Kiva (musician)

Kiva Simova
Origin Manitoba, Canada
Genres world beat, jazz/ pop/ experimental
harmonic overtone singing
Occupation(s) singer, songwriter
vocal instructor
Instruments vocals, keyboards
Years active 1978-present
Labels Yemyss Music (independent)
Associated acts Crash Test Dummies
Website http://kivasimova.com
Notable instruments
voice: harmonic overtoning, keyboards

Kiva Simova is a Canadian harmonic overtone singer keyboard player and songwriter, based in Saltspring Island, BC, Canada. She is internationally recognized as a western pioneer in world beat/jazz music, particularly the art of harmonic overtone singing (singing two pitches simultaneously) which she both performs and teaches. She composes for overtone choir and has directed her own such choir, AURALIA in Prague.

Discography

Kiva has released three solo CDs featuring original compositions and her own style of overtone singing and recorded albums with a diverse range of artists.

Kiva's solo recordings include 1998's 'The Ladder', featuring thirteen originals by Kiva, one song co-written with Gary Taylor and one cover of a Bob Fuhr/ Larry Hicock song. Her 2004 album 'Pulse' features ten originals, including co-writes with Rhys Fulber, Nii Tettey Tetteh, John Hudson, Jay Stoller and Jordan Hanson. The third album, 'The Quality of Light', released December 2013 (with artist name adjusted to 'Kiva Simova') contains ten originals. It features an improvised piece co-written with didgeridoo player Ondrej Smeykal.

The Ladder (1998) - Yemyss Music (indie)

Tracks

  1. Tuva on Rye
  2. Untouchable
  3. Gone Forever
  4. Seven Years
  5. The Big Picture
  6. Egyptian Eyes
  7. Venus and the Fly
  8. Dare to Lose
  9. The Flip Side
  10. The Science Project
  11. Heart Overboard
  12. Interlude in Monkey Forest
  13. On the Ganges
  14. Freedom to Go
  15. Regret

Musicians

Pulse (2004) - Yemyss Music (indie)

Tracks

  1. Sanctuary
  2. Donde Soweika
  3. Serendipity Doodah
  4. Everything Goes
  5. Morning Dew Ragu
  6. The Incident
  7. Firecracker Suite
  8. That Zing
  9. Kaida Kei
  10. In the Flesh

Musicians

The Quality of Light (2014) - Yemyss Music (indie)

Tracks

  1. Going Down
  2. Sea Legs
  3. The Endeared Ones
  4. Bitter my Sweet
  5. Just in Case
  6. In Her Nature
  7. Resurrected
  8. Common Thread
  9. The Opposite of Torture
  10. Meeting in Dreamtime

Musicians

Professional reviews

Recordings with other artists

Film Soundtracks

References

  1. Baylin, Steve (May 2005). "Pulse review". Ottawa: Ottawa Xpress. Retrieved 2009-06-12. Pulse surges in wave after wave of sheer textural bliss as cascading walls of vocal fluency cry, swoon and surprise amid a subtle swell of jazz, pop, Klezmer, Celtic, Caribbean and Cajun trimmings.

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