Katie Sullivan (born 16 March 1983), also known as Katie Kim, is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer.

Personal life

Born in London to Irish parents, Katie Kim was brought to Waterford in Ireland as a child. In her late teens she moved to Dublin to attend university where she continues to reside.

Sound

Katie Kim performs atmospheric alternative

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music as a solo project, using a

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station and both classical and electric guitar. She also performs with as part of an ensemble, playing guitar, bass, keyboards and singing.

Music career

Katie Kim has released four studio albums, ''Twelve'' (2008) ''Vaults'' (2010) '' Cover & Flood'' (2012) and ''Salt'' (2016). She most recently released a live album with

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where the collective reworked the songs of her previous album, ''Salt''. Kim's 'drone-folk' style on the record was compared to Scandinavian folktronica artists such as

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and

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. They performed this in its entirety to sold-out audiences around

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between 2016 and 2018. She has also composed a film score, an original soundtrack for ''

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''. Commissioned by the Cork French Film Festival, Kim performed the score at the Pavilion,

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in front of a live audience, where renowned director

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attended. On 15 August 2016 she released the track "Foreign Fleas" through her Bandcamp site. Kim released her fourth studio album ''Hour of the Ox'' in September 2022. She has worked with various musicians and bands, including

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, Mike Scott and

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and Radie Peat, a folk singer with the band

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Discography

Albums

*''Twelve'' (2008) *'' Cover & Flood'' (2012) *''Salt'' (2016) *'' Hour of the Ox'' (2022)

Singles

*"Radio" (2008) *"Heavy Lighting" (2012) *"The Feast" (2013) *"Foreign Fleas" (2015) *"Salt" (2016)

Film scores

*''

'' (''La coquille et le clergyman'') (2011)

Appears on

*''The Nightsaver'' –

(2009) *'' It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)'' –

(2010) *''

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'' –

(2011) *''Songs to Save a Life'' – Various artists (2012) *'' Final Witness'' (Episode 6: "A Mother's Revenge"/ Episode 7 – "What the Boy Saw") *''Beekeeper'' –

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