Lyra Pramuk

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Lyra Pramuk
Born (1990-09-20) September 20, 1990 (age 34)
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • performance artist
InstrumentVocals
Labels

Lyra Pramuk (born September 20, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter and performance artist.

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Early life and education

Pramuk grew up in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. [1] As a young adult, she performed on stage in church choirs, orchestras, and with musical theater groups. [1] Pramuk, who grew up as a boy, said she didn't feel the need to "come out as a gay man" because "it was dangerous to be different." [2] [3] Pramuk moved to New York City, where she attended the Eastman School of Music and participated in a program that required her to complete daily vocal exercises in six different languages. [1] During her studies, she spent several periods abroad in Berlin, where she made contacts with various musicians and artists and became acquainted with the city's techno scene. [1]

Career

After graduating from Eastman, Pramuk moved to Berlin in 2013 and released her first vocal pieces via Bandcamp. [1] She collaborated with sound artists such as Holly Herndon and Colin Self and attended artist-in-residence programs in Tokyo and Stockholm. [1] At this time, Pramuk also publicly came out as transgender, which she documented thoroughly on her Instagram channel. [1]

In 2020, Pramuk's debut studio album, Fountain, was released on the Icelandic label Bedroom Community. The remix album Delta followed in 2021, [4] [5] featuring reworkings of her tracks by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Colin Self, Hudson Mohawke, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Caterina Barbieri, Eris Drew, Ben Frost, Gabber Modus Operandi, and Tygapaw. [6] Her second studio album, Hymnal , was released in 2025 on the German label 7k!. [7]

Pramuk teaches "Experiments in the Future of Performance" at NYU Berlin. [8]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Fountain
Hymnal
  • Released: June 13, 2025
  • Label: 7K!, Pop.soil

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Delta

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Torres, Eric (23 June 2020). "Lyra Pramuk's Surreal Songs of the Self". pitchfork.com.
  2. ↑ Spevak, Jeff (12 August 2020). "Lyra Pramuk's transition, in music and life". wxxinews.org.
  3. ↑ Scheder, Beate (9 April 2020). "Posthumanes Singen". taz.de (in German).
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Lyra Pramuk Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More..." AllMusic . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Cetin, Marissa (27 March 2025). "Lyra Pramuk announces new album, Hymnal, shares 'Rewild': Listen". DJ Mag . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Yalcinkaya, Günseli (28 September 2021). "Lyra Pramuk's Delta album takes the concept of the remix to bold extremes". dazeddigital.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Lyra Pramuk – Hymnal review". Mojo . No. 381. August 2025. p. 86. ISSN   1351-0193.
  8. ↑ "Lyra Pramuk". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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