Origin Toronto, Ontario Role Musician Instruments Vocals, piano Music group Austra (Since 2009) | Years active Since 2009 Genres Indie rock, New Wave Name Katie Stelmanis | |
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Associated acts Owen Pallett, Austra, Galaxy, Bruce Peninsula Albums Olympia, Feel It Break, Join Us Record labels Paper Bag Records, Blocks Recording Club People also search for Maya Postepski, Dorian Wolf, Romy Lightman, Ryan Wonsiak, Sari Lightman, Mike Haliechuk Profiles | ||
I Think I Like It: Katie Stelmanis (Austra) Interview @Utv 2015
Kaitlin Austra Stelmanis (born 1985) is a Toronto-based Canadian musician of Latvian descent, who has performed and recorded both as a solo artist and with the bands Galaxy and Austra. Stelmanis identifies herself as queer.
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- I Think I Like It Katie Stelmanis Austra Interview Utv 2015
- Natural woman katie stelmanis
- Solo career
- Influences
- Discography
- References
Natural woman katie stelmanis
Solo career
She is classically trained and began performing in the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus at age 10. She was subsequently a member of the band Galaxy, along with Maya Postepski and Emma McKenna.
Her debut album, Join Us, was released by Blocks Recording Club, a Toronto-based artistic collective that has supported numerous artists through the years including Owen Pallett, Fucked Up and Bob Wiseman. Her debut single as a solo artist, "Believe Me", was released by Loog Records and Vice Records on 22 June 2009.
In 2008, Stelmanis appeared on Fucked Up's album The Chemistry of Common Life. She also contributed tracks to the compilation albums Friends in Bellwoods and Friends in Bellwoods II.
In 2011, she co-wrote and sang on the Death in Vegas songs "Come Ride With Me", "Your Loft My Acid" and "Witchdance" from the album Trans-Love Energies.
In 2016 Stelmanis delved deeper into writing lyrics and wrote her band Austra's album Future Politics primarily alone.
Influences
Katie Stelmanis told Interview Magazine that she "was obsessed with classical music" while growing up. She cites artists such as Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Claude Debussy, and Massive Attack as influences. Additionally, she takes inspiration from opera, Chicago house, and Detroit techno.