Alina Astrova, better known by the recording aliases Lolina and Inga Copeland, is a Russian-Estonian

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ian and singer living in London. In addition to her solo work, she collaborated with British musician

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on various releases, including several albums as the duo

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from 2009 to 2012.

Life and work

Astrova was born in

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, Russia. Her family moved to

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, Estonia when she was a child. At 17, she moved to London to study art criticism at

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. Between 2007 and 2016 Astrova was vocalist in avant-garde duo

, with

. The pair also released music as "Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland". In 2024, Astrova was featured on Astrid Sonne's first remix album Great Doubt EDITS, being on the song Almost.

Discography

Solo

As Inga Copeland

*''Inga Copeland'' (EP) (2011) *''Don't Look Back, That's Not Where You're Going'' (EP) (2013) *''Higher Powers'' (LP) (2013)

As Copeland

*''Smitten'' (Single) (2014) *''Because I'm Worth It'' (LP) (2014)

As Lolina

*''Relaxin' with Lolina'' (EP) (2015) *''Live In Paris'' (LP) (2016) *''Lolita'' (EP) (2017) *''The Smoke'' (LP) (2018) *''Live in Geneva'' (LP) (2019) *''Who is experimental music?'' (LP) (2019) *''Fast Fashion'' (LP) (2021) *''Music Is The Drug'' (Single) (2022) *''Face The Music'' (LP) (2022) *''Unrecognisable'' (LP) (2024)

With Dean Blunt

*''

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'' (LP) (

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, 2012) *''The Attitude Era'' (LP) (2012)

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* * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Estonian musicians 21st-century Russian musicians 21st-century Estonian women singers 21st-century Russian women singers 21st-century Estonian women musicians Alumni of Central Saint Martins Estonian electronic musicians Estonian expatriates in England Russian expatriates in England Musicians from Samara, Russia Musicians from Tallinn Russian emigrants to Estonia Estonian people of Russian descent {{Electronic-musician-stub