Roza Terenzi is the alias of Katie Campbell, an Australian DJ and

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. Originally from

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, she moved to

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in 2017 and released her debut album as Roza Terenzi in January 2020.

Career

Growing up, Katie Campbell played piano, drums and guitar. Her father produced electronic music in his studio during the 90s, and they began collaborating when she was nine years old. They released one song ''Clap to the Crap Rap,'' credited to KayTee. Both parents supported Katie to study at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts. It was there she became more influenced by electronic music such as

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and

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, and she began performing under the name Catlips. After releasing her ''Casual'' EP in 2015 as Catlips, Katie created a new alias Roza Terenzi in 2016, in reference to Italian astrophysicist and musician

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. In 2019 she debuted a new alias Gloworm. As Roza Terenzi, Katie has released several singles and EPs, and toured around the world and performed at Meredith and Primavera festivals. In 2020 she released ''Modern Bliss'', the debut Roza Terenzi album. ''

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'' gave ''Modern Bliss'' 7/10, while ''Resident Adviser'' called it "a tightly produced, fluid and euphoric listening experience". ''

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'' listed it as one of the ten electronic albums they were looking forward to, ''

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'' called it one of the best albums of 2020 so far, and it was listed as #33 of ''

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''s Top 50 Albums of 2020. Katie has also been praised for her mixes as Roza Terenzi, with ''Red Bull'' and ''Pitchfork'' both listing her work as some of the best in 2020. In December 2021 she released ''Pinky's Network'', with Hame DJ on the ''Greenhouse'' compilation, followed in January 2022 by''Third Nature'' a collaborative single with fellow Australian producer jd (Jack Doepel). She later released a collaborative album with

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titled ''Edge Of Innocence''.

Advocacy

Katie has been vocal about her support for social movements. In summer of 2020, during the rise of the BLM movement, Katie took to Instagram to acknowledge the impact

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has had on music and the fact that artists like her wouldn't be where they are without it. She also professed her solidarity to the

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, the land where she grew up, and prompted fans to donate in support of these causes.

Discography

Singles/EPs ''Casual'' (2015) as Catlips ''The "O.G." EP'' (2017) ''Weakest Link'' (2018) ''Glo With The Floooo'' (2019) as Gloworm ''Stylish Tantrum'' (2020) ''Third Nature'' (2022) with jd Albums ''Modern Bliss'' (2020) ''Edge Of Innocence'' (2022) with

Awards and nominations

External links

References

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