Kristy Thirsk is a platinum selling Canadian singer-songwriter. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Best known for her ethereal vocal work with Delerium, Thirsk has participated with other projects, which includes her solo career. Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music
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Rose Chronicles
She was the singer and a co-writer for the band Rose Chronicles, which was signed to Nettwerk in the 1990s. Rose Chronicles was a Canadian Alternative rock band in the 1990s Rose Chronicles was a Canadian Alternative rock band in the 1990s Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm Rose Chronicles released two full-length albums: Shiver (1994), which won a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album, and Happily Ever After (1996). Shiver was the debut album by Canadian rock act Rose Chronicles. The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada 's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the Alternative rock Happily Ever After was the last album by Canadian rock act Rose Chronicles. The band split up in 1997.
Collaborations
In the years that followed, Thirsk was featured as a guest vocalist and co-writer on albums by Delerium and Balligomingo. Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music Balligomingo is an Electronic music project by Garrett Schwarz and Vic Levak. She sang the vocals in Front Line Assembly's cover of Madonna's "Justify My Love" and Mystery Machine's cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass. Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Mystery Machine was a Canadian Alternative rock band active in the 1990s Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records "
According to Kristy in an Auralgasms interview, Garrett Schwarz allegedly borrowed samples from her Delerium song, "Incantation" and then released his own song on the Balligomingo album, Beneath The Surface. This, she explained, was the reason she discontinued any further collaboration with Garret[1].
The Sleepthief album The Dawnseeker, released June 2006, features Thirsk's vocals in the songs "Sublunar (Sweet Angel)". Sleepthief is an American electronic music recording project formed by producer and composer Justin Elswick Sleepthief's follow-up The Chauffeur - The Remix - EP features Kristy on "Send Me an Angel", a remake of the Scorpions 1990 "power ballad". Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a She also sings "Overkill" for the D:Fuse & Mike Hiratzka album Skyline Lounge (July 2007). DFuse (real name Dustin Fusilier) is a Texas DJ / producer. He has released singles and compilations on record labels such as Moonshine Mike Hiratzka (full name Michael Hiratzka is a music producer audio engineer remixer and DJ based in Los Angeles California
Thirsk and fellow Delerium singer Shelley Harland were the two lead vocalists for Delerium's first US tour in 2003. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the She toured again as the singer with Delerium's European Tour in May 2008, playing in London, Antwerp, Budapest, Prague, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Athens, Thessaloniki, and Moscow.
Solo career
Thirsk's first released solo track was "Bounds of Love," which was on the soundtrack of the movie Kissed in 1997. Kissed is a Canadian drama film released in 1996. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, and written by Stopkewich and Angus Fraser This song received a Genie Award nomination for Best Movie Theme. Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
She worked on her own material throughout this period and released her first full-length solo album, Souvenir, in 2003. Souvenir was produced by Eric Rosse (Tori Amos, Lisa Marie Presley). Eric Rosse is a Record producer who has a penchant for producing work by talented and often unknown female Singer-songwriters He is best known for his involvement
According to her MySpace blog, Thirsk is almost finished recording a new album with Mike Hiratzka (due in Spring to Summer 2008) featuring Ashwin Sood ("Sarah McLachlan's drummer and Delerium's studio/sometimes live drummer").
In May 2008, Kristy released a limited edition 4-song EP called Under Cover EP with the songs "Hourglass", "Conspiracy", "What If I", and a remake of Prince's "When Doves Cry" that features exclusive mixes of the four songs that will also be on her upcoming solo album. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician The EP will be sold on the tour only and online.
Her song "Out There" (once performed as "I Know You Are Out There" for the 2005 Stripped Volume 5 charity concert series) was released on the Sirènes compilation album in May 2008. Kristy designated the song as the theme song for Red Cross Canada in January 2005, in response to the 2004 Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake/Asian Tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Her sister Natasha is also a musician, currently fronting the indie rock band Catlow. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene
Discography
Rose Chronicles
Kristy Thirsk
| Year | Title | Label | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lit from Within | Nettwerk | Compilation | Features exclusive track “Songbird”. Rose Chronicles was a Canadian Alternative rock band in the 1990s Lit from Within is a Canadian compilation album released on Nettwerk in 1995 Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm |
| 1995 | Slow Brew | Nettwerk | Compilation | Features exclusive track “Songbird (Remix)”. |
| 1997 | Kissed Motion Picture Soundtrack | Nettwerk | Soundtrack | Features exclusive track “Bounds Of Love”. Kissed is a Canadian drama film released in 1996. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, and written by Stopkewich and Angus Fraser Kristy is also featured on the movie’s score. |
| 2000 | Bootlegs | Self-Released | E. Bootlegs was the debut EP by Canadian singer/songwriter Kristy Thirsk. P. | Features demos and live tracks. Released to support Kristy’s west coast tour. Only 200 copies were made. |
| 2001 | Ready For Radio! Music West 2001 | Nettwerk | Compilation | Features exclusive track “Over It”. Released to promote the New Music West Festival 2001. |
| 2003 | Souvenir | Pretty Noise | Studio Album | Produced by Eric Rosse. Eric Rosse is a Record producer who has a penchant for producing work by talented and often unknown female Singer-songwriters He is best known for his involvement |
| 2004 | Souvenir | Pretty Noise/Maple Music | Studio Album | Produced by Eric Rosse. MapleMusic Recordings is a Toronto based Record label, whose innovative web based marketing strategy has made them a major player in the Canadian music Includes bonus track, a re-recorded version of “Over It” |
| 2008 | Under Cover | Self-Released | E. P. | Physical copies available exclusively on Delerium’s 2008 European tour. Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music Collaboration with Mike Hiratzka. Mike Hiratzka (full name Michael Hiratzka is a music producer audio engineer remixer and DJ based in Los Angeles California |
| 2008 | Sirenes: The Beauty Of The Female Voice | Spectacle Entertainment | Compilation | Features exclusive track “Out There”. |
| 2008 | tentatively titled Phoenix | TBA | Studio Album | Forthcoming album set for release in 2008. Collaboration with Mike Hiratzka. Mike Hiratzka (full name Michael Hiratzka is a music producer audio engineer remixer and DJ based in Los Angeles California |
Guest Appearances
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Delerium | Semantic Spaces | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Flowers Become Screens”, “Incantation” and “Flatlands”. Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music Semantic Spaces is an album by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium in 1994 (see 1994 in music) Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm |
| 1994 | Delerium | "Flowers Become Screens" | Nettwerk | CD Single | - |
| 1994 | Delerium | "Incantation" | Nettwerk | CD Single | - |
| 1995 | Mystery Machine | Ten Speed | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Chihuahua”. Mystery Machine was a Canadian Alternative rock band active in the 1990s Some copies of this album feature a cover of Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass”, which also features Kristy. |
| 1995 | Mystery Machine | "Heart Of Glass" | Nettwerk | 7” Single | Limited edition single featuring Kristy singing lead. |
| 1997 | Delerium | Karma | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Enchanted”, “Lamentation”, “Wisdom”, “’Til The End Of Time” and “Heaven’s Earth”. Karma is an album by Canadian industrial / electronic music group Delerium in 1997 (see 1997 in music) |
| 1999 | Front Line Assembly | Virgin Voices Volume 1 - A Tribute To Madonna | Cleopatra/Eagle Records | Compilation | Kristy is featured on “Justify My Love”. Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt Eagle Records are a leading independent Record label. Also trading as " Eagle Rock Entertainment " The song was supposed to be credited to Delerium, but due to contractual problems, the song is credited to another of Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber’s projects, Front Line Assembly. Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed |
| 2001 | Delerium | "Heaven’s Earth" | Nettwerk | CD Single | - |
| 2002 | Balligomingo | Beneath The Surface | Windham Hill | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Heat”. Balligomingo is an Electronic music project by Garrett Schwarz and Vic Levak. Windham Hill Records was an Independent record label, founded in 1976 by Guitarist and Carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife |
| 2003 | Delerium | Chimera | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Returning”. Chimera is an album by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium in 2003 (see 2003 in music) |
| 2003 | James Divine | Intervention | - | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Sun Moon Stars” and “Catch Me”. James Divine is the pseudonym of Kristy’s brother J. T. James. |
| 2004 | Delerium | The Best Of Delerium | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Compilation featuring “Flowers Become Screens” and “Incantation”. The Best Of is a Compilation album by Delerium, released on Nettwerk in 2004 |
| 2006 | Delerium | Nuages du Monde | Nettwerk | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Self-Saboteur”. Nuages du Monde is an album by Canadian new age/electronic music group Delerium in 2006 (see 2006 in music) |
| 2006 | Sleepthief | The Dawnseeker | Neurodisc | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Sublunar (Sweet Angel)”. Sleepthief is an American electronic music recording project formed by producer and composer Justin Elswick Neurodisc Records is a Ft Lauderdale Florida based Record label specializing in the electronic, new age, and |
| 2007 | Sleepthief | The Chauffeur | Neurodisc | E. P. | Kristy is featured on “Send Me An Angel”. |
| 2007 | D:Fuse & Mike Hiratzka | Skyline Lounge | Lost Angeles Recordings | Studio Album | Kristy is featured on “Overkill”. DFuse (real name Dustin Fusilier) is a Texas DJ / producer. He has released singles and compilations on record labels such as Moonshine Mike Hiratzka (full name Michael Hiratzka is a music producer audio engineer remixer and DJ based in Los Angeles California |
| 2008 | Sleepthief | Sleepthief II | Neurodisc | Studio Album | Kristy is planned to feature on Sleepthief’s forthcoming album. |
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