Yasmine Kittles

Yasmine Kittles is an American musician, actress, and performance artist.^[1][2] She is a member of the bands Tearist, Former Ghosts, and Low Red Center.^[3][4][5] About her stage performances, Rolling Stone has written, "Aided by her hair-raising yelp – a voice ranging from an operatic shriek to a post-Lydia Lunch growl – Kittles is thunder onstage, her assault uniquely confrontational and her crowd's response visceral."^[6] She also writes for VICE Magazine as a guest columnist.^[7][8][9]

Early life

Kittles was born in Frankfurt, Germany. As a child she moved from Germany to Tehran, Iran to residing in Dallas, Texas where she began figure skating. Kittles was a competitive figure skater with the ISI and USFSA for twelve years.^[10] She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance with a concentration in Meisner technique and a minor in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.^[11]

Discography

VOCALS, INSTRUMENTS & PERFORMANCE

TEARIST

Album	Year	Label
Tearist [12]	2010	PPM
Living: 2009–Present [13]	2011	Thin Wrist Records
Purple Video [14]	2012	Self-Released

Former Ghosts

Album	Year	Label
Fleurs	2009	Upset the Rhythm
New Love	2010	Upset the Rhythm

Low Red Center

Album	Year	Label
Low Red Center[15]	2008	Instincto Records
Low Red Center S/T[16]	2009	S-S Records
Momentary Switch [17]	2009	Answering Machine Recordings

Spoon

Album	Songs	Year	Label
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga	"Rhythm and Soul"[18]	2007	Merge Records

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Album	Songs	Year	Label
The Century of Self	"Bells of Creation")[19] "Pictures Of An Only Child"	2009	Justice Records Richter Scale Records Superball Music Soyuz Music

Pictureplane

Album	Songs	Year	Label
Thee Physical	"Body Mod")[20][21] "Trancegender" "Breath Work"	2011	Lovepump United

Cerebral Ballzy

Album	Songs	Year	Label
Jaded & Faded	"Better In Leather"[22]	2014	Cult Records

Heavy Seals

Album	Year	Label
Neurotic Asphyxiation[23]	2011	Fast Weapons

Filmography

Title	Role	Year	Notes
Wedding Peach	Ranbo	2005	Co-starring (VO)
Gretchen	Marla Auschussler	2006	WON[24] – Best Dramatic Feature – Los Angeles Film Festival
All American Orgy	Yasmine	2009	Starring
In Lust I	Her/ Yasmine	2009	Co-Creator, Starring[25]
Pound House	Jasmine	2013–2014	Starring, 4 Episodes
Video Town	Judy	2013	Co-starring[26]
In Lust III	Her/ Yasmine	2015	Co-Creator, Starring[27]
The 4TH	Jenny	2016	Starring[28]

Television

Title	Role	Year	Notes
Last Call with Carson Daly	TEARIST	2014	TEARIST
Rage	TEARIST	2015 –	Music Video, "Headless"

Other works

• SAY IT! – Digital Lips – Everyday Edition App, as LIPS (2009)^[30]
• SAY IT! – Digital Lips – Office Edition App, as LIPS (2009)^[31]
• SAY IT! – Digital Lips – Lite App, as LIPS (2009)^[32]