{"id":54,"date":"2012-12-07T03:21:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T03:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2020-01-29T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:51:04","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/cristina-soto\/epk_soto2012-copy.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/cristina-soto\/epk_soto2012-copy.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/cristina-soto\/thumbs\/thumbs_epk_soto2012-copy.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"36\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Sultry\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\ttarget='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_099638d1c397247c95ec294441407181\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-singlepic lazyload\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/cristina-soto\/cache\/epk_soto2012-copy.jpg-nggid0236-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Sultry\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Sultry\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"240\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/cristina-soto\/cache\/epk_soto2012-copy.jpg-nggid0236-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Sultry\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Sultry\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"240\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20619\" class=\"text-align-center\">Based out of Austin, TX, Cristina Soto is a singer\/songwriter and live performer for cross-genre vocal projects, largely known for her work in EDM. She is trained in opera, jazz, musical theater, and gospel vocals and plays multiple instruments.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20677\" class=\"text-align-center\">Cristina\u2019s breadth in musical experience allows her to move like a chameleon across genres, letting her rich, emotional, and uplifting vocals be the familiar pull. As the original vocalist for power-duo Tritonal, Cristina\u2019s ethereal tones and heady lyrics played an instrumental role in bringing their melodic, yet progressive trance to the forefront of the dance music scene.<br \/>\nFrom 2007-2012, her songs with Tritonal held multiple weeks in #1 positions on Beatport charts and they toured the world together.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20680\" class=\"text-align-center\">With over a dozen songs in their joint discography, the capstone of \u201cTritonal ft. Cristina Soto\u201d collaborations is the classic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QBVIqTV0VNs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Still With Me\u2019<\/a>, remixed by Seven Lions. In 2014, Cristina released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QOjZjqnO50A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018One Thing\u2019<\/a> with Psymbionic, and it went big on Bassnectar\u2019s \u2018Into The Sun\u2019 mixtape in the summer of 2015. She also collaborated with Illenium &amp; Said The Sky on their melodic dubstep song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z2LkTg3vUgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cPainted White\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Cristina\u2019s debut album, <a href=\"http:\/\/music.gravitasrecordings.com\/album\/all-i-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018All I Need\u2019<\/a> released in March 2016 through <a href=\"http:\/\/gravitasrecordings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gravitas Recordings<\/a>, featuring 7 all new originals from 6 different producers, including Psymbionic for the title track. 2017 brought the opportunity to work with Austin Collins of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4nfh40Qsi4zaSYs8plzNg6?si=qXaO9VjJQ_6cVs5hAXkJkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Au5<\/a>, and French Powerhouse, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0EhRTaaZbmNeb05ZkaAhzV?si=wpS9w1UmQ3CPzggP920yFg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CloZee<\/a>, which led to multiple collaborations over time. In the last couple of years, Cristina has focused on democratizing her vocals via sample packs, which have had great success on <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/black-octopus\/black-octopus-sound-cristina-soto-souls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Splice<\/a> and Black Octopus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Cristina continually seeks collaborations to grow as a \u201cno-genre\u201d artist, partnering with talented producers and friends all over the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20683\" class=\"text-align-center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20685\" class=\"text-align-center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based out of Austin, TX, Cristina Soto is a singer\/songwriter and live performer for cross-genre vocal projects, largely known for her work in EDM. She is trained in opera, jazz, musical theater, and gospel vocals and plays multiple instruments. Cristina\u2019s breadth in musical experience allows her to move like a chameleon across genres, letting her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[singlepic id=36 w=320 h=240 float=left]<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20619\" class=\"text-align-center\">Based out of Austin, TX with roots in multiple genres, Cristina is a solo artist in EDM as well as an acoustic singer-songwriter for sibling project Suther &amp; Brista.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20677\" class=\"text-align-center\">Music has been the ever-pulling current underlining decisions and experiences for all of Cristina\u2019s life. At the age of six, Cristina played piano and studied classical piano sonatas in music theory. When she turned 13, she started training professionally in jazz, classical, musical theater, and gospel singing.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20680\" class=\"text-align-center\">By age 16, Cristina had picked up the guitar while studying at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, and began singing with a touring gospel choir. She continued her studies in Pittsburgh, PA at Carnegie Melon University combining her passion for singing and performance in Musical Theater. Today, Cristina\u2019s breadth in musical training allows her to move like a chameleon across genres, singing everything from folk, to funk and what she is most known for:&nbsp;EDM.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-center\">She met Chad Cisneros in 2007 and so began this journey. As the main vocalist for Tritonal, Cristina\u2019s ethereal vocals played an instrumental role in bringing the trio\u2019s melodic, yet progressive trance to the forefront of the dance music scene.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-center\">Cristina performed with Tritonal in 3 continents and headlined at the Palms in Las Vegas over the course of 3 years. This culminated with a home-coming show at Austin\u2019s Emo\u2019s East in December 2012 where Cristina sang to a sold-out crowd of nearly 2000 people.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20683\" class=\"text-align-center\">Since then,&nbsp;Cristina has branched out into other forms of EDM, including trap, drum &amp; bass, and ambient downtempo. She released her first trap tune, One Thing, with Psymbionic which went big on Bassnectar's 'Into The Sun' mixtape in the summer of 2015. She also collaborated with Illenium and Said The Sky on the melodic dubstep tune 'Painted White\".<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_4_1453143807728_20685\" class=\"text-align-center\">Cristina continues to find new opportunities to grow as an artist in 2016, collaborating with old and new friends alike.&nbsp;Her album, \"All I Need\" dropped in March with Gravitas Recordings and featured 7 new original collaborations with producers including Psymbionic, The Digital Connection, Zuart, Michael Teixeira and new comers Gold VHS and 9th Leap. She worked with Saad Ayub, a rising star in Trance, during the spring of 2016 to release their single \"Daylight\". Capping off 2016 with the talented Au5, Cristina released a 4 track EP titled \"Freefall\", which will continue to have activity into 2017 through remixes and acoustic versions of the songs. &nbsp;<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinasoto.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}