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Nista

Icelandic/Canadian crazy kids that like to party!

About Me

Nista is a musical project developed in Montreal (Canada) by Stina Agustsdottir. The music can be identified with eclectic melodies, innovative instrumentation and quirky lyric writing. Nista draws inspiration from different elements, being a multi-nationality group with very different individual backgrounds.With a little training and the right set of mind, you can be a Nista too. The first step is to listen to our music. Step two is seeing our show.
My maiden voyage
into the uncertain abyss of life
obsticles in my way
I grow stronger, like amazon
I push them away, one by one
Never losing sight of my goal
I polish my shelf
I will sit there with a great view
over the weeds and tangles below
How does your garden grow?
I'm the Parasuit Amazon
diving into the abyss
when I reach my shelf
life will be bliss
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Music:

Member Since: 5/15/2007
Band Members: On "Concrete World":

Producer - Maury Lafoy
Mixing + Mastering - Mio Þórisson, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Recording Engineer - Jeremy Darby

Guitar - Kurt Swinghammer
Keys - Dave Matheson
Bass - Drew Birston
Drums - Gary Craig
Vocals - Stina Agustsdottir

Music by Johann G Johansson, lyrics by Stina

Current lineup includes

Vocals/various instruments:
Stina aka Nista aka Kristín Birgitta Ágústssdóttir
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Keyboard:
Maiko Dubuc aka curly coocoo aka KoKo
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Guitar
Tommi Gunnarsson aka Guitar wiz aka krútthnoðrinn ógurlegi
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Bass:
Alexandre LeBlanc aka mr. fantastico aka the guy that plays bass real well
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Drums:
Phil Coulombe aka Musiphil aka BFDIT (best f...in drummer in town)

On the demos most instruments are played/programmed by Stina, Tommi and drums by Phil

NEW VIDEO..."Mild-mannered Pervert"



Influences: Love, no love, beauty, ugliness, friends, enemies, warmth, cold,
Beck
Radiohead
Joni Mitchell
Björk
The Beatles
David Bowie
dEUS
Led Zepplin
Pixies
Dionne Warwick
Pat Benatar
Carmen McRae
The Cinematic Orchestra
Cat Power
Duran Duran
Jamiroquai
Jeff Buckley
Sigur Rós

Sounds Like: Glitz and titter
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hot and sticky - bunny weirdos

Montreal's temperatures are rising as summer colors our world a little green. We are feeling hot and sticky and want you to join us at our upcoming shows. Check our calendar and support us by coming o...
Posted by Nista on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:20:00 PST

Best of Montreal and Synthesis Digital Magazine

Alright boys and girls, the results are in...Stina (Nista's voice) was voted as one of the top ten local jazz acts in Montreal. If you hadn..t guessed it, Stina has a "dark" other side, jazzzzzzzzzzzz...
Posted by Nista on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:45:00 PST

Spring spring spring. Running in Swedish.

Hey yall,spring has officially arrived in Montreal. We are sooooo happy that finally the snow seems to be melting and green stuff is starting to sprout out of the earth again.We are rehearsing like cr...
Posted by Nista on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

N I S T A + kidseatcrayons

Hosted By: Nista When: Apr 30, 2008 9:00 PMWhere: Sala Rossa4848 St. LaurentMontreal, Quebec|62 CanadaDescription:Nista Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Nista on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

Shows in April

Hey yall,We have booked two shows in Montreal for the month of April and we are sooooooooooooooooooooo excited to be playing live! We have a few surprises for those who come to check us out...hopefull...
Posted by Nista on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:38:00 PST

New song from Concrete World

Hi yall,I’ve just posted a song from my upcoming album "Concrete World". I don’t have a set release date yet, but it’s in the works. :-)I hope you enjoy the sounds. Let me know if yo...
Posted by Nista on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:46:00 PST

Ready for a show...soooooon

Hey yall,I've gathered some really sweet musicians and we're busy practising some fantastico songs and now we just need a time and place to play them. If anybody reads this, which I doubt...who reads ...
Posted by Nista on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

New month...new life

Summer is closer every day. Soon the snow will melt, soon.Currently I'm working out how to get my album released...who to work with and all of that stuff. Hopefully I'll have a set release date soon. ...
Posted by Nista on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:43:00 PST

musical friendship

Come on join the musical friendship train that is myspace!I'm reaching out to interesting people and getting them to hop on. It's going to be a great ride. Yay.Let's git 'er done.
Posted by Nista on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:37:00 PST

February fun

I've been hit by the flu virus. Being sick is such a bore, too much tv and tylenol. I recently recorded an album in a fantastic studio in Toronto with fantastic musicians and I'm sooooooooo excited fo...
Posted by Nista on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:58:00 PST