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Austra (band)
Austra is a Canadian electronic music band from Toronto, founded in 2009 by composer, singer-songwriter, and producer Katie Stelmanis. Stelmanis is the only permanent member of the project, with a rotating live band that has included Maya Postepski (drums), Dorian Wolf (bass, Moog), and Ryan Wonsiak (keyboards). It previously also featured the twin backing singers Sari and Romy Lightman of Tasseomancy. The band has released four studio albums—'' Feel It Break'' (2011), '' Olympia'' (2013), '' Future Politics'' (2017), and ''Hirudin'' (2020). History Formation and early years In 2004, Stelmanis and Postepski played in a band called Galaxy, together with Emma McKenna. At the same time, Stelmanis started making electronic music at home and was also writing industrial-inspired soundtracks for performance artist Zeesy Powers. Powers convinced her to start performing her songs live, and in 2008 Stelmanis' debut album ''Join Us'', which appeared under her own name, was released thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Postepski
Maya Alina Postepski is a Canadian musician and producer from Toronto. She has been making music for over ten years, best known as drummer of the electronic group, Austra. She is a prolific remix artist, DJ and she co-wrote and produced the 2012 album TRST with Robert Alfons as TR/ST (Arts & Crafts). She also performs solo under the title Princess Century. She released her second full-length LP, ''Progress'', on Paper Bag Records on October 16, 2015. In 2015 she moved to Belgium and Produced the album Forever by Soldout. She stopped working with Austra in May 2017 to focus on her solo project Princess Century and continues to Produce, DJ, make remixes and play drums for other bands including TR/ST. Discography ;With Galaxy *'' I Want You to Notice'' (2006) ;With Katie Stelmanis * ''Join Us'' (2008) ;With Austra *'' Feel It Break'' (2011) * ''Olympia'' (2013) * '' Future Politics'' (2017) ;With TR/ST * '' TRST'' (2012) * ''The Destroyer (Part 1) ''The Destroyer (Part 1)'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Beats
Telekom Electronic Beats (TEB) is an international music marketing program of Deutsche Telekom AG focusing on electronic music and international club culture. The program was founded in 2000. It comprises a media portfolio and has been organizing events such as concerts, festivals and club nights with mainly electronic music artists throughout Europe. Publishing TEB's media portfolio and formats have changed and developed since the start of the program: “Electronic Beats TV” is one of the longest running video magazines in electronic music. The format started in 2000 with a weekly TV show moderated by Ill-Young Kim and broadcast by VIVA and Viva Zwei. From 2005, it was published as a quarterly DVD magazine called ''Slices''. The DVDs were available for free through distribution in boutiques, cafés, bars, clubs etc. mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2015, all content is hosted on Youtube. In February 2018, TEB’s YouTube channel was awarded the YouTube Silver Creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South By Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW Edu and the upcoming SXSW Sydney festival, and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. It has previously run or co-run the events North by Northwest (1995-2001), West by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xylosynth
The xylosynth, also known as a "xylophonic synthesizer", is an instrument created by Will Wernick in 1986, originally specifically designed for the English pop band, the Drum Theatre. History In the early 1990s, there was a demand of artists wanting to play on acoustic mallets, Gerry McCavana, who was originally a Metrology Engineer, quit his job to spend time with Will Wernick. Together, they began to develop and advance the software and electronics for the xylosynth. It is now used in many different styles of music and percussions, worldwide, such as jazz and contemporary. Instrument The xylosynth is an electric percussion mallet instrument, similar to a xylophone. The keys are made out of either solid bubinga wood or birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains ... woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blocks Recording Club
Blocks Recording Club was a Canadian co-operative of musicians, which served as both a collaborative artist community and a record label for its member artists."Blocks Recording Club: more innovative than Beck, Lady GaGa, Sweden" '' Eye Weekly'', August 5, 2009. The label's name may also be cited graphically as □□□□□□ rather than the word "Blocks". Although this is in fact the label's official name, the word "Blocks" is used where it is not typographically possible to use the graphical series of blocks. History The □□□□□□ Recording Club was founded by Steve Kado and Mark McLean in 2003 as a tapes and mini-cd only label. Shortly afterward, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma McKenna
Emma Jane McKenna (born August 18, 1983) is a multi-disciplinary writer. She is currently a PhD Candidate in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Emma's first book of poetry, '' Chenille or Silk'', was published on March 8, 2019, with Caitlin Press. Her first full-length album as a singer-songwriter, '' Run With It'', was released on June 8, 2010. She was also a founding member of riot grrrl band Galaxy, with Katie Stelmanis and Maya Postepski. Discography Galaxy * ''I Want You to Notice'', 2006 Solo * '' Run With It'', 2010 * '' The Might'', 2013 * '' B-Sides: What it Becomes'', 2017 Compilations * ''Friends in Bellwoods II'' (Happiness), 2009 * '' Building Blocks'' (Happiness, Shadows), 2010 References External linksEmma McKennaon Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirudin (album)
''Hirudin'' (stylized as ''HiRUDiN'') is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released on May 1, 2020, by Domino Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ''ends''. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also ca ... worldwide and by Pink Fizz Records in Canada. Critical reception ''Hirudin'' was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 11 reviews. Track listing References 2020 albums Austra (band) albums Domino Recording Company albums {{2020s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Politics
''Future Politics'' is the third studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released on January 20, 2017, by Domino worldwide and by Pink Fizz Records in Canada. The album was inspired by frontwoman Katie Stelmanis' time living in Montreal and Mexico City, while also drawing inspiration from Massive Attack, Latin-American record producers (including Chancha Vía Circuito), E. E. Cummings, accelerationism, and Judith Butler. The cover art was photographed at Mexican architect Luis Barragán's Cuadra San Cristóbal in Mexico City. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Future Politics''. Austra * Katie Stelmanis – vocals, production, engineering * Maya Postepski – additional production * Dorian Wolf – synth ; bass Additional personnel * Jennifer Mecija – violin * Alice Wilder – guitar ; mixing, additional production * Heba Kadry Heba Kadry is an Egyptian mastering engineer who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia (Austra Album)
''Olympia'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released on June 17, 2013, by Domino. ''Olympia'' spawned three singles: "Home", "Painful Like" and "Forgive Me". The album received largely positive reviews from critics, who said that it had more "bombastic throb" compared to its predecessor while still showcasing lead singer Katie Stelmanis's "classically trained, massive voice", adding that it was "clean, considered, with every detail in its place and a clear sense of its own identity." Background and development In an interview for the music blog ''Stereogum'', Stelmanis said that she began writing ''Olympia'' while still touring in support of the band's debut studio album, '' Feel It Break''. According to her, writing ''Olympia'' took about a year, and the actual recording, in the studio in Michigan, four to five weeks. Her vocals were recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor and then sent to be mixed to Tom Elmhirst. Stelmanis told ''Interview'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel It Break
''Feel It Break'' is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra. It was released on May 13, 2011, by Domino. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and the vocals of lead singer Katie Stelmanis and compared the band to artists such as Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Fever Ray, Zola Jesus, and Depeche Mode. It was shortlisted for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, and received a Juno Award nomination for Electronic Album of the Year. ''Feel It Break'' spawned three singles: "Beat and the Pulse", "Lose It", and "Spellwork". A deluxe edition was released digitally on November 29, 2011, followed by a double CD edition on December 13, 2011, limited to 1,000 copies. Additional tracks include the "Beat and the Pulse" B-sides "Young and Gay" (written by Stelmanis as a tribute to the late Toronto artist and activist Will Munro) and "Energy"; the "Spellwork" B-side "Identity"; the unreleased B-sides "Believe Me", "Trip", an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasseomancy (band)
Tasseomancy is a Canadian experimental band from Toronto formed by twin sisters Sari and Romy Lightman. Biography Born in c. 1985 and raised in Toronto, the Lightman twins moved to Halifax to attend university. There the sisters began performing under the moniker Ghost Bees that they described as "experimental acoustic folk". The duo released their debut EP ''Tasseomancy'' on April 8, 2008, via Youth Club Records as Ghost Bees. The pair toured around North America in support of the record. As the Ghost Bees project developed, new sounds and influences not heard on the original EP began to be incorporated, prompting the change to Tasseomancy in 2010.Ghost Bees Change Name to Tasseomancy, Release Timber Timbre-produced Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
