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Krista Muir

April 10, 2024

Krista Muir is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist based in Montreal, Quebec. She initially used the stage name and persona of Lederhosen Lucil, but in 2007, she also began recording and performing under her own name. She plays two vintage Yamaha keyboards, and sometimes a ukulele, to accompany her singing.

Krista Muir in 2011

Early life edit

Muir was born in Kingston, Ontario,[1] and went to University in Montreal, Quebec. As a child she took piano lessons and listened to The Ramones, The Clash and The Pet Shop Boys. She also loved television shows Pee Wee's Playhouse, with Pee Wee Herman, Read All About It, Seeing Things, Sol and Dr. Who. A classically trained violinist and pianist, she started writing songs in high school in all-girl trio Wild Girl Soup (self taught bassist/singer). She also played bass in a ska surf band Polka Kola - having met members from various departments at McGill University. It wasn't until she was gifted a Yamaha PSR-180 in 1998 that she began journaling her daily grind through songs.

Career edit

Muir, initially an active part of the musical theatre, youth orchestra and choir community growing up in Kingston, Ontario, began performing in 1998 as alter ego "Lederhosen Lucil." As Lucil she released a cassette LL...Let's Hose! in 1999 (recorded at Hawksleytown Studios with engineer Karl Mohr), Frozenhosen in 2000 (which later was combined with the cassette, remastered and released as her first "official" release Hosemusik), Hosemusik in 2002 (most of which was recorded at Junkshop Recording Studio in Toronto with band Fembots), and Tales From the Pantry in 2003.[2] Tales was recorded/mixed in June, 2003 in only 10 days in Brooklyn, NY by engineer-producer Terence Bernardo in anticipation of the 70-performance tour LL was invited to by friend and former roommate Eric San (DJ Kid Koala). Kid Koala's Short Attention Span Theatre Tour of fall/winter 2003 (North America and Europe) garnered her an international fan base. She worked with one of her favourite filmmakers Kara Blake on the Semi-Sweet video (for which Kid Koala did a remix)

In 2005, while on a 4-month tour as Lederhosen Lucil in Europe, Muir began writing songs on a tiny, cheap soprano ukulele.[3]

In 2007 Muir began performing under her own name, and within a year she had released two albums featuring the baritone-ukulele - Leave Alight and Accidental Railway,.[4] Aside from Accidental Railway released under Indica Records, Muir has self-released all her albums under her hypo records apartment label. She worked with musician and visual artist Shane Watt on these two releases.

In 2011 Muir recorded and mixed psych folk pop album, Between Atoms at Marsonic Studios. This is the first album Muir engineered, mixed, produced and did the artwork for, featuring more original material and accompanying her singing and with several vintage keyboards, soprano-tenor-baritone ukulele, violin, omnichord, and percussion.[5][6]

Muir's genre-bending 2013 album, Guten Tag Gemini,[7] includes post punk pop folk rock garage and dance songs performed under her own name and alter-ego Lederhosen Lucil. They "duet" on Skate for their Lives[8] (about Women's Hockey, of which Muir is a fan and LL played at several Montréal Stars CWHL games - the intro features live audio from a game and backing vocals include her sister Kori Muir). She refers to this album as a "compilation" as it features two songs live off the floor with Ottawa's Mercy Buckets (Sensitive Boy and Rich Family) and a slew of misfit songs recorded at Marsonic Studios.[9] Due to a severe flare-up of chronic illness Endometriosis, Muir had to cancel her tour dates for Guten Tag Gemini.

In March, 2016, Muir held a residency at Fisch Haus[10] in Wichita, Kansas entitled Chanson-O-Grammes: Beloved Object Edition. She composed songs about several articles lent to her while in residence.[11] Also in 2017 Muir provided backup vocals at Hotel2Tango at the request of engineer producer Howard Bilerman for the Karpinka Brothers album Talk is Cheap.[12]

Living with unpredictable chronic illness endometriosis greatly limited her touring abilities but Muir wrote, self-engineered, and released The Tides in 2018,[13] stating that it was the album that "saved my life."[14] Songs include Social Pariah, Girl Possessed, What Doesn't Kill You, and The Knife. For each song, visual artist, musician and videomaker Amy Torok created psychedelic visuals for the live performance/lyric videos. She wrote a piece about catharsis through creativity for the Endometriosis Foundation of America and continues to volunteer and sit on the board of the Endometriosis Network Canada. Muir did several Canadian "psychedelic storytelling" shows in support of this album.

Muir has incorporated the contributions of other artists on her albums and those of other artists as well as in live recordings. Artists with whom she has collaborated include Kid Koala, filmmaker Kara Blake, producer Shane Watt and Paul Beaulieu.

Discography edit

  • Lederhosen Lucil... Let's Hose! (1999)
  • Frözen Hosen (2000)
  • Hosemusik (2002)
  • Music To Climb Stairs By (2003)
  • Tales From the Pantry (2003)
  • Apricota (2004)
  • Leave Alight (2007)
  • Accidental Railway (2008)
  • Between Atoms[15] (2011)
  • Guten Tag Gemini[16] (2013)
  • A Pocket Full of Lullabies[17] (2015)
  • The Tides[18] (2018)

References edit

  1. ^ "Synth Punks and Super Freaks". Exclaim!, By Lorraine Carpenter, Jul 01, 2003
  2. ^ "Lederhosen Lucil Tales From The Pantry". Exclaim!, By Helen Spitzer, Oct 01, 2003
  3. ^ "Krista Muir: anarchie in the «uke»". Night Life, Olivier Lalande, 5 June 2010
  4. ^ "Krista Muir - Accidental Railway [Indica]", CISM-FM, 16 October 2018
  5. ^ "Critiques CD: Krista Muir | Between Atoms". Night Life, Steve Guimond, 3 juin, 2011
  6. ^ "Krista Muir: Between Atoms". Pop Matters, Brice Ezell, 29 Sep 2011
  7. ^ "Guten Tag Gemini!, by Lederhosen Lucil & Krista Muir". Krista Muir. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. ^ "Skate For Their Lives, by Lederhosen Lucil & Krista Muir". Krista Muir. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  9. ^ "Marsonic Studios Montreal -". marsonic.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  10. ^ "Info | Fisch Haus". fischhaus.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  11. ^ Beloved Object: Albert The Alligator, archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved 2019-10-10
  12. ^ "Five Questions With… The Karpinka Brothers". FYI Music News, Nov 08, 2017 by Jason Schneider
  13. ^ "Review – “The Tides” – Krista Muir". Greyowl Point, May 9, 2018, reviewed by Michael Thomas
  14. ^ "Performer credits new album with saving her life". Kingston Whig-Standard, by Peter Hendra, December 7, 2017
  15. ^ "Between Atoms". Album page on Kristamuir.bandcamp.com. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  16. ^ "Guten Tag Gemini". Album page on Kristamuir.bandcamp.com. 2013-11-13.
  17. ^ "A Pocket Full of Lullabies, by Krista Muir". Krista Muir. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  18. ^ "The Tides, by Krista Muir". Krista Muir. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

External links edit

  • Krista Muir's official site
  • Krista Muir bandcamp page

April 10, 2024
krista, muir, canadian, indie, rock, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, based, montreal, quebec, initially, used, stage, name, persona, lederhosen, lucil, 2007, also, began, recording, performing, under, name, plays, vintage, yamaha, keyboards, sometimes, ukulel. Krista Muir is a Canadian indie rock singer songwriter and keyboardist based in Montreal Quebec She initially used the stage name and persona of Lederhosen Lucil but in 2007 she also began recording and performing under her own name She plays two vintage Yamaha keyboards and sometimes a ukulele to accompany her singing Krista Muir in 2011 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editMuir was born in Kingston Ontario 1 and went to University in Montreal Quebec As a child she took piano lessons and listened to The Ramones The Clash and The Pet Shop Boys She also loved television shows Pee Wee s Playhouse with Pee Wee Herman Read All About It Seeing Things Sol and Dr Who A classically trained violinist and pianist she started writing songs in high school in all girl trio Wild Girl Soup self taught bassist singer She also played bass in a ska surf band Polka Kola having met members from various departments at McGill University It wasn t until she was gifted a Yamaha PSR 180 in 1998 that she began journaling her daily grind through songs Career editMuir initially an active part of the musical theatre youth orchestra and choir community growing up in Kingston Ontario began performing in 1998 as alter ego Lederhosen Lucil As Lucil she released a cassette LL Let s Hose in 1999 recorded at Hawksleytown Studios with engineer Karl Mohr Frozenhosen in 2000 which later was combined with the cassette remastered and released as her first official release Hosemusik Hosemusik in 2002 most of which was recorded at Junkshop Recording Studio in Toronto with band Fembots and Tales From the Pantry in 2003 2 Tales was recorded mixed in June 2003 in only 10 days in Brooklyn NY by engineer producer Terence Bernardo in anticipation of the 70 performance tour LL was invited to by friend and former roommate Eric San DJ Kid Koala Kid Koala s Short Attention Span Theatre Tour of fall winter 2003 North America and Europe garnered her an international fan base She worked with one of her favourite filmmakers Kara Blake on the Semi Sweet video for which Kid Koala did a remix In 2005 while on a 4 month tour as Lederhosen Lucil in Europe Muir began writing songs on a tiny cheap soprano ukulele 3 In 2007 Muir began performing under her own name and within a year she had released two albums featuring the baritone ukulele Leave Alight and Accidental Railway 4 Aside from Accidental Railway released under Indica Records Muir has self released all her albums under her hypo records apartment label She worked with musician and visual artist Shane Watt on these two releases In 2011 Muir recorded and mixed psych folk pop album Between Atoms at Marsonic Studios This is the first album Muir engineered mixed produced and did the artwork for featuring more original material and accompanying her singing and with several vintage keyboards soprano tenor baritone ukulele violin omnichord and percussion 5 6 Muir s genre bending 2013 album Guten Tag Gemini 7 includes post punk pop folk rock garage and dance songs performed under her own name and alter ego Lederhosen Lucil They duet on Skate for their Lives 8 about Women s Hockey of which Muir is a fan and LL played at several Montreal Stars CWHL games the intro features live audio from a game and backing vocals include her sister Kori Muir She refers to this album as a compilation as it features two songs live off the floor with Ottawa s Mercy Buckets Sensitive Boy and Rich Family and a slew of misfit songs recorded at Marsonic Studios 9 Due to a severe flare up of chronic illness Endometriosis Muir had to cancel her tour dates for Guten Tag Gemini In March 2016 Muir held a residency at Fisch Haus 10 in Wichita Kansas entitled Chanson O Grammes Beloved Object Edition She composed songs about several articles lent to her while in residence 11 Also in 2017 Muir provided backup vocals at Hotel2Tango at the request of engineer producer Howard Bilerman for the Karpinka Brothers album Talk is Cheap 12 Living with unpredictable chronic illness endometriosis greatly limited her touring abilities but Muir wrote self engineered and released The Tides in 2018 13 stating that it was the album that saved my life 14 Songs include Social Pariah Girl Possessed What Doesn t Kill You and The Knife For each song visual artist musician and videomaker Amy Torok created psychedelic visuals for the live performance lyric videos She wrote a piece about catharsis through creativity for the Endometriosis Foundation of America and continues to volunteer and sit on the board of the Endometriosis Network Canada Muir did several Canadian psychedelic storytelling shows in support of this album Muir has incorporated the contributions of other artists on her albums and those of other artists as well as in live recordings Artists with whom she has collaborated include Kid Koala filmmaker Kara Blake producer Shane Watt and Paul Beaulieu Discography editLederhosen Lucil Let s Hose 1999 Frozen Hosen 2000 Hosemusik 2002 Music To Climb Stairs By 2003 Tales From the Pantry 2003 Apricota 2004 Leave Alight 2007 Accidental Railway 2008 Between Atoms 15 2011 Guten Tag Gemini 16 2013 A Pocket Full of Lullabies 17 2015 The Tides 18 2018 References edit Synth Punks and Super Freaks Exclaim By Lorraine Carpenter Jul 01 2003 Lederhosen Lucil Tales From The Pantry Exclaim By Helen Spitzer Oct 01 2003 Krista Muir anarchie in the uke Night Life Olivier Lalande 5 June 2010 Krista Muir Accidental Railway Indica CISM FM 16 October 2018 Critiques CD Krista Muir Between Atoms Night Life Steve Guimond 3 juin 2011 Krista Muir Between Atoms Pop Matters Brice Ezell 29 Sep 2011 Guten Tag Gemini by Lederhosen Lucil amp Krista Muir Krista Muir Retrieved 2019 10 10 Skate For Their Lives by Lederhosen Lucil amp Krista Muir Krista Muir Retrieved 2019 10 10 Marsonic Studios Montreal marsonic com Retrieved 2019 10 10 Info Fisch Haus fischhaus com Retrieved 2019 10 10 Beloved Object Albert The Alligator archived from the original on 2021 12 12 retrieved 2019 10 10 Five Questions With The Karpinka Brothers FYI Music News Nov 08 2017 by Jason Schneider Review The Tides Krista Muir Greyowl Point May 9 2018 reviewed by Michael Thomas Performer credits new album with saving her life Kingston Whig Standard by Peter Hendra December 7 2017 Between Atoms Album page on Kristamuir bandcamp com 2011 05 11 Retrieved 2012 05 20 Guten Tag Gemini Album page on Kristamuir bandcamp com 2013 11 13 A Pocket Full of Lullabies by Krista Muir Krista Muir Retrieved 2019 10 10 The Tides by Krista Muir Krista Muir Retrieved 2019 10 10 External links editKrista Muir s official site Krista Muir bandcamp page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Krista Muir amp oldid 1134049990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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