Louisa John-Krol is a
Melbourne
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-based
Australian artist of the romantic
folk
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pop genre - described as 'romantic pop-ethereal faerie' music by the artist herself and others. She has released six albums to date, originally on the German label,
Hyperium Records
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, but in more recent years with the French label Prikosnovénie aka The Fairy World Label. She has also been involved in a number of collaborative projects with other artists, including two film soundtracks. Louisa is often compared to
Loreena McKennitt
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and
Kate Bush
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.
Discography
Until 2008 her solo albums have all started with A:
* ''Argo'' (1996)
* ''Alexandria'' (2000)
* ''Ariel'' (2002)
* ''Alabaster'' (2003)
* ''Apple Pentacle'' (2005)
* ''Alexandria'' (re-release 2007)
* ''Djinn'' (2008)
Her collaborative work has included:
* ''Love Sessions'' (2002) with
Daemonia Nymphe, Gor, & Lys
* ''Artemis Asphodel'' (2004) with Saaroth
* ''Spyros Giasafakis'' with Christian Wolz (of Daemonia Nymphe) (2004)
* ''Ghost Fish'' (2005) with Daemonia Nymphe and Nikodemos Triaridis
* ''Stella Maris'' (2005) with Alquimia & Kerstin Blodig
* ''Wintersilence'' with
Mathias Grassow
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dark ambient and drone ambient. His music often has a meditative and emotional and spiritual context, which induces deep feelings of introspe ...
(2004)
* ''I Hear the Water Dreaming'' (2005) with
Oöphoi
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& Mark Krol
* ''Destroying the World to Save It'' (2005) with
Ikon
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Ini ...
John-Krol's work has also been included in over a dozen compilations. All of her lyrics stem from
fairy tales and
literature
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generally. She is known to have worked as a
story teller for many years, and is believed to currently also teach music and literature.
Louisa performed in Mons (Belgium) at the Trolls and Legendes concert.
References
External links
Louisa John-Krol homepageMySpace
page
Louisa's current label Prikosnovénie
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Australian musicians
Living people
Prikosnovénie artists
Year of birth missing (living people)