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Combining influences that range from showtunes to Stromkern, the phrase Gothic Lolita Industrial Jazz Music was coined to describe the Curiosity look and sound. Curi creates her own style of moody, hard hitting piano-centered digital synth music layered with heavy guitars, underneath her trademark feisty vocal stylings. She yields a bizarre combination of Industrial sounds, synthpop-esque beats, and jazz-style arrangements.
Curiosity dresses in the poofy, lace-covered Japanese Gothic Lolita style of Harajuku street fashion. She speaks fluent Japanese, with some of her songs containing Japanese lyrics intertwined with English.
Curiosity released her first full-length album The Forced Magician independently in 2002. Dark Realms Magazine called it "a solid debut release of original alternative music that leans toward the darkside." Marcus Pan of Legends Magazine stated that "The Forced Magician is sure as fuck different, biting and fun."
The EP Liquorice was released in an online download only format in 2007. That same year, Curiosity embarked on a two month tour throughout the East Coast in support of both releases. The live shows were supported by performance artist ToyBox Theatre, who was onstage alongside Curiosity play-acting with puppetry and elaborate costumes. Recently Curiosity has added the charming angelfairy guitarist Noël Heresy to the live show lineup.
SHOWS
Elbo Room - Chicago, IL
Underground Lounge - Chicago, IL
Lilly's - Chicago, IL
Hotti Biscotti - Chicago, IL
Heartland Cafe - Chicago, IL
Lit Lounge - New York City
Kenny's Castaways - New York City
Club Diablo - Buffalo, NY
All Asia Bar - Cambridge, MA
Lucky Dog Music Hall - Worcester, MA
iRock - Detroit, MI
Caffe Driade - Chapel Hill, NC
The Rock Shop - Fayetteville, NC
Pegasus Lounge - Pittsburgh, PA
Sterling Hotel - Allentown, PA
Penguins Pub - Arbutus, MD
Bernies Distillery - Columbus, OH
INTERVIEWS
March 23, 2007 - Chicago Reader
June 15th, 2008 - House of Pomegranates
MUSIC REVIEWS
"She has a big, smoky, whisky-sharp voice: like Tom Waits if he were an angry 24-year-old woman preoccupied with Doom and Hate. Her best songs, like "Exist" and "Play With Us," are just apocalyptic, all crunch and yell and bad love and wrong romance. She's just gotten back from a trip to rural Japan -- she speaks the language -- with a sword fixation. This doesn't bode well for anyone."
- Warren Ellis
"Curiosity plays with keys and notes, sprinkling in some jazz undertones for an uncommon sound that breaks with convention and smashes all the rules."
- Phosphorescence Magazine
"A mixture of equal parts venom, inspiration and power, Curiosity is creating a musical tangent unto itself that speaks with a force and resonance that cannot be denied."
- Flabby Hoffman
"I had to take [The Forced Magician] over to my friends as we played Mortal Kombat Tetris style and had to have it on rotation. BUY THIS CD I COMMAND YOU."
- Laura Encarnado, glittergrrrrls.com
"Dark, nerve-jangly, with gothic, visual lyrics and a sharp-machine-made sense of rhythm. Her voice is powerful...It's very theatrical stuff and it's out to kick your ass."
- Pop Culture Chaos