Kissey
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Tina Asplund, better known as Kissey (formerly Kissey Asplund), born 1982, is a singer, songwriter, producer and performer from Stockholm, Sweden.
(Maddslinky), Jay Scarlett, Dorian Concept
, Domu, Blu, Ben Mono, Rustie, Machinedrum, and Rampa, resulting in numerous releases as a featured vocalist. She is rumored to be working on her second album (title and label unknown).
Kissey has performed throughout The United States and Europe, including appearances at The Hultsfred Festival
in Sweden, Heineken
Refreshing Sounds Sessions' Welcome to Detroit concert in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dante's Fried Chicken, opening for Dizzee Rascal
and Aaron LaCrate
and appearing as a guest with The Roots
, both at The Highline Ballroom in New York City. Kissey has also shared the stage with Little Dragon
, Theophilus London
, Dj Antipop, Guilty Simpson
and Black Milk
.
Noteworthy media include MTV
Iggy, Current TV
, BBC Radio 1
(Benji B & Gilles Peterson
), Okayplayer
, KCRW
, and SR P3.
Kissey has been shot by celebrated photographers Jonas Åkerlund
for Elle magazine and Shawn Mortensen for Nike
's AM90 campaign, as one of eight featured artists/faces, internationally.
EPs:
Singles:
Career
Kissey released her first full-length album, Plethora, produced by Papa Jazz, on R2 Records in 2008. She has collaborated with many other producers and artists such as Zed BiasZed Bias
Zed Bias is an English electronic musician who operates within the UK garage and broken beat genres, both as a producer and a DJ. Jones has also released material under the pseudonym Maddslinky, and is half of the Phuturistix duo, as well as other side projects.Zed Bias is best known for his...
(Maddslinky), Jay Scarlett, Dorian Concept
Dorian Concept
Dorian Concept is a Austrian electronic jazz/funk/hip-hop producer. He uses a MicroKORG keyboard and he is also a member of the Austrian funk band Jacob's Salty and Bamboozling Ladder.-Discography:Album...
, Domu, Blu, Ben Mono, Rustie, Machinedrum, and Rampa, resulting in numerous releases as a featured vocalist. She is rumored to be working on her second album (title and label unknown).
Kissey has performed throughout The United States and Europe, including appearances at The Hultsfred Festival
Hultsfred Festival
The Hultsfred Festival is an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It takes place at the lake Hulingen during three days in the June or July, from Thursday to Saturday. Since the first festival in 1986, its attendance has increased from 7,500 visitors to approximately 32,000 people in...
in Sweden, Heineken
Heineken
Heineken is a Dutch beer which has been brewed by Heineken International since 1873. It is available in a 4.6% alcohol variety in countries such as Ireland. It is the flagship product of the Heineken company and is made of purified water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. In 1886 H...
Refreshing Sounds Sessions' Welcome to Detroit concert in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dante's Fried Chicken, opening for Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal
Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
and Aaron LaCrate
Aaron LaCrate
Aaron LaCrate is an American music producer, recording artist, DJ, fashion designer of Milkcrate Records and Milkcrate clothing, and a film director. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Highlandtown; East Baltimore....
and appearing as a guest with The Roots
The Roots
The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
, both at The Highline Ballroom in New York City. Kissey has also shared the stage with Little Dragon
Little Dragon
Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic band, formed in Gothenburg in 1996. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano and her close high school friends Erik Bodin , Fredrik Källgren Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand .Little Dragon's first release was the double A-side 7" single...
, Theophilus London
Theophilus London
Theophilus London is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York City.-Early life:London was born on the island Trinidad, on February 23 of 1987 and was raised in Brooklyn briefly, then moved to the suburbs of the Poconos.-Records:...
, Dj Antipop, Guilty Simpson
Guilty Simpson
Byron Simpson, better known by his stage name Guilty Simpson is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He was previously known as Guilt. Over time, he saw that there were more emcees using the alias. In order to set himself apart from the others, he added his last name to become Guilty Simpson. He is...
and Black Milk
Black Milk
Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had...
.
Noteworthy media include MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Iggy, Current TV
Current TV
Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....
, BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
(Benji B & Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...
), Okayplayer
Okayplayer
Okayplayer.com is an online hip-hop and alternative music website and community, described by Rolling Stone as a "tastemaker" and "an antidote to dull promotional Web sites used by most artists". The group was co-founded by The Roots' drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson as a loose musical...
, KCRW
KCRW
KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. The general manager of KCRW is Jennifer Ferro...
, and SR P3.
Kissey has been shot by celebrated photographers Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund is a Swedish film and music video director, and drummer. He is best known for directing music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short films...
for Elle magazine and Shawn Mortensen for Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
's AM90 campaign, as one of eight featured artists/faces, internationally.
Discography
Albums:- "Plethora" (2008)
EPs:
- "Fuss'n'Fight Ep" (2008)
Singles:
- "Silverlake/Snowfall" (2008)
- "Move Me/99 bottles" (2008)
- "With You" (2007)
Featured Artist
| Title | Year | Album/Release |
| "Stressin" (The Hue ft Kissey) | 2011 | Mushroom Jazz 7 |
| "Happy" (Grooveman Spot ft Kissey) | 2010 | Brownswood Bubblers 6 |
| "Don't Open The Window" (Zed Bias ft Kissey) | 2010 | Tracks from the Vault Ep |
| "Sunstar" (Pablo Sanchez ft Kissey) | 2010 | Sunstar |
| "So Good"(Daru Jones ft Kissey) | 2010 | So Good Ep |
| "Life" (Kenichiro Nishihara ft Kissey) | 2010 | Life |
| "Happy"(Grooveman Spot ft Kissey) | 2010 | Change Situation |
| "Kliks" (K'Bonus ft Kissey) | 2010 | Buckle Up Ep |
| "Demon Love"(Chief ft Kissey & Moka Only) | 2009 | Collabo Collection |
| "Firefly"(Anthony Valadez ft Kissey) | 2009 | Audio/Visual Sounds Inspired By All Things Visual |
| "I’m Right Here"(Swingkid ft Kissey) | 2009 | The Electric Life |
| "Please Don’t Rain"(Sene & Blu ft Kissey) | 2009 | Quarter Water Supporter/Please Don't Rain |
| "Smokey"(Chief ft Kissey) | 2008 | Food For Ya Soul |
| "Pop Rocks"(Vertual Vertigo & 8bit ft Kissey) | 2009 | Sparkie's Bungalow |
| "Drip Drop"(Moka Only ft Kissey) | 2009 | Low Suite 2, The Box |
| "Move To Dis"(Speech Defect ft Kissey) | 2009 | Happy Hunting |
| "Travel"(IisiJii ft Kissey ) | 2009 | 4 Inside |
| "B?rds and Bees"(Cerebral Vortex & Erik L ft Kissey) | 2009 | Kitty Kat Kaboodle EP |
| "Rain Falls"(Kenichiro Nishihara ft Kissey ) | 2008 | Humming Jazz |
| "Late Night Reprise"(Suff Daddy ft Kissey) | 2008 | Late Night Reprise |
| "Put It Down (remix)"(RepLife ft Kissey. prod. Domu) | 2008 | Put It Down |
| "Space Water Babies"(The Astronotes ft Replife & Kissey) | 2008 | Subsoul |
| "When I Dig"(KidKanevil ft Blu & Kissey ) | 2008 | Back Off man, I’m A Scientist |
| "Faster"(Hi Perspective ft Kissey) | 2008 | Expansions |
| "Brazil"(Soultempo ft Kissey) | 2008 | Brazil |
| "Northern Lights"(Blackmonk ft Kissey ) | 2008 | Blackmonk |
| "Why Talkin"(Vince Vargas ft Kissey) | 2008 | Why Talkin’ |
| "Put It Down"(Replife ft Kissey) | 2008 | The Unclosed Mind |
| "Car Ride (To The Future)"(Jay Scarlett ft Kissey & Distant Starr) | 2008 | Various-Fresh Selects-Loose Joints’ |
| "On Your Shoulder"(Michita ft Kissey) | 2008 | Metronome/On Your Shoulder |
| "So Good"(Daru ft Kissey) | 2008 | Spirit & Soul-Hop Sampler’ |
| "The Draft"(Dj Jamad & Nicolay ft Kissey) | 2008 | Afro Collabo Vol1 |
| "Demonlove"(Sene ft Kissey) | 2007 | |
| "Atomic Light&Sound"(Rustie ft Kissey) | 2007 | Concrete Project |
| "Why Talkin"(Vince Vargas ft Kissey) | 2008 | Why Talkin |
| "Ya Mama"(Dj Krime ft Kissey) | 2007 | Ya Mama |
| "Autmn Love"(Dyno ft Kissey) | 2007 | 9 Nine |
| "Return To The Source"(Bless 1 ft Kissey) | 2007 | Return To The Source |
| "Call The Boss"(Ishfaq ft Ad Dick & Kissey) | 2007 | The Change Ep |
| "LoveCount"(Flyphonic ft Kissey) | 2007 | Mosaic Tiles Ep |
| 2007 | Happy Present From Planet Earth | |