BIO

Download Album Bio (Short)

Download Album Bio (Long)

Few artists embody boundless creativity quite like Lindsey Stirling. Not only a multi-award-winning musician known for her genre-bending virtuosity on electronic violin, she’s endlessly dazzled audiences with her extraordinary talents as a dancer—an element she brings to the stage as part of her spectacular live show, touring with a stunning frequency and continually selling out iconic venues all around the world. Also a New York Times bestselling author (and creator of her own comic book), the platinum-selling star felt compelled to push her boundaries even further for her seventh full-length effort, ultimately embracing a whole new level of freedom in her songwriting. A visionary meditation on inner wisdom, personal strength, and the ever-shifting nature of identity, Duality arrives as Stirling’s most sonically daring and emotionally complex album date.

Made with producers/co-writers like Graham Muron (Thirty Seconds to Mars, Skrillex) and Lucky West (Walk the Moon, Dreamers), Duality encompasses a dozen songs showcasing Stirling’s refined musicality and gift for sculpting deeply expressive melodies. But while the album’s first half centers on a grandiose and elaborately composed sound informed by Celtic music and other global influences, its latter half leans toward a boldly original form of left-of-center pop. To that end, side A includes such tracks as “Eye Of The Untold Her,” a gloriously epic piece produced by Mako (a musician/songwriter/producer whose credits include co-producing top-selling releases from video-game giant Riot Games) and co-written with Steve Mazzaro (a composer who’s worked with the legendary Hans Zimmer to arrange and produce the music for the Oscar winner’s world tours). Meanwhile, side B spotlights Stirling’s pop sensibilities on songs like the luminous “Inner Gold” (featuring alt-pop artist Royal & the Serpent) and “Survive” (on which Walk off the Earth vocalist Sarah Blackwood joins in for an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic “I Will Survive”).

A profoundly imaginative songwriter whose past work includes such high-concept albums as 2019’s Artemis—a No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart—Stirling makes brilliant use of Duality’s extravagant soundscape by exploring intricate questions of intuition and truth. “I’ve always felt that we’re all magical beings with so much spirit and potential, but we live in a world of expectations and rules that often makes us feel so constrained,” Stirling says. “I hope that in some way these songs help people to feel free and empowered and more connected to their truest selves. I’d love to remind everyone that even though the world tries to tame us, that magic is always there within you.”

Credits

Executive Producer Lindsey Stirling
Mixed by Ryan Nasci
Mastered by Joe Lambert

Photography: Ashley Osborn
Artwork: P.R. Brown

Royal & the Serpent appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

A&R: Sammy Seaver, Adina Friedman
Additional contribution: Jessica Breslow
Management: Adina Friedman / Artist House
Legal: Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill, LLP
Business Management: Lilliam Williams for O’Neil Hagaman, PLLC

—

Evil Twin
Written by Lindsey Stirling and Graham Muron
Produced by KillaGraham
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Guitars and Programming by Killagraham

Eye of the Untold Her
Written by Lindsey Stirling, Alexander Seaver, and Steve Mazzaro
Produced by Mako
Additional Production by Kris Eriksson
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Keyboard and Piano by Alexander Seaver

Surrender
Written by Lindsey Stirling and Giulio Cercato
Produced by Giulio Cercato
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Guitar, Bass, Programming, and Keys by Giulio Cercato

Serenity Found
Written by Lindsey Stirling and Graham Muron
Produced by KillaGraham
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Guitars and Programming by Killagraham

Untamed
Written by Lindsey Stirling and Graham Muron
Recorded at Smith Street Studio. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Produced by KillaGraham
Additional Engineering: Drew Steen and Ryan Riveros
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Guitars and Programming by Killagraham

Purpose
Written by Lindsey Stirling and Graham Muron
Produced by KillaGraham
Additional Engineering: Drew Steen and Ryan Riveros
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling. Guitars and Programming by Killagraham

The Scarlet Queen
Written by Lindsey Stirling, Jörgen Elofsson, and Lachlan West
Produced by Jörgen Elofsson and Lucky West
Additional Engineering: Drew Steen and Ryan Riveros
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Keyboards and Programming by Jörgen Elofsson

Inner Gold (feat. Royal & the Serpent)
Written by Lindsey Stirling, Geoffrey P Earley, and Maize Olinger
Featuring vocals by Royal & the Serpent
Produced by Geoffro
Vocal Producer: Kyle Buckley pka Pink Slip
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Piano, Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming by Geoffro

Survive (feat. Walk off the Earth)
Written by Lindsey Stirling, Lachlan West, Nick Furlong, Valerie Broussard, Fredrick J. Perren, and Dino Ferkaris
Featuring Walk Off The Earth
Produced by Lucky West
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keys, Programming by Lucky West
“Survive” contains interpolations from “I Will Survive” written by F. Perren and D.

Kintsugi
Written by Lindsey Stirling, Taylor Bird, and Peter Hanna
Produced by Taylor Bird

Firefly Alley
Written by Lindsey Stirling, and Lachlan West
Produced by Lucky West
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keys, Programming by Lucky West

Les Fées
Written by Lindsey Stirling, and Lachlan West
Produced by Lucky West
Violins recorded by Lindsey Stirling
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keys, Programming by Lucky West

Lindsey Stirling / Duality