biographical info
Armed with a keyboard and backed by a
wall of pre-assembled midi madness, Katie Stelmanis' music is endlessly
evocative, with strong and scattered beats riding alongside dense synth
melodies and vibrato-laden vocal swoops. On top of being a talented
beat-maker, Stelmanis possesses one mean set of vocal chords, with a
tone that falls somewhere between opera-house class and punk rock
crass. Taking cues from Reznor, Amos and Mercury, the end result sounds
as if the Anticon crew and Patrick Wolf teamed up to convince Kate Bush
to sing over drill and bass beats at the top of her lungs. Her debut album will be released with Toronto's Blocks Recording Club in December of 2007.
influences
Emma McKenna
Ohbijou
Final Fantasy
Tegan and Sara
Sleater-Kinney