Pati Yang

==Career==

==Career==

Born in [[Poland]] in 1980, Pati Yang spent much of the first 7 years of her life on tour with her stepfather’s iconic punk band, [[Lady Pank]], whose overt opposition to Communism and Soviet influence made it a cultural cornerstone throughout Poland in the 1980s and the subject of government-sanctioned censorship.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1985-03-14|title=POLISH BAND PLAYS THE CENSORSHIP GAME|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-14-ca-26790-story.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> At the age of 16, she left Poland and arrived in [[London]] with the intention of studying and writing music.<ref>{{Cite web|last=robdead|date=2012-09-17|title=Review: Pati Yang - Hold Your Horses (EP)|url=https://nbhap.com/sounds/pati-yang-hold-horses-ep|access-date=2022-02-05|website=NBHAP|language=de}}</ref> Her debut album, ''[[Jaszczurka]]'', was released by Sony Music Poland in 1998 to critical and commercial success.

Born in [[Poland]] in 1980, Pati Yang spent much of the first 7 years of her life on tour with her stepfather’s iconic rock band, [[Lady Pank]], whose overt opposition to Communism and Soviet influence made it a cultural cornerstone throughout Poland in the 1980s and the subject of government-sanctioned censorship.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1985-03-14|title=POLISH BAND PLAYS THE CENSORSHIP GAME|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-14-ca-26790-story.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> At the age of 16, she left Poland and arrived in [[London]] with the intention of studying and writing music.<ref>{{Cite web|last=robdead|date=2012-09-17|title=Review: Pati Yang - Hold Your Horses (EP)|url=https://nbhap.com/sounds/pati-yang-hold-horses-ep|access-date=2022-02-05|website=NBHAP|language=de}}</ref> Her debut album, ''[[Jaszczurka]]'', was released by Sony Music Poland in 1998 to critical and commercial success.

In 2001, she formed a musical duo with [[Stephen Hilton|Stephen Dean Hilton]], called Children. Based out of London, Children released their first EP on [[Mercury Records]], and were covered in [[The Independent]]’s 2001 roundup of new electronic experimental artists. As her work with Hilton continued, Yang also appeared on [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]]’s soundtrack for ''[[Code 46]],'' which was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the [[17th European Film Awards|2004 European Film Awards]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Code 46 |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345061/awards/|work=IMDb|access-date=2022-02-05}}</ref>

In 2001, she formed a musical duo with [[Stephen Hilton|Stephen Dean Hilton]], called Children. Based out of London, Children released their first EP on [[Mercury Records]], and were covered in [[The Independent]]’s 2001 roundup of new electronic experimental artists. As her work with Hilton continued, Yang also appeared on [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]]’s soundtrack for ''[[Code 46]],'' which was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the [[17th European Film Awards|2004 European Film Awards]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Code 46 |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345061/awards/|work=IMDb|access-date=2022-02-05}}</ref>