Misstress Barbara


Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara, is an Italian-born Canadian producer, DJ and singer-songwriter. Born in Catania, Italy, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the age of eight and has resided in the city ever since. She has DJed around the globe and has an extensive discography as a producer.
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Career

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the UniversitΓ© du QuΓ©bec Γ  MontrΓ©al. After drumming in bands since the age of twelve, she began DJing in 1996 and established record label Relentless in 1999. In 2001 she released the mix album Relentless Beats Vol. 1, with a second volume the following year, along with two mix albums for Trust the DJ. In 2003, to avoid legal issues with a Relentless Records, UK company of the same name, she established ITURNEM. Early success includes her song "Never Could Have Your Heart" being licensed in Rockstar Games' arcade racing video game Midnight Club II. In 2006, she released the mix album Come with Me....
In 2009 she released the debut artist album as a singer, I'm No Human, which was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for Best Dance Recording of the Year, and included the single "I'm Running", featuring fellow Montreal musician Sam Roberts. The album also features collaborations with Brazilian Girls and Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John. "I'm No Human" was born out of unhappy circumstances, sparked by the death of a close family member features Misstress Barbara step from behind the turntables in front of the microphone and was recorded in her home town of Montreal. To perform songs from the album, she created a new live band and draws from her experience in electronic music infusing it with live instruments. The live show debuted at Le Festival International de Jazz de MontrΓ©al 2009, to a sold out crowd at Montreal's Club Soda. In July 2010, Misstress Barbara performed for the second year in at row at Le Festival International de Jazz de MontrΓ©al.
In April 2012, she released her second album Many Shades of Grey which is, unlike her first album, more of a stand-alone project, with the song "The Right Time" as the first radio single. The live show Many Shades of Grey was nominated for Best Show in "Other" Language at Quebec's ADISQ. In July 2012, she sang her single "The Right Time" at Parliament Hill during Canada Day celebrations and later in that same month she was back at Le Festival International de Jazz de MontrΓ©al, at La SociΓ©tΓ© des Arts Technologiques, to perform her new live show Many Shades of Grey.

Discography

Albums

I’m No Human – Maple Music / Iturnem – May 2009Many Shades of Grey – Maple Music / Iturnem – April 2012 – #91 CAN

EPs

Steps Towards Comprehension – Tronic – March 1999April – Countdown 2000 – April 1999Auger Lyer – Intec – August 1999Sagittarius – Zync – September 1999Endless Passion – Iturnem/Relentless – October 1999Foreign Textures Vol. 1 – Primevil – November 1999First Reality – Rotation – November 1999Cry & Dry – Iturnem/Relentless – December 1999Royal Comfort – Tronic – January 2000Barbara Brown presents: Dammelo, Mi Piace – Strive – February 2000For All There's Left – Iturnem/Relentless – April 2000Relentless Desire – Primate – June 2000Zero ID – Zero ID – December 2000Barbara Brown presents: Il Minestrone – Primary – December 2000Naked Thoughts – Default – February 2001Emotions on Plastic – Choice – February 2001666FVW – Primevil – February 2001Effet Karma – Iturnem/Relentless – April 2001Growing Pains – Iturnem/Relentless – November 2001Barbara Brown presents: No More Boundaries, This Ain’t House! – Primary – March 2002Misstress Barbara VS Barbara Brown Vol. 1 – Iturnem/Relentless – September 2002Misstress Barbara VS Barbara Brown Vol. 2 – Iturnem – March 2003In Da Mooda Da Nite – Iturnem – May 2004Gloria Grande – Iturnem – August 2004On Fire – April 2005 – 23rd Century Come With Me… – Iturnem – April 2006K–10 / Azzurri – Bedrock – October 2006Barcelona – Border Community – February 2007Don’t Leave / Come Back – Iturnem – May 2007Triangle of Love – Iturnem – October 2010Finally Mine – Diynamic – November 2010Tu Seras Mon Roi – Iturnem – February 2011Et Il Bat – Iturnem – March 2011The Right Time – Iturnem – August 2011Tenno 5 – Bedrock – July 2014Sir G / Mrs G – Tulipa – September 2014Zia / Closer – Tronic – March 2015Je Suis Charlie – Loose – April 2015Need That / Do It Again – Tronic – July 2015I Feel It / Lied to You – Transmit – September 2015Burning – Terminal M – December 2015Eyes Wide Shut – Kombination Research – May 2016Quarantine – Tronic – June 2016The Right Time – Iturnem – July 2016Storm Waves – Alleanza – August 2016Don't Tease Me – Intec Digital – September 2016If You Can't Be Mine – Complex LTD – October 2016Ivory – Xerie – November 2016The Right Time – Iturnem – Aug 2019My Mind Off You – Riot Recordings – Aug 2019

Remixes

  • "Fusion" – Primevil – November 1999
  • "Glass" – Genetic – October 2000
  • "Dashboard" – Zync Rmxd – November 2000
  • "Midnight Magik" – Seismic – March 2001
  • "Optical Way" – Iturnem/Relentless – January 2002
  • "Torso" – X–Trax – June 2002
  • "Yul Fuka" – Iturnem/Relentless – November 2002
  • "Dogzilla" – Maelstrom – August 2003
  • "No War in the Summer" – Iturnem – September 2003
  • "Chances" – Body & Artform – December 2003
  • "Aurelon" – Bio – June 2004
  • "Julian" – Headline – March 2005
  • "Work It!" – Notorious North – April 2005
  • "No Works of Words" – Productions SpΓ©ciales – June 2006
  • "We Know You Know It" – Deaf Dumb and Blind – November 2006
  • "One Eye on the Strawberries" – Iturnem – November 2007
  • "Club Thing" – Island Records – August 2008
  • "Love at the End of the World" – Universal / Rounder Records – September 2008
  • "2nd to None" – Rekluse – May 2010
  • "Quinchos" – Dilek – November 2010
  • "PhΓ©nix" – Tacca – November 2012
  • "Deux Ils Deux Elles" – Musicor – September 2013
  • "Frog Pond" – Tulipa – August 2014
  • "Sewers" – Reload Black – December 2015
  • "Vortex" – Tulipa – June 2016
  • "Mute" – Electropical – March 2018
  • "Rouge Γ  LΓ¨vres" – Renaissance – Apr 2019

Compilations

Relentless Beats Vol. 1 – Moonshine – Feb 2001MB01 – Trust the DJ – Dec 2001Relentless Beats Vol. 2 – Moonshine – Feb 2002MB02 – Trust the DJ – Nov 2002White Is Pure 2 – Aria – Mar 2003Iturnem in Pink – Florida 135 – Jan 2004Come With Me… – UWE – Feb 2006