Name Kiva Simova Origin Manitoba, Canada Role Singer | Years active 1978-present Instruments vocals, keyboards | |
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Occupation(s) singer, songwritervocal instructor Labels Yemyss Music (independent) Albums A Call to Beauty, Out of the Corner of the Eye Similar Jennifer Berezan, Ondrej Smeykal, Gnomes of Kush, Crash Test Dummies, Tanya Tagaq Profiles | ||
Associated acts Crash Test Dummies | ||
Kiva Simova is a Canadian harmonic overtone singer, keyboard player, and songwriter, based in Toronto, ON, Canada. She is internationally recognized as a western pioneer in world beat/jazz music, particularly the art of harmonic overtone singing (singing two pitches simultaneously) which she both performs and teaches. She composes for overtone choir and has directed her own such choir, AURALIA in Prague.
Contents
- Discography
- Tracks
- Musicians
- Professional reviews
- Recordings with other artists
- Film Soundtracks
- References
Discography
Kiva has released three solo CDs featuring original compositions and her own style of overtone singing and recorded albums with a diverse range of artists.
Kiva's solo recordings include 1998's 'The Ladder', featuring thirteen originals by Kiva, one song co-written with Gary Taylor and one cover of a Bob Fuhr/ Larry Hicock song. Her 2004 album 'Pulse' features ten originals, including co-writes with Rhys Fulber, Nii Tettey Tetteh, John Hudson, Jay Stoller and Jordan Hanson. The third album, 'The Quality of Light', released December 2013 (with artist name adjusted to 'Kiva Simova') contains ten originals. It features an improvised piece co-written with didgeridoo player Ondrej Smeykal.
Tracks
- Tuva on Rye
- Untouchable
- Gone Forever
- Seven Years
- The Big Picture
- Egyptian Eyes
- Venus and the Fly
- Dare to Lose
- The Flip Side
- The Science Project
- Heart Overboard
- Interlude in Monkey Forest
- On the Ganges
- Freedom to Go
- Regret
Musicians
Tracks
- Sanctuary
- Donde Soweika
- Serendipity Doodah
- Everything Goes
- Morning Dew Ragu
- The Incident
- Firecracker Suite
- That Zing
- Kaida Kei
- In the Flesh
Musicians
Tracks
- Going Down
- Sea Legs
- The Endeared Ones
- Bitter my Sweet
- Just in Case
- In Her Nature
- Resurrected
- Common Thread
- The Opposite of Torture
- Meeting in Dreamtime