Nite Jewel
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ramona Gonzalez |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Lo-fi Music/ Alternative Dance/ Electronic Music |
| Occupations | Composer Singer-songwriter Multimedia artist |
| Instruments | Vocals, Keyboard |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
| Labels | Human Ear Music, Gloriette, No Pain in Pop, Italians Do It Better, Secretly Canadian |
| Website | http://www.nitejewel.com/, http://www.myspace.com/nitejewel |
Nite Jewel is the alias of Ramona Gonzalez, singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, California.
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[edit] Biography
Ramona Gonzalez began as Nite Jewel in 2008 as the result of her juggling music with undergraduate studies.[1] With assistance from her husband, Cole M. Greif-Neill, she created songs on a portable eight-track cassette recorder.[2] She stated that "moments of ecstasy, emotion, and hardship" were her inspiration for those recordings.[3]
Soon after starting her MySpace music page, her song, "Suburbia" was selected to be in Ben Stiller’s movie Greenberg.[3] Within a year she was touring European festivals.[1] Her music draws comparison to Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.[4] Nite Jewel describes herself more as "liquid cool" citing English electronic music duo Autechre as a major musical influence.[5]
Ramona Gonzalez has a bachelor degree in philosophy from Occidental College.[6] She is also a multimedia artist and has exhibited a number of video and sound installation pieces in the L.A area, one of which was entitled The Question Concerning Technology.[4]
December 6, 2011, Nite Jewel is set to release her single, "She's Always Watching You".[7]
On March 6, 2012, Nite Jewel is slated to release her second album, "One Second of Love".[8]
[edit] Discography
- One Second of Love (Album - 2012)
- She's Always Watching You (Vinyl - 2011)
- It Goes Through Your Head (Vinyl - 2011)
- Am I Real? (EP - 2010)
- You F O (Tour EP - 2009)
- Want You Back (EP - 2009)
- Good Evening (Album - 2009)
- My CD (Demo - 2008)
[edit] Collaborations
- Nite Jewelia - collaboration between Nite Jewel and Julia Holter[9]
- "Am I Gonna Make It" - Nite Funk (collaboration between Nite Jewel and Dâm-Funk)[10]
- Heart Shaped Rock EP - Jason Grier w/Nite Jewel[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Breaking: Nite Jewel, www.rollingstone.com
- ^ Bring in Da Kraut Funk: Nite Jewel Performs Tomorrow for Re:Play L.A., laweekly.com
- ^ a b Philosophy of Music, www.oxy.edu
- ^ a b Nite Jewel (No 614), www.guardian.co.uk
- ^ wNew Rock Review: Nite Jewel, wnew.radio.com
- ^ All Nite Jewel, hannesgrassegger.twoday.net
- ^ Nite Jewel, just signed to Secretly Canadian, set to release new album and single, la.thedelimagazine.com
- ^ New Album: Nite Jewel – One Second of Love at Pretty Much Amazing, prettymuchamazing.com
- ^ Nite Jewelia - Julia Holter & Nite Jewel, soundcloud.com
- ^ Nite Funk - Am I Gonna Make It, www.thatsdeck.com
- ^ Heart Shaped EP (w/ Nite Jewel), soundcloud.com
