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Czarina: Literally, it means the wife of a Russian Czar. This sums her music up perfectly; powerful, sweet and beautiful, like the woman herself.
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia via the Philippines, Czarina first entered Melbourne’s R&B scene back in 2002. But music has been running through her veins since she was a child. Through joining various choirs and even a family band at age 16, Czarina gained more insight into her love for creating music. She even formed part of a vocal group where she arranged the harmonies. This increased exposure to music led her to obtaining support slots for touring Filipino artists, gaining Czarina a strong reputation in the Filipino community. She even sang on Channel 9’s program, ‘StarStruck’, in 2000, performing a version of Monica’s, ‘Angel of Mine’.
All this finally led to Czarina hitting the studio and recording her own original songs. Working with some of Australia’s hottest producers, singers, dancers and MC’s at the time (including JWess, Digga, Israel, Randolf Winston & Vince Calingasan), Czarina began to stamp her mark on the scene with her smooth, melodic and catchy R&B / Pop tunes through her energetic and sexy live performances in some of Melbourne’s hottest clubs, including The Next Blue, Saratoga, Club Odeon and Club Matrix.
After taking some time off to get married and have a baby boy (now aged 2), Czarina decided to follow her heart and get back into her music. Linking with producer, Damion (of MobHitz Entertainment), the two have found an unmistakable musical chemistry.
Now that she has become more ‘in tune’ with herself being the more experienced woman that she is, the timing couldn’t be better for Czarina to get back into the scene, especially as Australia’s R&B climate is relatively dry and in serious need of quenching.
Being influenced by the likes of Janet Jackson, Mya, Usher, Aaliyah and Justin Timberlake, her new musical direction is more an extension of her old self, rather than an entirely new path.
Czarina has written all the songs for her Album Demo (15 tracks) and has been hard at work in the studio with Damion recording and polishing off the project (which features local MC’s: Lipz, Cee-For and the recently signed, GMC).
And to celebrate the completion of her Album Demo, Czarina held a performance showcase on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at Shamiana – a sell-out show consisting of 6 back-up dancers, choreographed by Vince Calingasan.
(She also performed a shorter set for Rhythm-al-ism @ Club Odeon, Crown Casino on Thursday September 20th, 2007 and at Khokolat Bar on Friday December 21st, 2007).
Czarina now has a more mature approach to her music which will sit well with the public.
“Music will always be a part of me ...” says Czarina. And there is definitely no doubt about that.

(Four of her tracks; “Hot”, “One Life to Live”, “Honeymoon” & “I Could Fall In Love” have been mixed by Ken Lewis (USA) and mastered by Crystal Mastering (AUS) ).

(Czarina was also featured in the MX & www.grooveon.com.au in 2007.)
(She was among the Top 30 Finalists in the ‘New Artists to Radio’ Competition ’07 and part of the Top 10 Finalists (Urban category) in the ‘MusicOz’ Competition ’07).