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Katia Salemi

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General Info

  • Genre: Electronica / Pop / Trip Hop

    Location Origine: iTALIAn, born: bELGIUm, Living: hOLLANDIa, Limburg, NL

    Profile Views: 24395

    Last Login: 1/10/2012

    Member Since 3/6/2006

    Website www.katiasalemi.com

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. ........ ...... ........ .. .. .. .. .... ............MySpace....Profile Help!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... Ecco, la mia storia... .. .. kATIA SALEMI participated at an italian singing competition for children at the age of 5. At age 10 she started her musical education and a year later she began to play the piano as well. During her education she met some guys and formed her first band. A few years later she was asked in a well-known Dutch all-round band as their leadsinger. She started to focus herself on her voice. She took singing lessons at a rock academy "De Til" in Antwerp, Belgium. Her teacher got her in touch with the Belgian Triphop band "Suburban Prejudice" and immediately "CNR Arcade The Netherlands" offered them a record deal. They recorded and mixed their full CD in some of the best studio's in Belgium and The Netherlands (Arnold Muhren, Volendam / Galaxy, Mol), worked with the famous producer in the triphop/dance business: Hans Weekhout (Peplab, Capricorn), had a tour in Europe, a lot of airplay and their own video on TMF. Although the product had a lot of potential, the promotion cried off and so they decided to split. .. .. She knew she wanted to write her own stuff. So she started a collaboration with Rene Ubachs (www.are-u-recordings.com). In 1998 their remarkable project NEW TONGUE was born. Although they were not focused on playing their stuff live, they recorded their own music at Rene's Studio. During the summer of 1999 Katia meets Arabesque's guitar-player joOp WOLTERS (www.joopwolters.com). Because of their friendship and wide interest in music, Joop asks Katia to join Arabesque (www.arabesque-site.com). Lion Music (www.lionmusic.com) then decided to give them a record deal. Their full album ..The Union' was released worldwide. At the moment they're working at their second album. .. .. Katia has been taking classical, rock and jazz singing lessons. Yet as time passed by she realized that all she ever wanted was entering the infinite space of the harmony. So she decided to study Music again. She studied Jazz at the conservatoire in Maastricht and graduated in 2006 . .. Besides Arabesque and New Tongue, she sings in Hollands funkiest band MO & THE FAMILY TEA (www.bahama.nl/motea) and in the a capella band Something Blue. Check out their tunes! She's also active with her jazz combo "Strawberry Jam". At this very moment she is working on a new project, called:.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ................ More news... later on. .. .. In the meantime Katia has a lot of live giggs with different projects and bands, does studio work for different artists (like p.e. the Autralian band 'Hot Rubber Glove', singer/songwriter Jos Netto @ www.nettovibes.com, the Italian artist Chris Catena @ www.chriscatena.com and many more). She also started to teach at a private music school. More than ever Katia is busy working her way into the big scene. So everybody, stay tuned! .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PS: Watch pERFECT d-LiTE (Suburban Prejudice with kATIA) .. ..pERFECT d-LITE...... .. .. .. .. .. .. Nica's Dream on my exam: .. ..Nica's Dream...... .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ ..Get Your Own!.. | ..View Slideshow...... .. ...... " tHANx 4 yOUR vISIT "...... td.text td.text table table table td a img {width:100px;} td.text td.text table table table td div img {width:80px;} td.text td.text table table td img {width:260px; max-width:260px; width:auto;} td.text td.text table table td div img {width:80px;} * html td.text td.text table table td img {width:260px;} * html td.text td.text table table td a img {width:90px;} * html td.text td.text table table td div img {width:80px;} ........ .. ........

  • Members

    ..nEW tONGUE.. (René Ubachs & Katia Salemi. Guitars by: Joop Wolters, some tunes also composed by joOp) .. ..UNMOOR.. (René, Katia, Bas, Barend & Jan).. ..mO & tHE fAMILY tEA.. (Mo de Lange, Tim Hooymakers, René Ubachs, Yvette van der Wyck, Randy Straube, Corine Keulers & Katia Salemi) .. ..sTRAWBERRY jAM.. (Sven Bloemen, Marco Brasci, David Demuynck & Katia Salemi) .. ..aRABESQUE.. (joOp Wolters, René Ubachs, Marc van Mierlo, Frank de Groot, Nicole de Seriere du Bizournet & Katia Salemi).. ..sOMETHING bLUE.. Tessa, Jami, Romy, Anouska & Katia..

  • Influences

    Queen, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol (Steve Stevens), Simple Minds, U2, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Marillion, Toto, Rene Ubachs, Tori Amos, Lamb, Massive Attack, Tricky, NIN, PortisHead, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bobby McFerrin, Norbert Gottschalk, Zero 7, Sia Furler, Ani di Franco, Tom Jobim, Nicolette, Fiona Apple, Camille Le-Fil, Goldfrapp, A Perfect Circle, Dizzy Miss Lizzy and many many more. My LoVE 4 music has no boundaries, as long as it is gOOD mUSIC, with good lyrics, a strong melody, nice chords... played convincevly. I really don't care much about the genre... As long as it touches mY sOUL!!! .. .......... .. ..........

  • Sounds Like

    Yeechllll !!! Hideous question. If you so necessarily want to categorize me... I'd say... Kate Bush, Sinead O'Connor, Lamb, Bjork and many more made a big impression on me... Guess their music will always be in my system. Would be nice if you let mine enter yours. Everybody is unique in his/her own way, isn't it? .. More tunes on www.myspace.com/newtongue. .. .. ..........

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  • Bo Raemaekers

    Hee Katia,
    Beetje een leuke vakantie?? Ik heb al veel geoefend met Thankyou for the music en ik ken hem al vrij goed.  
    xx Bo

    1 year ago
  • Noise NextDoor

    Hey Katia!

    Ik weet niet of je me nog kent, maar ik heb vorig jaar bij jou zangles gevolgd!
    Wel, dit is mijn band waar ik vorig jaar over verteld heb!

    We hebben 2 nieuwe nummers op Myspace staan :
    'Out Of My Mind' en 'Take A Breath'.
    Hopelijk ga je een keertje luisteren en voel je vrij om een comment achter te laten! Alvast merci!

    Greetz Jessie,
    Noise Nextdoor

    2 years ago
  • Parkstad Limburg Theate…

    Hoi Katia,

    Bedankt voor het toevoegen!

    Groet uit Heerlen

    2 years ago
  • John Straws

    Princess Katiusca! How are dee doing? Just wondering about your status of emotions...

    x

    2 years ago
  • Feromones





    Hi

    Luister naar onze nieuwe EP op onze myspace page!

    Groetjes,

    Feromones

    2 years ago
  • A Capella Something Blue

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    3 years ago
  • Frank Peeters

    Hee Katia,

    My alles goed, veel in de studio by Ron, de laatste tyd. En jy ?? Hoop je weer eens te zien.
    groet uit Antwerpen, frank

    3 years ago
  • bluecocoon

    Hi Katja,

    thank's for edding me.

    Very, great voice and delicious music (association to Björk?)!!!!

    3 years ago
  • CHRISTOPHE VIOLLAND

    Hi Katia

    thanks for the add

    peace

    Christophe

    3 years ago
  • SALTODELMUERTO

    Hey Katia,
    Frank (SaltodelMuerto) hier.
    Mag ik ff bij je promoten.
    myspace. com/bokpopfestival
    bokpop. hyves. nl
    POS

    3 years ago
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Bio:



Ecco, la mia storia...

kATIA SALEMI participated at an italian singing competition for children at the age of 5. At age 10 she started her musical education and a year later she began to play the piano as well. During her education she met some guys and formed her first band. A few years later she was asked in a well-known Dutch all-round band as their leadsinger. She started to focus herself on her voice. She took singing lessons at a rock academy "De Til" in Antwerp, Belgium. Her teacher got her in touch with the Belgian Triphop band "Suburban Prejudice" and immediately "CNR Arcade The Netherlands" offered them a record deal. They recorded and mixed their full CD in some of the best studio's in Belgium and The Netherlands (Arnold Muhren, Volendam / Galaxy, Mol), worked with the famous producer in the triphop/dance business: Hans Weekhout (Peplab, Capricorn), had a tour in Europe, a lot of airplay and their own video on TMF. Although the product had a lot of potential, the promotion cried off and so they decided to split.

She knew she wanted to write her own stuff. So she started a collaboration with Rene Ubachs (
www.are-u-recordings.com). In 1998 their remarkable project NEW TONGUE was born. Although they were not focused on playing their stuff live, they recorded their own music at Rene's Studio. During the summer of 1999 Katia meets Arabesque's guitar-player joOp WOLTERS (www.joopwolters.com). Because of their friendship and wide interest in music, Joop asks Katia to join Arabesque (www.arabesque-site.com). Lion Music (www.lionmusic.com) then decided to give them a record deal. Their full album ..The Union' was released worldwide. At the moment they're working at their second album.

Katia has been taking classical, rock and jazz singing lessons. Yet as time passed by she realized that all she ever wanted was entering the infinite space of the harmony. So she decided to study Music again. She studied Jazz at the conservatoire in Maastricht and graduated in 2006 .
Besides Arabesque and New Tongue, she sings in Hollands funkiest band MO & THE FAMILY TEA (www.bahama.nl/motea) and in the a capella band Something Blue. Check out their tunes! She's also active with her jazz combo "Strawberry Jam". At this very moment she is working on a new project, called:



More news... later on.

In the meantime Katia has a lot of live giggs with different projects and bands, does studio work for different artists (like p.e. the Autralian band 'Hot Rubber Glove', singer/songwriter Jos Netto @ www.nettovibes.com, the Italian artist Chris Catena @ www.chriscatena.com and many more). She also started to teach at a private music school. More than ever Katia is busy working her way into the big scene. So everybody, stay tuned!

PS: Watch pERFECT d-LiTE (Suburban Prejudice with kATIA)
pERFECT d-LITE

Nica's Dream on my exam:
Nica's Dream


" tHANx 4 yOUR vISIT "

Member Since:.. March 06, 2006

Members:

nEW tONGUE (René Ubachs & Katia Salemi. Guitars by: Joop Wolters, some tunes also composed by joOp)
UNMOOR (René, Katia, Bas, Barend & Jan)
mO & tHE fAMILY tEA (Mo de Lange, Tim Hooymakers, René Ubachs, Yvette van der Wyck, Randy Straube, Corine Keulers & Katia Salemi)
sTRAWBERRY jAM (Sven Bloemen, Marco Brasci, David Demuynck & Katia Salemi)
aRABESQUE (joOp Wolters, René Ubachs, Marc van Mierlo, Frank de Groot, Nicole de Seriere du Bizournet & Katia Salemi)
sOMETHING bLUE Tessa, Jami, Romy, Anouska & Katia

Influences:

Queen, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol (Steve Stevens), Simple Minds, U2, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Marillion, Toto, Rene Ubachs, Tori Amos, Lamb, Massive Attack, Tricky, NIN, PortisHead, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bobby McFerrin, Norbert Gottschalk, Zero 7, Sia Furler, Ani di Franco, Tom Jobim, Nicolette, Fiona Apple, Camille Le-Fil, Goldfrapp, A Perfect Circle, Dizzy Miss Lizzy and many many more. My LoVE 4 music has no boundaries, as long as it is gOOD mUSIC, with good lyrics, a strong melody, nice chords... played convincevly. I really don't care much about the genre... As long as it touches mY sOUL!!!
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Sounds Like:

Yeechllll !!! Hideous question. If you so necessarily want to categorize me... I'd say... Kate Bush, Sinead O'Connor, Lamb, Bjork and many more made a big impression on me... Guess their music will always be in my system. Would be nice if you let mine enter yours. Everybody is unique in his/her own way, isn't it?
More tunes on www.myspace.com/newtongue.

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