Miss le Bomb
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Miss le bomb is the pseudonym of artist and musician Catriona Shaw (born in Edinburgh, Scotland).{{Cite web |url=http://www.see-this-sound.at/kompendium/text/52/5 |title=KOMPENDIUM « Künstlermusiker & Musikerkünstler « See this Sound |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819024442/http://see-this-sound.at/kompendium/text/52/5 |url-status=dead }} After finishing her studies at Edinburgh College of Art in 1997 she moved to Munich, Germany to continue her studies at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8BGAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Catriona+Shaw%22 |title = 200 Jahre Akademie der Bildenden Künste München: " ... Kein bestimmter Lehrplan, kein gleichförmiger Mechanismus"|last1 = Gerhart|first1 = Nikolaus|last2 = Grasskamp|first2 = Walter|last3 = Matzner|first3 = Florian|date = July 2008| publisher=Hirmer Verlag |isbn = 9783777442051}} and quickly became involved in the underground music circuit there.[http://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/kuenstler/s/catriona-shaw/] {{dead link|date=August 2020}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQubWaM5rh4C&q=catriona+shaw%2Bberlin&pg=PA133 | title=Kunstvermittlung zwischen Konformität und Widerständigkeit| isbn=9783929622393| last1=Baumann| first1=Sabine| year=2009| publisher=Bundesakad. für Kulturelle Bildung}} Teaming up with fellow students Emanuel Günther aka Dompteur Mooner of Zombie Nation and Benjamin Bergmann she formed Club le Bomb,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sub-bavaria.de/wiki/Club_Le_Bomb|title=Club Le Bomb – Sub Bavaria|website=Sub-bavaria.de|accessdate=2 August 2020}} an illegal Sunday club where happenings and concerts were staged and with which they toured around Europe in 2000 under the title "Club le Bomb: World Tour".{{Cite web |url=http://archiv-vor-2010.laden.lothringer13.de/program/clublebomb/ |title=Lothringer13/Laden: Lothringer13/Laden – Club le Bomb Worldtour 2000 |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070856/http://archiv-vor-2010.laden.lothringer13.de/program/clublebomb/ |url-status=dead }} She also enjoyed some success as lead singer of the pop covers project Queen of Japan (with musicians Hans Platzgumer and Albert Poeschl).{{Cite web |url=http://malmoe.org/artikel/tanzen/312/77 |title=Malmoe – tanzen – von wegen: Auch Spaß muss sein… |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061123/http://malmoe.org/artikel/tanzen/312/77 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://jennywoolworth.com/archives/tag/queen-of-japan|title=Queen of Japan |website=Jennywoolworth.com|accessdate=2 August 2020}} After moving to Berlin in 2004 she started to produce music as Miss le Bomb,{{Cite web|url=http://www.phinnweb.org/5HT/interviews/misslebomb/|title=Interview: Miss Le Bomb, January 2006|website=Phinnweb.org|accessdate=2 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/7233-miss-le-bomb-and-wounded-knee/|title=Miss Le Bomb and Wounded Knee|date=27 March 2008|website=The List|accessdate=2 August 2020}} and regularly collaborates with Electronicat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.satt.org/musik/05_04_electronicat.html|title=Musik: Electronicat: Voodoo Man|website=Satt.org|accessdate=2 August 2020}}
Discography as Miss le Bomb
- Pinkitan, (Girl Monster), Chicks on Speed Records, 2006
- Jealousy, Careless Records, 2006
- Lost Gigabyte, (with Electronicat), Pudel Produkte, 2006
- Vampire Moped Dead, (The Wired Ones), Wired Records, 2006
- Birds want to have cats, (Re:bird), Angelika Koehlermann, 2004
- Keiren, (with Electronicat), Echokammer, 2003
Discography as Catriona Shaw
- Keyboard Lies, (as E:Gum), Klein Records, 2002
- Miss Me, (with Hans Platzgumer), Doxa Records, 2002
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.misslebomb.net Official site]
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Miss+Le+Bomb Miss le Bomb on Discogs]
- [http://www.sub-bavaria.de/wiki/Miss_Le_Bomb Bavarian wiki site (German language)]
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Catriona+Shaw Catriona Shaw on Discogs]
- [http://www.phinnweb.org/5HT/interviews/misslebomb/ Miss le Bomb interview on Phinnweb]
- [http://www.clublebomb.com Official Club le Bomb page]
- [http://www.queenofjapan.net Queen of Japan]
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