer-singer-age-26-781853.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The Independent|language=en}} is an English singer.
She is the lead vocalist for the English electropop band NYPC (formerly New Young Pony Club) and has previously been a member of Alphawave and Blue States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/bluestatesiw.htm|title=BLUE STATES Interview|date=17 February 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030217214548/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/bluestatesiw.htm|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=2003-02-17}} Tahita is the daughter of Rowan Bulmer,{{cite web|url=http://www.napster.co.uk/#blog/post/10-Things-Nu-Rave?&_suid=139566300069209821030235418552 |title=Home |website=Napster.co.uk |date= |access-date=2020-05-23}} previously one of the Richmond "Faces", and Valewska Rotardier (1939–1999). Bulmer is of mixed heritage, her mother being Trinidadian and her father English.{{Cite web|url=http://www.entertainmentafrica.mobi/music/view/artist/3757|title=Tahita Bulmer | Music | ARTISTS | Entertainmentafrica Mobile|date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324160432/http://www.entertainmentafrica.mobi/music/view/artist/3757|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=2014-03-24}}
Biography
She was born in City of Westminster, London and spent her childhood living in New York, London and Cairo.{{cite web|url=http://www.harveyvoices.co.uk/voice/tahita-bulmer/ |title=Tahita Bulmer - voiceover at Harvey Voices | A Voiceover Agency |website=Harveyvoices.co.uk |date= |access-date=2020-05-23}} Bulmer did not attend school at all between the ages of 8 and 13, spending that period traveling with her mother. She attended Sussex University studying Film/Media/English during which time she was in the band Alphawave. She provided vocals for the 2002 album Man Mountain by Blue States. She also co-wrote five tracks on the album, including the standout track from this album "Season Song". "Season Song" was used on the closing credits of the film 28 Days Later.
Tahita and New Young Pony Club guitarist/producer, Andy Spence, first worked together on his Organic Audio Project in 2002, writing the track "Your Day" together, before forming New Young Pony Club in 2005, having worked together on Tahita's never released solo project for several years. The breakout track "Ice Cream" came out on Tirk Recordings in 2005, initially only a release of 500 7 inches and was played on Six Music and XFM. The band signed to Island Records and released their debut album Fantastic Playroom in 2007, with second album The Optimist was released on their own label The Numbers in 2010, and third album NYPC in 2013.
According to an interview,{{cite web | title= Tahita Bulmer of New Young Pony Club | url=http://www.peta2.com/uk/uk-nypc.asp | access-date=2006-11-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314132406/http://www.peta2.com/uk/uk-nypc.asp|archive-date=2006-03-14|website=Peta2}} she is a vegetarian and is a supporter of the animal rights group Viva!.{{cite web |url=http://www.viva.org.uk/what-we-do/celebrity-supporters/tahita-bulmer-0 |title=Wild Woman of Rock! |website=Viva! |date=2015-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509082524/http://www.viva.org.uk/what-we-do/celebrity-supporters/tahita-bulmer-0 |archive-date=2015-05-09}} In an interview with Juliet Gellatley, who is Founder and International Director of Viva!, Bulmer stated: "My diet gives me energy and when I tried giving up dairy my skin cleared up. There are definitely health advantages to being veggie."
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Category:English women pop singers
Category:21st-century English women singers
Category:21st-century English singers
Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex
Category:English women in electronic music