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Karine Zamor

About Me




Karine Zamor was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and moved to Ottawa when she was two. After finishing school in Montreal, and a stop-over in Banff, she moved to Vancouver where she has played in several bands including Ngoma, The Rootabeggers and the space disco band Saturn. Now writing her own loop based music on her trusty Mac, she is venturing out on her own, meeting wonderful people on her way. Often described as sultry and soulful she works hard at discovering and crafting her own sound.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/07/2006
Band Members: just me, my mac, my microphone, my roland keyboard and my music program
Influences: carla bruni, radiohead, my friends who make beautiful music, the woodentops, kanye west, the jazz butcher, daniel boucher, joy division, lupe fiasco, depeche, mode, frou frou, the cure, the pointer sisters, jane birkin, grace jones, the housemartins, jonathan richman, new order, spandau ballet, the smiths, omd, tupac shakur, digable planets, big audio dynamite, billy bragg, echo and the bunnymen, sade, the beatles, hank williams, spandau ballet, they might be giants, the new pornographers, sloan, being rejected, getting accepted, fear, no fear, life, love, drumbeats and heartbeats.
Sounds Like: something
Record Label: episode
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Friday Aug. 17th. 11:45pm. It’s *Happening*

*Happening* is a song i just started writing tonight.I put it on the player so my friend who is in Argentina right now, can listen to the work in progess. Emphasis on in progress.Now, everybody tango...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:47:00 GMT

One More Thing

I've just realized that on the front page player, *This Way*'s vocals are really low.I'll upload it again as soon as I get a chance.xo
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:28:00 GMT

*O.K. FINE*

Hey everyone. It took a year, but i'm two mixes away from finishing my first album. You know what this means don't you?Copious amounts of wine and frivolity at the soon to be announced CD release par...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:42:00 GMT

Tu Te Laisses Aller

After playing this song live for the first time at the Anza Club Open mic. last thursday(thanks Alex) I've decided to post it before 'Still Alive' which is still a work in progress in the studio.It's ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:25:00 GMT

New Song Next Week

Looking forward to posting 'Still Alive', next week.Still working on the back up vocals.I'm thinking of posting 'Surtout' as well-merci to all the francophone music supporters out there.Thank you soo...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:39:00 GMT

Out of the lab and into the fire

Hey everyone,I just want to say thank you to everyone at cafe deux soleils on open mic nite who showed some serious love towards me(and the other artists) and my music. A packed house of music lovers...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:33:00 GMT

umm, what is going on?

really, is it because a certain megaopoply bought a certain online users group that this site has been acting up, or is it just coincidental that my counter has stopped working?
Posted by on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:56:00 GMT

a new chapter, new beginnings and bubbles that dont burst

i recently acquired a cell phone and now im posting on myspace, whats next...its very difficult to come up with a solution when you are in the middle of the chaos, so now i find myself alone with my t...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:11:00 GMT