Lotte Kestner
Anna-Lynne Williams (born February 8, 1978), better known by her stage name Lotte Kestner, is an American singer-songwriter based in Seattle, Washington. She started her musical career as vocalist for the indie rock band Trespassers William in 1997. She adopted the stage name Lotte Kestner in 2007 for solo recordings. She was also a member of the duo Ormonde. Career. Williams grew up in Laguna Hills, California, and now lives in Seattle. She is featured on "Hold Tight London" from the Chemical Brothers' 2005 Grammy-winning album, "Push the Button". She has collaborated with numerous other  artists, including Mark Burgess, Courtney Marie Andrews, Robert Deeble, Damien Jurado, Anomie Belle, Motopony and Rocky Votolato, Arnar Guðjónsson of Leaves, Delerium, Minotaur Shock, Tuesday the Sky, Fieldhead, Sadistik and Blue Sky Black Death. In 2007, Williams started recording her own music as Lotte Kestner, self-releasing "China Mountain" in 2008. In December 2008, American webzine "Somewhere Cold" ranked "China Mountain" No. 11 on their "2008 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame". She followed it in 2011 with a covers album, "Stolen" (Saint-Loup Records). In 2013, she was back with more of her own material on "The Bluebird of  Happiness" (Saint Marie Records), for which she wrote all but one track (with the composer credit to Anna-Lynne Williams). An 8-track EP titled "Until" was released through Saint-Loup Records on April 16, 2013. A collection of covers called "Covers" was released in 2017 in Japan (Lirico) and Korea (Aulos Media). Her latest album, "Off White", was released on Saint Marie Records on September 1, 2017. It was preceded the previous month by a Chris Cunningham-directed music video for "Ghosts". In addition to these offerings, Williams has released four download-only collections, generally combining demos, outtakes, and  newly recorded material: "China Mountain B-Sides" (2009), "Trespassers William Songs Solo" (2011), "All That You Start B-Sides" (2012), "Extra Covers Collection" (2012) and "Best-of: Requested Cover Songs" (6 October 2015) . Williams contributed the song "Confession" to the Saint Marie Records sampler "Static Waves" (2012). Her cover of Beyoncé's "Halo" was prominently featured in an episode of HBO's "The Young Pope" in 2017. She contributed an original composition titled called "In Glass" to the indie film "Maybe Someday". Williams has published three books of poetry, "Split Infinitive", "In the Night I Go Sailing," and "Blind Accidents ," and has recorded two albums with her indie band Ormonde. She starred in the film "I Cannot Go On As I Am", which came out in 2014 and which also contains live musical performances. Albums. Lotte Kestner. Albums EPs Independent/online releases