Lisa Bella Donna is an American musician and composer known for her use of
modular synthesizer
Modular synthesizers are synthesizers composed of separate modules for different functions. The modules can be connected together by the user to create a patch. The outputs from the modules may include audio signals, analog control voltages, ...
s.
Career
Bella Donna released her first solo work in 1994.
In 2019, she released 10 full-length albums, which she has described as an "instant composition" approach to reflect the nature of the live performances.
In 2019, she also released a four-way split with
Boris, Relaxer, and Crypt City, with a brief tour in Japan. By mid-2021, she had released 25 albums.
According to Dave Segal of ''
The Stranger'', "her Bandcamp is full of outstanding releases", referring to her collection of works released on
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an American online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with an office and record store in Oakland, California. Acquired by Epic ...
, and her "arsenal includes some of the most glorious-sounding instruments in the electronic-music spectrum: ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble, Moog One, and Moog Modular System."
Bella Donna is one of the featured artists interviewed for the 2020 book ''PATCH & TWEAK with Moog'' by Kim Bjørn.
She is a
Moog Music
Moog Music Inc. ( ) is an American synthesizer company based in Asheville, North Carolina. It was founded in 1953 as R. A. Moog Co. by Robert Moog and his father and was renamed Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included the Moog sy ...
representative,
was featured in a 2019 promotional video for the Matriarch synthesizer, and has demonstrated Moog instruments in a 2019 video for ''
Reverb
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''.
Her home recording studio, Appalachian Recording, is based in the
Appalachians
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.
Discography
* Snowy Dreamscapes (1994, Imperial Emporium, ARP Foundation)
* Tell Me What You Feel (1996, Rolling Hills Records)
* Wilderness (2001, Translucent Noel Recordings)
* The Changing World (2002, Translucent Noel Recordings)
* Skylines (2016, Secret Studio Records)
* The Haunting Of October Dreams (2018)
* Omnipresence (2018)
* Next Time Around (2018)
* Sounddrones Vol I & II (w Stan Smith, 2017 SSP)
* Moments of a Journey (w Stan Smith) (2018, SSP)
* Two Nights in February (w Stan Smith) (2018, SSP)
* Endless Roads (2019)
* Live (2019)
* Circulus (2019)
* Convergence (Anthology) (2019)
* Destinations (2019)
* Afternoon Dreams (2019)
* Tramontane (2019)
* Night Shift (2019)
* Take My Hand, Come with Me (2019, Music District)
* Changin' Times (2020, Acusca Records)
* ESP (2020)
* Night Flight (MOOG Music Inc.)
* Cheyenne Crossing (2020, Monolith On the Mesa)
* Orchards Of Churchyard Departures (2020)
* December's Pentacle (2020)
* Tintinnabulation (2021)
* Sonata For Loudspeakers (2020)
* Pilgrimage (2020)
* Electronic Studies (2021
* Nyctophilia (2020)
* Odyssey (2020, Live Acts Argentina Records)
* Afterimages (2020)
* The World She Wanted (2021, Behind the Sky Records)
* Turning Point (2021, Metrograph Films)
* Ascension (2021, MOOG Music Inc.)
* Mourning Light (2021, Behind the Sky Records)
* October Voyages (2021)
* Appalachian Wilderness (2021, Behind the Sky Records)
* Moogmentum (2021, Behind the Sky Records /
Bob Moog Foundation
The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization created after the death of Dr. Robert Moog in 2005, and officially launched in August 2006. His family established the foundation as "a reflection of Bob Moog's legacy: To educate and ...
)
* Revel In Time (Anthony Arjen Luccason's Star One) (2022, Inside Out Records)
* American Watercolors (2022)
* Electronic Voyages (2022)
* Photophobia (2022)
* Subsequent Dreams (2022)
* Travelogue (2022)
* Hypnosis (2022)
* Muskingum Mysteries (2022)
* Astral Mornings (2022)
* Departures (2023)
* Intonation (2023)
* Objects (2023)
Film
* ''The Pedal Movie'' (2021), as self
See also
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Suzanne Ciani
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Laurie Spiegel
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Else Marie Pade
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21st-century American musicians
21st-century American women musicians
Ambient composers
American women in electronic music
Date of birth missing (living people)
Electronic composers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)