years_active alias birth_place influences label instruments name birth_date background genre image article_title birth_name occupation
2006 -- present quilla montreal , quebec , canada bjork , sia furler , tori amos , grimes armada fire records , neon records , ministry of sound australia music , universal music , vicious , black hole , ministry , of sound south africa , haunted clockwork records revealed recordings , visionquest , ritual piano , synthesizers , vocal looper , thumb piano -lrb- mbira -rrb- , harmonium quilla 01 december 1982 solo_singer house , pop , experimental music , folktronica , progressive house , deep house , techno file : quilla recording vocals.jpg quilla
 anna luisa daigneault songwriter , linguistic anthropologist , vocalist , keyboardist , producer , dj
quilla

anna luisa daigneault -lrb- born december 1 , 1982 -rrb- , known by her stage name quilla , is a canadian songwriter , vocalist , keyboardist , producer , dj , and linguistic anthropologist .
she was born and raised in montreal , quebec .
her father is french canadian and her mother is peruvian , of spanish as well as indigenous quechua and aymara descent .
her stage name `` quilla '' is inspired by the quechua word for `` moon '' .
daigneault is known for her contributions as a dance music vocalist in the genres of progressive house , deep house , techno , trance , breaks , and others .
her vocals have been featured on tracks by producers such as tiësto , sultan + ned shepard , feenixpawl , heatbeat on labels such as universal music , revealed recordings , armada music , visionquest , and others .
her work as a dj is unique because she sings live while mixing tracks , and uses vocal effects and a looping pedal .
daigneault has composed and produced electronic music for film soundtracks , stop motion animations , and documentaries .
outside of her work in music and film , she has also published online dictionaries and articles in the field of endangered language conservation .
