Nina Nastasia

Nina Nastasia is an American singer and songwriter.

Life

Nastasia grew up in Hollywood and now lives in New York. After she started in the early nineties with the song writing, Nina Nastasia published in 2000 their first album, Dogs on the tiny label Socialist Records, recorded by Steve Albini. Only 1500 copies were originally produced, and Nastasia introduced the packaging itself together in their apartment. At the end of the year the album was out of print, but the well-known British disc jockey John Peel had received from Albini a copy of Dogs and played it several times in his shows on BBC Radio 1 With the help of Peel and Albini, the dogs in several interviews as one of the best albums praised, he had taken, the album received cult status, although it was unobtainable commercially.

The American punk label Touch and Go became aware of Nastasia By Dogs and released their next two albums, The Blackened Air ( 2002) and Run to Ruin ( 2003). Also, the debut album was re- released in 2004 Dogs. Then Nastasia moved to the English label Fat Cat Records, and in 2006 there their fourth album On Leaving was released, recorded with Steve Albini as all previous. Since Nastasia Run to Ruin had also worked with the Australian drummer Jim White of Dirty Three. During the cooperation of On Leaving White Nastasia proposed to collaborate for an album. The collaboration led to the based only on guitar and drums album You Follow Me (2007 ) and a song at the 2008 published single "What She Does not Know".

For John Peel Nastasia took six of the famous " Peel Sessions " on that last one with the tuvanischen throat singing group Huun - Huur -Tu. Two of Nastasias songs appeared in Peel's " Festive Fifty" charts of the year: "Ugly Face", in 2002 at the fourth place and "You, Her & Me" on the thirteenth place in 2003 after his death Nastasia dedicated the song "Bird of Cuzco. " Peel's memory.

Discography

Albums

  • 2000 Dogs ( Socialist ) 2004 re-released ( Touch and Go )

Singles

  • 2008 "What She Does not Know" ( Fat Cat )
  • 2005 " The Matter ( Of Our Discussion )", on the album Boom Bip Blue Eyed in the Red Room ( Lex )
  • 2005 "Bird of Cuzco " on John Peel: A Tribute Compilation ( WEA)

Musician

  • Nina Nastasia, Vocal & Guitar
  • Steven Beck, piano (Run to Ruin, On Leaving )
  • Jay Bellerose, drums ( The Blackened Air, On Leaving )
  • Joshua Carlebach, accordion ( Dogs, The Blackened Air, Run to Ruin )
  • Stephen Day, Cello ( Dogs, The Blackened Air, Run to Ruin )
  • Kennan Gudjonsson, piano (dogs)
  • Anne Mette Iversen, double bass (Run to Ruin )
  • Juliann Klopotic, violin (dogs)
  • Rubin Kodheli, Cello (On Leaving )
  • Gerry Leonard, Guitar, Mandolin ( Dogs, The Blackened Air, Run to Ruin )
  • Gonzalo Muñoz, saw ( Dogs, The Blackened Air)
  • Dave Richards, bass ( Dogs, The Blackened Air, Run to Ruin )
  • Jason Stone, bass clarinet ( Outlaster )
  • Jim White, drums (Run to Ruin, On Leaving, You Follow Me )
  • Dylan Willemsa, viola, violin ( The Blackened Air, Run to Ruin, On Leaving )
  • Peter Yanowitz, drums (dogs)
Touch and Go Records England Jim White (drummer) Overtone singing Huun-Huur-Tu Discogs
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