Kristine Sa

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Kristine Sa
Birth name Huỳnh Ngọc Nhã Yến
Born June 6, 1982 (1982-06-06) (age 26)
Song Be, Vietnam
Origin Toronto, Canada
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Poet, Singer, Songwriter
Instrument(s) singing, piano, guitar
Years active 2002 — present
Label(s) Nemesis Records, Jellybean Recordings
Website http://www.kristinesa.com/

Kristine Yen Sa is a Vietnamese poet/singer-song writer currently "living out of [her] suitcase" while traveling around North America — primarily Toronto, Canada; New York, United States and California, United States — to perform live, record songs for her upcoming projects, and visit both friends and family. Since her debut in 2002, Kristine has released three full-length studio albums (I Never Knew, reBIRTH, and Hopeless Romantic), as well as AnimeToonz3, a Japanese-language anime remix project with DJ Jinnai and Jellybean Recordings.

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[edit] Official Profile

Stage Name: Kristine [Yen] Sa
Birth Name: Huỳnh Ngọc Nhã Yến
Birth Date: June 6, 1982 (1982-06-06) (age 26)
Birth Place Song Be, Vietnam
Home: Toronto, Canada
Work: New York, United States
Education: Wexford C.I.; Toronto, Canada
Acting Conservatory, York University (Theater); Toronto, Canada

"With a beautiful and sultry voice, Kristine Sa sings words penned herself. A talented vocalist and writer, Kristine shares her joy and pain with the ease of a child. Not content to simply write and perform her own songs, Kristine also plays the piano and often writes the music to her songs as well. As a result, Kristine's songs are a true and deep reflection of herself. The expression of a single artist from beginning to end." [1]

[edit] Biography

Kristine Sa was born in Song Be, Vietnam on June 6, 1982. Six years later, Sa and her family immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where Sa watched her older sister, Tam Doan, make a name for herself in the local music industry. Inspired, in part, by her sister's rise to fame, Sa began to harbor her own dreams of a career in music; after secretly writing and recording songs in her basement for years, Sa took a leap of faith and joined an all-girls group at the age of sixteen. However, due to mismanagement and disorganization, the group fell apart, but not before Sa could leave a lasting impression on a friend of hers; Nemesis Records, a new record company in search of artists to record, was referred to Kristine Sa's homepage on AsianAvenue by that very friend. Astonished by the work contained on Sa's AsianAvenue page, Nemesis Records contacted Sa and convinced her to sign with Nemesis; thus, Kristine adopted her stepfather's family name, "Sa," for use in her stage name, "Kristine Sa," and began her official singing career at the age of seventeen under Nemesis Records. [2]

[edit] Career

Kristine Sa's career took off with the release of her debut album, I Never Knew, in February of 2002, with sales reaching as far out as Taiwan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Kristine continued her legacy with her second album, reBIRTH, in December of 2004; her anime project, AnimeToonz3: Kristine Sa (Lemon and Lime Editions) in November of 2005; and, finally, Hopeless Romantic in February of 2007. To this day, Kristine continues to pave the way for the new, unique brand of Pop music present in her three full-length studio albums and her Japanese-language anime remix project with DJ Jinnai and Jellybean Recordings. [2]

She has also did a voice over role in Suzuka, voicing Nana Shirikawa. [3]

[edit] Discography

I Never Knew (Nemesis Records: February 10, 2002)
I Never Knew (Nemesis Records: February 10, 2002)
  • I Never Knew (Nemesis Records: February 10, 2002)
    1. A Dose Of You
    2. Hold You Forever
    3. Gone By Fall
    4. The Arms Of Paradise
    5. Beautiful
    6. Nexusbeta / Parallel Fates
    7. We
    8. My Heart Still Breaks
    9. I Never Knew
    10. Wont Let Go
reBIRTH (Nemesis Records: December 7, 2004)
reBIRTH (Nemesis Records: December 7, 2004)
  • reBIRTH (Nemesis Records: December 7, 2004)
    1. Take Me Somewhere
    2. Consequence
    3. Just Drive
    4. Take Me Somewhere (Remix)
    5. A Dose Of You (Remix)
    6. Gone By Fall (Remix)
    7. The Arms Of Paradise (Remix)
    8. A Dose Of You (Acoustic)
    9. Beauty To Me
    10. Happy
    11. The Ocean's Sky *

* Track #11 ("The Ocean's Sky") available on Special Edition CD only.

AnimeToonz3: Lemon Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
AnimeToonz3: Lemon Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
  • AnimeToonz3: Lemon Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
    1. Every Heart - Inuyasha [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    2. The Real Folk Blues - Cowboy Bebop [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    3. Urusei Yatsura No Teema - Urusei Yatsura [Bit Shifter full vocal remix]
    4. Find The Way - Gundam Seed [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    5. Dearest - Inuyasha [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    6. Yapapa - Ranma 1/2 [YMCK dub mix]
    7. Find The Way - Gundam Seed [Architekt 9 full vocal remix]
    8. Every Heart - Inuyasha [Gomi dub mix]
    9. Yapapa - Ranma 1/2 [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    10. The Real Folk Blues - Cowboy Bebop [Masi & Melo vocal club mix]
    11. Every Heart - Inuyasha [John Creamer dub mix]
AnimeToonz3: Lime Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
AnimeToonz3: Lime Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
  • AnimeToonz3: Lime Edition (Jellybean Recordings: November 11, 2005)
    1. Every Heart - Inuyasha [Gomi full vocal remix]
    2. The Real Folk Blues - Cowboy Bebop [Masi & Melo raw vocal remix]
    3. Urusei Yatsura No Teema - Urusei Yatsura [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    4. Yapapa - Ranma 1/2 [YMCK full vocal remix]
    5. Candy Candy - Candy Candy [DJ Jinnai full vocal remix]
    6. Find The Way - Gundam Seed [Architekt 9 dub mix]
    7. Yapapa - Ranma 1/2 [Beta full vocal remix]
    8. Urusei Yatsura No Teema - Urusei Yatsura [Bit Shifter dub mix]
    9. The Real Folk Blues - Cowboy Bebop [Masi & Melo dub mix]
    10. Every Heart - Inuyasha [John Creamer full vocal remix]
Hopeless Romantic (Nemesis Records: February 27, 2007)
Hopeless Romantic (Nemesis Records: February 27, 2007)
  • Hopeless Romantic (Nemesis Records: February 27, 2007)
    1. Intro
    2. Don't Come Home
    3. Snooze (Don't Wake Me Up)
    4. In My Mind
    5. Redemption
    6. Consequence
    7. Forbidden Fruit
    8. Lose Myself
    9. I Would Have
    10. I Got What U Want
    11. The Last Race
    12. Goodnight Love

[edit] External links

[edit] Official links

[edit] Fan-based links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nemesis Records, Kristine Sa Official, "Kristine Sa I Never Knew," 2002-2004.
  2. ^ a b Nemesis Records, Kristine Sa Official, "Kristine Sa Diamonds," 2004-2007.
  3. ^ Anime News Network Kristine Sa Profile. Retrieved on December 5, 2007.
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