Yasmine Kittles is an American musician, actress, and performance artist. She is a member of the bands

Tearist Tearist is an American electronic and industrial band formed in 2009 by Yasmine Kittles (vocals, percussion, synthesizer) and William Strangeland (synthesizer, programming) in Los Angeles, California. History The members of Tearist have stated ...

Former Ghosts Former Ghosts is a project of Freddy Ruppert, former member of This Song Is a Mess But So Am I, with loose collaborations from multiple people including Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart (singer), Jamie Stewart, Zola Jesus originator Nika Roza Danilo ...

, and Low Red Center. About her stage performances,

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has written, "Aided by her hair-raising yelp – a voice ranging from an operatic shriek to a post-Lydia Lunch growl – Kittles is thunder onstage, her assault uniquely confrontational and her crowd's response visceral." She also writes for

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Magazine as a guest columnist.

Early life

Kittles was born in Frankfurt, Germany. As a child she moved from Germany to Tehran, Iran to residing in Dallas, Texas where she began figure skating. Kittles was a competitive figure skater with the

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and

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for twelve years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance with a concentration in

Meisner technique The Meisner technique is an approach to acting developed by American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner. The goal of the Meisner approach is for the actor to not focus on themselves and instead concentrate on the other actors in the immediate ...

and a minor in Psychology from the

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Discography

''VOCALS, INSTRUMENTS & PERFORMANCE''

TEARIST Tearist is an American electronic and industrial band formed in 2009 by Yasmine Kittles (vocals, percussion, synthesizer) and William Strangeland (synthesizer, programming) in Los Angeles, California. History The members of Tearist have stated ...

Former Ghosts Former Ghosts is a project of Freddy Ruppert, former member of This Song Is a Mess But So Am I, with loose collaborations from multiple people including Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart (singer), Jamie Stewart, Zola Jesus originator Nika Roza Danilo ...

Low Red Center

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Pictureplane Travis Egedy (born May 1, 1985), better known by his stage name Pictureplane, is an American electronic musician, visual artist and fashion designer based in Brooklyn, New York. He first appeared in the music scene of Denver, Colorado, making a ...

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Heavy Seals

Filmography

Television

Other works

* ''SAY IT!'' - Digital Lips - Everyday Edition App, as LIPS (2009) * ''SAY IT!'' - Digital Lips - Office Edition App, as LIPS (2009) * ''SAY IT!'' - Digital Lips - Lite App, as LIPS (2009)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kittles, Yasmine Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women rock singers American women pop singers American women in electronic music American film actresses American women performance artists American performance artists 21st-century American women