Stella Katsoudas (born November 3, 1971) is a Greek-American pop and

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singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil as well as having been frontwoman for

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. Katsoudas most recently released the 2015 album ''Under a DubWitch Moon'' under the moniker DubWitch.

Biography

1997-2001: Universal Records

To gain inspiration for her next album, Stella took a two-year trek around the world, during which she read, wrote in journals, and practiced yoga while recording in five different countries. "I spent two years by myself," she said. " he labelwas really supportive that I needed to go across the Atlantic to reinvent myself and to find my voice and my writing muse." The first single released was "

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" originally sung by Turkish star Tarkan. The song's popularity spread after first being played on Y-100, a South Floridian radio station. "Kiss Kiss" was one of Stella's biggest hits reaching #27 on the '' Billboard''

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charts in the US. On May 1, 2001, Stella released her 2nd album ''Dirty Little Secret''. Despite the success of 'Kiss Kiss' the album barely charted at #106 on Billboard though it did reach #2 on the Heatseekers chart.

DubWitch

In early 2015 Katsoudas self-released music under a new project entitled DubWitch with the release of "Under A DubWitch Moon". DubWitch is officially described as "dub step inspired, hip hop beats, ethereal vocals, down tempo, electronic music. creepy and cool."

Discography

Albums

*''Drown Me in You'' (EP released under the name Sister Soleil) *''Soularium'' (released under the name Sister Soleil) *''Dirty Little Secret'' (released under 'Stella Soleil') *''

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'' (EP released with Dirty Little Rabbits in 2007) *''

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'' (Second EP released with Dirty Little Rabbits in 2009) *''

'' (Debut album with Dirty Little Rabbits in 2010) *''Eskimo'' (2011) *''Under A DubWitch Moon'' (Released under the name DubWitch 2015)

Singles

*"Torch" *"

" *"Pretty Young Thing"

References

External links

Official Site (MySpace fansite)

Official Personal Site

Dirty Little Rabbits' MySpace Site

StellaSoleil.net
* Allmusic Stella Soleil page
The New Era of Stella Soleil Interview 2006

(Stella Soleil, Sister Soleil Discography)

(Live concert photos of WHORSE on Revenant Media)

(Live photos of Dirty Little Rabbits on Revenant Media)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soleil, Stella Dirty Little Rabbits members American people of Greek descent American women pop singers American women rock singers Musicians from Chicago 1971 births Living people 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers