Performance · Engineering

Carmen Villain

Norway

Carmen Villain is credited on 2 releases across 8 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2013–2015 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2

Pressings credited

8

Albums

1

Decade active

1

In collections

Biography

Carmen Maria Hillestad (born 1983), known professionally as Carmen Villain, is a Norwegian-Mexican musical artist. Hillestad was born in 1983 in Michigan, United States. Her mother is Mexican, and her father is Norwegian. Her parents raised her in Oslo, Norway. She grew up playing the piano and the clarinet. She worked as a model before becoming a musician. In 2005, Hillestad moved to London and started writing music. Her early work was guitar-driven shoegaze and dream pop. Her 2022 album, Only Love From Now On, released to positive critical reception. Her album Memoria is scheduled to release on September 4, 2026.

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Credited work

2 releases · 8 albums · active 2013–2015

  • Performance · 2
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Taakeheimen Lydrike · CSX · Lemoyne St., Los Angeles, CA · Malabar Studios

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