Leoncie
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{{short description|Indian–Icelandic musician (born 1953)}}
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Leoncia Maria Martin, known professionally as Leoncie,{{cite book |last1=Hafsteinsson |first1=Sigurjón Baldur |title=Phallological Museum |date=2014 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-643-90470-6 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxfpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |language=en}} is an Indian–Icelandic musician. Her other stage names are Icy Spicy Leoncie and Indian Princess Leoncie.{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2008/06/leoncie_icelands_madonna_makes_own_dirty_videos.html|title=Leoncie, Iceland's Madonna, Makes Own Dirty Videos|publisher=Vulture.com|access-date=28 October 2012}}{{cite web |last1=Bish |first1=Joe |title=An Interview with Icy Spicy Leoncie, the World's Most Sexual Musician |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/interview-with-leoncie-icy-spicy-indian-princess/ |website=Vice |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en |date=6 May 2016}}{{cite book |last1=Sardinha |first1=João |last2=Campos |first2=Ricardo |title=Transglobal Sounds: Music, Youth and Migration |date=20 October 2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-1197-0 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rTHSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA64 |language=en}}
Life
Leoncie was born in Goa in India. She is of Indian and Portuguese descent (Goa was a Portuguese Colony until 1961).{{cite web |title=Prinsessan opnar sig |url=https://timarit.is/page/3036571#page/n33/mode/2up |website=DV |access-date=19 March 2022 |pages=34–35 |language=is |date=28 September 2002}} She studied music at Trinity College Of Music London.{{cite web|url=http://www.mbl.is/folk/frettir/2003/11/01/icy_spicy_leoncie_gefur_ut_sina_fimmtu_plotu/|title=Icy Spicy Leoncie gefur út sína fimmtu plötu|publisher=MBL.IS|access-date=28 October 2012|date=1 November 2003}} In 1982 she moved to Kópavogur, Iceland after marrying an Icelander, where she worked as an entertainer.{{cite web |title=Indversk-portúgölsk söngkona í Glæsibæ: MYNDARLEGUSTU KARLMENN SEM ÉG HEF HITT |url=https://www.mannlif.is/frettir/thegar-isdrottningin-maetti-a-klakann-myndarlegustu-karlmenn-sem-eg-hef-hitt/ |website=Tíminn via mannlif.is |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=is |date=15 October 1982}}{{cite web |last1=Árnadóttir |first1=Nanna |title=Musician/Wrestler/Soul Toucher |url=https://www.icelandreview.com/stuff/views/2009/10/16/musicianwrestlersoul-toucher |website=Iceland Review |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629045203/https://www.icelandreview.com/stuff/views/2009/10/16/musicianwrestlersoul-toucher |archive-date=29 June 2018 |date=16 October 2009}}
A singer-songwriter, she has been compared to Madonna and the Peruvian entertainer Tigresa del Oriente.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpopular.pe/espectaculos/2010-02-05-tigresa-quiere-meter-aranazo-su-clon|title=Tigresa quiere meter arañazo a su clon|date=5 February 2010|website=ElPopular.pe|language=es}} In 2003, Morgunblaðið called her "one of the most unusual and controversial artists in the country." Icelandic musician {{ill|Dr. Gunni|is}} said in 2015 "It is difficult to explain or describe Leoncie, or her cultural significance to foreigners. Perhaps she could be described as an un-ironic Icelandic/Indian version of Ru Paul?"{{cite web |last1=Helgason |first1=Magnus Sveinn |title=A few suggestions for all-Icelandic emoji to express those unique Icelandic experiences |url=https://icelandmag.is/article/a-few-suggestions-all-icelandic-emoji-express-those-unique-icelandic-experiences |website=Iceland Magazine |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=en |date=10 November 2015}} In 2016, journalist {{ill|Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen|is}} called her "the enfant terrible of Icelandic outsider music." She has appeared on the British shows The X Factor and Eurotrash.{{cite web |title=Leoncie reynir fyrir sér í X-factor |url=https://www.mbl.is/folk/frettir/2006/08/23/leoncie_reynir_fyrir_ser_i_x_factor/ |website=Morgunblaðið |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=is |date=23 August 2006}}
Discography
- My Icelandic Man (1985)
- Story from Brooklyn (1992)
- Love Message from Overseas (2001 or 2003)
- Sexy Loverboy (2002)
- Invisible Girl (2005)
- Radio Rapist-Wrestler (2005)
- Pukki Bollywood Baby (2008)
- Wild American Sheriff (2009)
- Dansaðu við Leoncie (2011)
- Gay World (2012)
- Mr. Lusty (2017)
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/icyspicyleoncie Official YouTube channel]
- {{Discogs artist|3134571-Leoncie}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180629045203/https://www.icelandreview.com/stuff/views/2009/10/16/musicianwrestlersoul-toucher Musician/Wrestler/Soul Toucher], Iceland Review 2009, archived
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Category:20th-century Icelandic women singers
Category:Women musicians from Goa
Category:21st-century Icelandic women singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Icelandic women singer-songwriters
Category:Icelandic singer-songwriters