Christina Vantzou is a Kansas City, Missouri-born composer and filmmaker of Greek descent based in Brussels, Belgium.[1][2] First becoming known as one-half of the audio-visual duo The Dead Texan, she has released five albums of orchestral ambient music for Kranky. The albums have been accompanied by short films often making use of slow motion photography, arranged using "dream logic".[3][4]
Christina Vantzou | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Kranky |
| Website | www |
In a review of her album No. 3, online music magazine The Attic gave it four stars, describing it as a "sincere, sensible and reflective album."[5]
Discography
editThe Dead Texan
- The Dead Texan (Kranky, 2004)
Solo
- No. 1 (Kranky, 2011)
- No. 2 (Kranky, 2014)
- No. 3 (Kranky, 2015)
- No. 4 (Kranky, 2018)
- Multi Natural (Edicoes CN, 2020)
- Releasing Spores (Slow Moves, 2021)
- No. 5 (Kranky, 2022)
CV & JAB (Christina Vantzou and John Also Bennett)
- Zin Taylor - Thoughts Of A Dot As It Travels A Surface (Shelter Press, 2018)
- Landscape Architecture (Editions Basilic, 2020)
Other Collaborations
- Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison and John Also Bennett - S/T (Seance Centre, 2022)
References
edit- ^ "Christina Vantzou". www.kranky.net. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Chosen One: Christina Vantzou". FRACTURED AIR. 2014-07-08. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Christina Vantzou on taking Daft Punk to church and pioneering the "visual album"". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Christina Vantzou: No. 2 Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ The Attic, January 21, 2016 - Christina Vantzou - No. 3
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