Veela
Veela is the stage name of Victoria Lyne Burnett. She is a Canadian singer, songwriter, music producer and DJ based in Sidney, British Columbia. Her work spans chillstep, drum and bass (including liquid styles), drumstep and dubstep.
Public information on Veela’s early biography and first steps into electronic music is limited. What is documented is her move into the electronic and drum‑and‑bass world as a featured vocalist and a solo artist. She has built a profile through recurring vocal collaborations with producers in the scene and through her own solo releases, beginning with Prelude (2010) and most recently Versatile (2024).
As a musician Veela appears both behind the mic and at the controls. Her vocal delivery is a defining element: breathy, intimate leads and layered harmonies that producers place front‑and‑centre in mixes. In producer mode she favours arrangements where vocals become melodic anchors — dry‑to‑wet send reverb, stacked doubles and occasional chopped/topline edits that turn vocal lines into pads or rhythmic hooks. In DnB and liquid tracks her vocals typically sit over warm sub bass and smooth midrange basslines; in chillstep and dubstep contexts they are often paired with spacious pads, slow‑attack filters and restrained sidechain compression to keep the voice prominent without competing with low end.
Rhythmically, Veela’s recorded output works with edited break patterns rather than raw amen chaos. Her features and solo pieces lean on cleanly processed breaks, tight transient shaping and swung or half‑time moments that let the vocals breathe. Sonically, expect clear upper mids for vocal presence, soft high‑frequency air, and production choices that emphasise atmosphere — reverb tails, subtle delay ping‑pongs, and ambient FX — alongside the tighter drum processing common to drum and bass and drumstep.
Career highlights recorded in public sources are primarily her vocal features and solo releases. She is known for collaborations with Feint, Rameses B, Maduk and Aether; those partnerships have placed her voice across multiple DnB and liquid releases. Her solo catalogue includes multiple EPs and releases, with Prelude cited from 2010 and Versatile released in 2024. She also appears as a producer and vocalist in the band Mad Routine. Veela distributes music on Bandcamp, SoundCloud and Spotify, where her solo work and collaborations are available.
Specific production fingerprints associated with Veela are vocal layering and manipulation, a preference for atmospheric production elements, and arrangements that keep the vocal as the core melodic and emotional focus. Those choices make her work suit liquid and chillstep material as much as remixed or half‑time DnB cuts.
Documented artistic connections include repeated collaborations with Feint, Rameses B, Maduk and Aether; beyond those named partnerships, public details about other direct influences are limited. Her recorded timeline is anchored by Prelude (2010) and the 2024 release Versatile, and by her ongoing role in Mad Routine and on streaming platforms and Bandcamp/SoundCloud where listeners can follow her newest material.
