Kytami

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Kytami
Kytami performing in August 2010
Background information
Birth nameKyla Tamiko Uyede
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • violinist
  • singer
  • rapper
Instrument(s)Violin
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.kytami.ca

Kyla Tamiko LeBlanc (née Uyede), better known by her stage name Kytami, is a Canadian musician, violinist, singer and rapper. Born in Vancouver,[1] she started taking violin lessons at the age of three, and trained classically at the Vancouver Academy of Music from ages 3 to 17.[2][3][4] At the age of 23 she started playing in a band at the Dubh Linn Gate Pub. In 2002 she moved back to Vancouver and recorded her first album Conflation. In 2006 she co-founded the group Delhi 2 Dublin, but left in late 2010 to continue pursuing her solo career.[2][5] The "Kytami" stage name blends her first and middle names.[6] She is of mixed Japanese, Filipino, and English descent.[7]

Discography

SOLO

  • 2002 Conflation
  • 2012 "Kytami"

WITH DELHI 2 DUBLIN

  • Delhi 2 Dublin (Released 13 December 2007)
  • Delhi 2 Dublin Remixed (Released 2008)
  • Planet Electric (Released 4 May 2010)
  • Planet: Electrified (Released 26 April 2011)
  • Delhi to Dubland EP (Released 13 September 2011)

WITH BLACKIE AND THE TRIUMPHS

  • "Thinkinaboutdrinkin" (Released 2011)

References

  1. ^ "Kytami Album Release with F.U.C." Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. ^ a b "Punk Parents Playing Whistler". Pique Magazine. June 2, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Green, Mary Ellen (June 14–20, 2012). "Kytami rocks V.I.C. Fest". Monday Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2012. This article reported that Kytami began playing violin at age three. A promotional page on Arts Victoria in September 2006 noted that Kytami had "23 years" of violin experience. Additionally, the Monday Magazine article described her musical style: "blend[ing] her classical training with her more cutting edge sensibilities, merging her experiences playing with indie rock, acoustic punk rock, dancehall/hip hop/electronic, metal and Bhangra-Celtic fusion groups, and more recently with a DJ."
  4. ^ Arnusch, Shelley (January 30, 2004). "High-culture career leads to Chaos". Pique. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  5. ^ Devlin, Mike (May 5, 2010). "Fiddler sans frontier". Victoria Times-Colonist. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Glick, Abbie (July 8, 2011). "Kytami: Violinist extremist". What's Up! Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Delhi 2 Dublin study guide Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, p. 3.

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