Alina Astrova, better known by the recording aliases Lolina and Inga Copeland, is an Estonian

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

ian 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 Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

, 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. Between 2007 and 2012 Astrova was vocalist in avant-garde duo

, with

. 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'' LP ( Hyperdub, 2012) *''The Attitude Era'' LP (2012)

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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 {{Electronic-musician-stub