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Ilia Darlin
Ilia Patapi ( Greek: Ίλια Πατάπη) better known by her stage name Ilia Darlin, is a Greek singer ,songwriter, actress, performer based in London, UK. She rose to fame after starring in a movie called "Art Therapy" directed by the biggest selling director of Greece Nikos Perakis. The movie was distributed in Greece by Odeon and had rave reviews from the press and public.

Ilia sings the songs "Stay in the light" and "burn the city" which are included in the soundtrack of the movie, published in 3 march 2010  by Heaven Records.

Her name,"Ilia Darlin", consists of Patapis first name and the last name Darlin inspired from the musical Ilya Darling with a book by Jules Dassin. Ilia's big icon Melina Merkouri stares as Ilya Darling, the main character of Dassin's 1960 film Never on Sunday. Music created by the great greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. However, it in fact refers to llia Darlin's everyday life as all of her friends who called her name Ilia could not stop themselves of saying "Darling" afterwards.

Ilia's music style ranges from underground and electro-pop uptempo dance songs to more bass and keyboard-based ballads. She has mentioned a wide-range of influences such as Maria Callas, Bjork, Antony and the Johnsons, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Britney Spears, The Weeknd, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kelis.

Ilia was featured on trendy London fashion and music publication Super Super Magazine, who described her as “The most exciting thing to come from Mount Olympus since the muses”.

Ilia's first studio LP is expected in the late 2015.

Film: " Art therapy" by Nikos Perakis distributed by Odeon

Discography:
 * Artherapy sountrack " Stay in the light" published by Heaven Records
 * "Hit Me - Single" published by Minos EMI
 * "Even When I Lose I'm Winning - Single" published by Minos EMI
 * "We Do What We Like" EP

Reference:

http://artherapymovie.gr/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672704/

http://www.odeon.gr/movieportal/GR/moviedetails/dvd.now.do?movieId=23900014

http://www.musical.gr/cddetails.php?gui_language=2&CD_code=5204958114528

http://iliadarlin.com/