| DOMENICA | |
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Kurtis Wittmier, Bekki Friesen, Josh Bedry, Steve Hrycyshyn |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Genres | hard rock, grunge rock, rock |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | C12 Records/EMI (Canada) Spinning Inc. (Japan) Rodeostar Records/SONY (Germany/Austria/Switzerland), Stock Xchange Music/SONY, (Australia) |
| Website | www.domenica.ca |
| Members | |
| Bekki Friesen Josh Bedry Kurtis Wittmier Steve Hrycyshyn |
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| The Luxury | ||||
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| Studio album by DOMENICA | ||||
| Released | 09/09/09 (Japan) 09/15/09 (Canada) 04/09/10 (Australia) 04/23/10 (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) |
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| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | hard rock, grunge rock, rock | |||
| Length | 50:56 | |||
| Producer | Brandon Friesen, Marcos Curiel | |||
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Domenica is a female-fronted grunge/metal/pop act originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They formed in 2004, and are currently signed to C12 Records/EMI Canada,[1] Spinning Inc in Japan,[2] Rodeostar/Sony in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,[3] and Sony in Australia. Their first album, The Luxury, is produced by Brandon Friesen and features tracks co-written by Marcos Curiel of P.O.D., with guest appearances by Curiel, in addition to Ernie Longoria, and Stevie Salas.
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Domenica has toured Canada and the United States independently since 2006. Since then, they have toured successfully through Canada, the USA, Europe, and Japan.
In addition to tour dates, the band has performed at industry conferences such as Canadian Music Week (2006 & 2009), NXNE (2007), Musexpo Europe (2008), Popkomm (2008), Musexpo Los Angeles (2009), Canadian Music Week 2010, South By Southwest 2010, and Redgorilla Music Fest 2010.
In 2010, Domenica played at the Canadinns Stadium in Winnipeg, Canada for Rock on the Range.
In 2007, their track "I Love My Gun" was featured in the television series renegadepress.com.[4] In 2008, Domenica performed live and interviewed on Episode 6 (Season 1) of Arbor Live, a national television show on APTN in Canada.[5] Additionally, singer Bekki Friesen contributed vocals to "Give it All I've Got", the second main title song from the Center Stage 2: Turn It Up soundtrack.[6] "What Goes Around" is featured in the movie soundtrack for Degrassi Takes Manhattan.
Domenica's first single, "The Luxury", landed them a spot on Power 97 FM's Class of 200x compilation CD in 2006 as the first female-fronted band to accomplish this. Heavy airplay of the single followed on select Canadian radio stations.
Following the release of their debut studio album The Luxury in 2009, their single "Above Me" received heavy video and radio rotation in Canada and an equal amount of support across Japan. Their second single from this album, "What Goes Around", written by singer Bekki Friesen and Marcos Curiel (P.O.D) was chosen by Burrn! magazine's (Japan) editors as one of the top 10 hard rock/heavy metal songs of 2009.[7] In the October 2010 issue of Burrn! magazine (Japan), Bekki Friesen is featured as a female rock guitarist to notice.