Kiva Simova is a Canadianharmonic overtone singer, keyboard player, and songwriter, based in Winnipeg, MB, 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, records and teaches. Also known for extended vocal techniques (non-lyrical), she incorporates these techniques in her own group MIDBRAIN SURFERS, an experimental improvisational project. She has composed for overtone choir and directed her own such choir, AURALIA in Prague.
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
Tuva on Rye
Untouchable
Gone Forever
Seven Years
The Big Picture
Egyptian Eyes
Venus and the Fly
Dare to Lose
The Flip Side
The Science Project
Heart Overboard
Interlude in Monkey Forest
On the Ganges
Freedom to Go
Regret
Musicians
Kiva: vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion, jaw harp
Gary Taylor: drums, percussion, keyboards, sampling
Mike Bossy: bass
John Gzowski: guitar
Kevin Breit: guitar
Rob Piltch: guitar
Chris Bennett: guitar
Oliver Schroer: violin (deceased 2008)
Rob Gusevs: organ
Bob Taillefer: pedal steel
Anne Bourne: cello
Dave Maurakis: cello
Jim Casson: percussion
Pulse (2004) – Yemyss Music (indie)
Tracks
Sanctuary
Donde Soweika
Serendipity Doodah
Everything Goes
Morning Dew Ragu
The Incident
Firecracker Suite
That Zing
Kaida Kei
In the Flesh
Musicians
Kiva: vocals, piano, keyboards
John Hudson: percussion
Heidi Hunter: acoustic harp
Rodrigo Munoz: percussion
Don Benedictson: bass
Jay Stoller: percussion
Richard Moody: viola
Mahabub Khan: tabla, additional vocals
Jane Miller: additional vocals
Nii Tettey Tetteh: percussion, African flute
Bill Spornitz: soprano saxophone
Eli Herscovitch: clarinet
Jordan Hanson & Batuque Ensemble: percussion
The Quality of Light (2014) – Yemyss Music (indie)
Tracks
Going Down
Sea Legs
The Endeared Ones
Bitter my Sweet
Just in Case
In Her Nature
Resurrected
Common Thread
The Opposite of Torture
Meeting in Dreamtime
Musicians
Kiva Simova: vocals, grand piano, Wurlitzer keyboard
↑ Baylin, Steve (May 2005). "Pulse review". Ottawa: Ottawa Xpress. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. 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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