Fiora

Fiora Cutler (born 21 June 1979), known professionally as Fiora, is an Australian-born singer‑songwriter, record producer and composer based in Los Angeles, California. Her work crosses chillstep, melodic bass, drum and bass and jungle contexts while retaining a throughline of orchestral arrangement and vocal-led songwriting.

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Fiora is classically trained in singing and violin and graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2001. She began her career in opera and classical performance before moving into songwriting and electronic and dance music. In 2011 she released the orchestral project Flyphoenixx, a recorded statement that foregrounds her training in voice and strings while placing those elements within electronic production. She has also worked with electronic producers including Armin van Buuren and Tensnake.

As a producer, Fiora’s craft draws directly on classical technique. Her arrangements often place written vocal melodies and violin lines at the centre of the track rather than treating them as simple samples. Flyphoenixx demonstrates her use of orchestral textures and layered harmonic writing; those same tendencies carry into her electronic productions, where lush pads, string counterpoint and multi‑part vocal harmonies sit above programmed beats. In melodic bass and chillstep settings she tends to prioritise clear melodic motion and spacious reverb/delay chains to create atmosphere, and in drum and bass/jungle contexts her material favours melodic low‑end design and emotive, vocal‑forward structures instead of purely percussive aggression.

Technically, Fiora’s background implies a hybrid workflow: recorded acoustic elements (voice, violin, scored parts) combined with electronic sound design and production. Her credits as a composer and collaborator with dance producers — including the listed work alongside Armin van Buuren and Tensnake — show a practice that moves between songwriting, orchestration and studio production. She has contributed vocals, melodic writing and compositional arrangements to electronic projects while also producing her own orchestral‑electronic material.

Fiora’s primary influences are traceable in the facts of her training and early career: classical vocal and violin study, conservatory composition and opera performance inform the melodic and orchestral emphasis in her electronic output. Public information about her catalogue beyond Flyphoenixx and the named collaborations is limited, but the verifiable throughline is clear: a classically grounded musician who applies singing, violin and orchestral arranging skills to chillstep, melodic bass and drum and bass/jungle production from her base in Los Angeles.