Psykick Girl is a singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, sound designer/mixer/editor, DJ and VJ who is passionate about everything sonic. Her soulful voice has often been compared to Annie Lennox, Tracey Thorn and Sia Furler. Her signature sound, described as “funky, organic electronica”, has been featured in television shows, video games, commercials, independent films, and theatrical productions all over the world. Psykick Girl runs a “one-woman” music and sound production shop in Los Angeles, composing music, editing sound and producing voiceovers for clients such as Oprah, Verizon, Kuma Games, MTV and G4TV, just to name a few… (download full music resume here). She maintains a reputation as an exciting and original live performer and DJ, incorporating video clips, techno, funk, breaks and world music textures into her sets. She debuted her multimedia show merging live musicians with technology at the Summer X Games and has performed at venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ireland, and, of course, Black Rock City.
Discography:
McKenna Rowe (self-titled EP) 1998
The Needle Has Landed 2002
Stars and Cars (EP) 2004
We Are Electro 2007
Numerous Instrumental Samplers 2007-present
Some other interesting tidbits:
McKenna has had classical voice training via Northwestern University, the South Bend Symphonic Choir (under Maestro Yeh) and Gail Gordon of LA’s Opera Nova. She also is a yoga teacher and UX Architect. Her musical heroes are: Peter Gabriel, Meat Beat Manifesto, Jeff Buckley, Imogen Heap and David Bowie.
