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Ana Simina Grigoriu
married Kalkbrenner (born 8 May 1981 in Bucharest, Romania) is a
Romanian-born DJ and music producer from Toronto specializing in
electronic techno music. She has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany,
since 2008.
Grigoriu was born in Romania. During the Ceaușescu era, her parents fled
to Toronto, Canada, when she was three years old. After the divorce of
her parents her father moved back to Romania in 1989 while her mother
resided in Canada with the children.
In Toronto she began rapping during her time at the Earl Haig Secondary
School before she found her love of electronic music. During her high
school time until 2000 she also attended the private School of Liberal
Arts (SOLA). Until 2004 she studied print production and marketing as
well as entrepreneurship and innovation at the Ryerson University.
After she met Paul Kalkbrenner on his promotion tour for his film Berlin
Calling in Toronto she moved to Berlin in summer of 2008 where she has
been playing in clubs and festivals as well as building on her
production skills.
In 2010 she performed as the opening act for Kalkbrenner's 2010 Berlin Calling concert tour. On 24 August 2012 she published her first album. The day after, she married Paul Kalkbrenner.