PYRA DRACULEA

Pyra Draculea is a Vancouver-based [re-]mixing engineer, artist and DJ. She creates original industrial rock and noise compositions under the alias Maqlu, and her debut EP Blood, was released at the end of April 2010. Remixing credits, also under the Maqlu name, so far include Left Spine Down, Jakalope and iVardensphere.

Pyra is also the host of CiTR Radio's weekly industrial show, the Vampire's Ball, which airs from midnight to 4 am PST on Friday nights. More information on the Vampire's Ball can be found [along with podcast links and playlists] on the show's blog at thevampiresball.blogspot.com. Guests of the Vampire's Ball have included Nivek Ogre, Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, Phil Western, Tom Anselmi, and kAINE D3L4Y of Left Spine Down, among others.

A recent graduate of the engineering and music production programs at Garth Richardson's Nimbus School of Recording Arts Pyra has recorded and mixed various up and coming Vancouver bands, including the Best Revenge, Gore-Tek, Emberline, and the Hope Slide. Mixing is her favorite aspect of engineering, but she also enjoys assisting on assorted sessions around town.

When she's not making music, either her own or other peoples', or playing it on the radio, she's greedily seeking out new additions to her small but growing vinyl collection and can be found searching for Skinny Puppy and other old industrial bands' records at different shops around Vancouver.

Pyra is also Director of PR & A&R for Synthetic Entertainment/Synthetic Sounds, a Vancouver-based industrial/EBM label and management firm.

You can reach Pyra via email at pyradraculea [at] gmail [dot] com.