Aérea Negrot (9 October 1980 – 11 October 2023) was a Venezuelan performer, singer, electronic musician and remixer.
Negrot lived in Berlin, Germany. Her name was inspired by her fascination with travels and planes and her admiration of the voices of
Toña La Negra and
Olga Guillot
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Biography
Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...
. Her music is a pastiche of electronica, techno, cabaret and pop. She was also part of
Hercules & Love Affair
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, and sings on several tracks of their second album
''Blue Songs''. Her debut album, ''Arabxilla'' (2011), was released on
BPitch Control
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.
She was an actress in
queer films directed by
Shu Lea Cheang
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(''
Fluidø''),
Yony Leyser
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Biography
Early life and education
Yony Leyser was born in DeKalb, Illinois in 1985 to an Israeli-Iranian mother and a German Jewish father.
Leyser studied at the California I ...
(''Desire Will Set You Free''), Simon(è) Jaikiriuma Paetau and Thais Guisasola (''The Whisper of the Jaguar'').
Negrot died on 11 October 2023, at the age of 43.
Discography
Albums
*
EPs/singles
* 2010 – "All I Wanna Do" (Bpitch Control) additional remixes by Efdemin an
tobias.* 2011 – "Right Body Wrong Time" (Bpitch Control)
* 2011 – "It's Lover, Love" (Bpitch Control) additional remixes by Villalobos, Philip Bader, Kiki, Fata Kiefer and Dance Disorder.
Remixes
* 2011 – Shaun J. Wright – "Forever More" (Aérea Negrot Remix) (Mr. INTL)
* 2015 - Mamacita - "Luz" (Aérea Negrot Remix) (Klack 001)
Compilations
* 2004 – V.V.A.A. – FEA Versión Dosmilcuatro include LaFamiliaFeliz feat. Aérea Negrot – La Disco (Sinnamon Records)
* 2010 – Ellen Allien – Watergate 05 include All I Wanna Do (Watergate Records)
* 2010 – V.V.A.A. – Ich Bin Ein Berliner include Ich Bin Dein Mädchen (Araknid Records)
* 2010 – V.V.A.A. – Saturator 4xuRODZINY include Ich Bin Dein Mädchen (Saturator)
* 2011 – V.V.A.A. – Werkschau include Deutsche Werden (Bpitch Control)
* 2011 – V.V.A.A. – Groove 132 / CD 41 include Arabxilla (Groove)
* 2011 – V.V.A.A. – Spex No. 99 include Berlin (Spex Magazine)
Vocals/collaborations
* 2009 – Massimiliano Pagliara – Sensation 9 (Original Mix) (Rush Hour Recordings)
* 2010 – Hercules And Love Affair – ''Blue Songs'' (Moshi Moshi Records)
* 2010 - Rey Morales ft Aerea Negrot - Angel Negro
* 2011 – tobias. – Leaning Over Backwards (Ostgut Ton)
* 2014 – Billie Ray Martin & Aerea Negrot – Off The Rails -
Electrosexual
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Remix (Disco Activisto)
References
External links
Biography at BPitch ControlBiography at The GuardianHercules And Love AffairComplot Magazine interview (in Spanish)*
*
1980 births
2023 deaths
21st-century Venezuelan women singers
Venezuelan emigrants to Germany
BPitch Control artists
Hercules and Love Affair members
Women in electronic music
Entertainers from Caracas
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