Julia Kent is a Canadian cellist and composer from

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, Canada, and based in

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, United States. She has performed as a member of Rasputina and with Antony and the Johnsons.

Musical career

Kent creates music using looped cello, found sounds, and electronics. In 2007, she released her first solo album, ''Delay'', on

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. An EP, ''Last Day in July'', was released in 2010, and a second full-length record, ''Green and Grey'', in 2011, on Tin Angel. In 2013 Kent moved to The Leaf Label, releasing her third solo album, ''

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'', in March. Her album ''Asperities'' was released on Leaf on 30 October 2015. Kent spoke about the album in an interview, saying "I was thinking about the concept of difficulty. Whether in life or in nature—of conflict, of being troubled. The idea of friction. Also in geology, an asperity is some part of a faultline that doesn't move which can create an earthquake, which is quite an evocative concept ... In the music there is an inherent sense of dissonance; that things are too close for comfort. More generally, it seems like a particularly dark time in the world right now, and I think that definitely had an influence too". Her composition "Dorval" was used in the 2008 film ''

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'', and in an episode of

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''. In 2011, her composition "Gardermoen," from ''Delay'', was used in Paolo Sorrentino's movie '' This Must Be the Place''. She composed music for the Canadian documentary film ''

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,'' the short film ''Birthplace,'' '' A Short History of Decay'', and ''Oasis'', which won Best Short Film at the Seville European Film Festival 2015. She has also composed and performed music for theatre and dance, including productions by the Italian company Balletto Civile. As a solo artist, she has appeared at

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in Barcelona, Spain, the

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in London, England, the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, the CTM Festival in Berlin, Germany, the 24-Hour Drone in

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, and the Unsound Festival in New York City.

Discography

Solo work

*2007 – ''Delay'' –

*2010 – ''Last Day in July'' – Lento *2011 – ''Green and Grey'' – Tin Angel *2013 – ''

'' – The Leaf Label *2015 – ''Asperities'' – The Leaf Label *2019 – '' Temporal'' – The Leaf Label

Film/TV scores

*2012 – ''

'' – composer *2013 – '' A Short History of Decay'' – composer *2013 – ''Birthplace'' – composer *2014 – ''Oasis'' – composer *2019 – '' Twice Upon a Time'' – composer *2021 – ''Stories From the Sea'' – composer

Work with Antony and the Johnsons

*2005 – '' I Am a Bird Now'' – cello, string arrangement *2009 – '' The Crying Light'' – cello, string arrangement

Work with Rasputina

*1996 – '' Thanks for the Ether'' – cello *1998 – '' How We Quit the Forest'' – cello, string arrangement

References

External links

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Julia Kent on The Leaf Label
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Julia Kent on PitchforkJulia Kent Discogs
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