Alina Astrova, better known by the recording aliases Lolina and Inga Copeland, is an Estonian
experimental musician and singer living in London. In addition to her solo work, she collaborated with British musician
Dean Blunt
Roy Nnawuchi, better known by his pseudonym Dean Blunt, is a British singer-songwriter, musician and contemporary artist. He is best known for his current solo work as well as his previous work as part of avant-garde duo Hype Williams (along wi ...
on various releases, including several albums as the duo
Hype Williams
Harold Williams (born August 1, 1970) is an American music video director, film director, film producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Williams was born in Queens, New York. He is of mixed African-American and Honduran descent. He attended Adel ...
from 2009 to 2012.
Life and work
Astrova was born in
Samara, Russia. Her family moved to
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
, Estonia when she was a child. At 17, she moved to London to study art criticism at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of sho ...
.
Between 2007 and 2012 Astrova was vocalist in avant-garde duo
Hype Williams
Harold Williams (born August 1, 1970) is an American music video director, film director, film producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Williams was born in Queens, New York. He is of mixed African-American and Honduran descent. He attended Adel ...
, with
Dean Blunt
Roy Nnawuchi, better known by his pseudonym Dean Blunt, is a British singer-songwriter, musician and contemporary artist. He is best known for his current solo work as well as his previous work as part of avant-garde duo Hype Williams (along wi ...
. The pair also released music as "Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland".
Discography
Solo
As Inga Copeland
*''Inga Copeland'' (EP) (2011)
*''Don't Look Back, That's Not Where You're Going'' (EP) (2013)
*''Higher Powers'' (LP) (2013)
As Copeland
*''Smitten'' (Single) (2014)
*''Because I'm Worth It'' (LP) (2014)
As Lolina
*''Relaxin' with Lolina'' (EP) (2015)
*''Live In Paris'' (LP) (2016)
*''Lolita'' (EP) (2017)
*''The Smoke'' (LP) (2018)
*''Live in Geneva'' (LP) (2019)
*''Who is experimental music?'' (LP) (2019)
*''Fast Fashion'' (LP) (2021)
*''Music Is The Drug'' (Single) (2022)
*''Face The Music'' (LP) (2022)
With Dean Blunt
*''
Black Is Beautiful
Black is beautiful is a cultural movement that was started in the United States in the 1960s by African Americans. It later spread beyond the United States, most prominently in the writings of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve Biko in ...
'' LP (
Hyperdub
__NOTOC__
Hyperdub is a British, London-based electronic music record label and former webzine, founded by Steve Goodman, a.k.a. Kode9. The label was formed in 2004, and grew out of the UK's early dubstep scene. Artists signed to the label have ...
, 2012)
*''The Attitude Era'' LP (2012)
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Estonian musicians
21st-century Estonian women singers
21st-century Estonian women musicians
Estonian electronic musicians
Musicians from Samara, Russia
Musicians from Tallinn
Russian emigrants to Estonia
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