Singer/songwriter Karina Nistal is known to align herself with diverse and
solid collaborations to showcase her extensive range. Her work consists of
emotive jazz vocals on downtempo tracks, rapping in Spanish for the
worldly sounds of reggaeton, or fusing soulful Latin vocals with lively
dance music. But most significantly, it is a vibrant charisma that carries
over her poetic musings in either English or Spanish, or her matter of
fact delivery of self-assured flirtatious rhymes. There's a very fine line
between poetry and rap, but it's one that only Karina interconnects with
finesse.

Music captivated the native Houstonian at an early age. Karina indulged in
old school hip hop, rhythm & blues, soul and jazz. But it was Karina's
mixed Hispanic heritage (Mexican and Cuban) that spotlighted Latin
styles-traditional mariachi folk music and the Afro-Cuban beats of salsa.
After taking piano lessons, ballet and tap dance, these creative elements
would soon contribute to Karina's true intention. In the early '90s, she
began realizing her aspirations of singing, songwriting and recording.

By 1998, Karina seriously took on singing and got busy with projects on
Starlight Beats & Breaks, Rebel Crew's Joe B. and Lion 808, Sista Stroke,
Elliott Ness and on numerous other ventures. The following year,
Starlight's production team added Karina onto their roster and helped give
her more depth as a developing artist. She also doubled as a Starlight
dancer, embellishing their live showcases with fly dance moves.

Her first production and vocals were featured on a single, "Saturday Night
(Joe B.'s Electro Club remix)," off Traxx from the Waxx, Vol. 1
(Starlight), a CD compilation of hip, urban musicians. In 2002, U.K. dance
duo Red Moon released "Beautiful/La Corrella," which features Karina's
vocals over a tech-house tune. In 2003, she collaborated with dance music
producer DJ Hal on "Sabrosura" and various remixes including
"Determination."

Released in 2004, Goodbye, an EP on Extensive Research, features the
self-titled cut produced by OHNO, which features Karina with Wildchild of
LootPack and Medaphoar. The flip gives you "Dependency"-a downtempo
crooner produced by DJ Still Wil-and the exclusive "Livin' It Up"-a
disco/hip hop groover produced by DJ Zegon with bass and guitar
arrangements by Cool G Murder. Follow-up singles included "Samba Love" and
"Muchos Chavos" on The Sweet Spot, two recordings on a CD compilation with
Last Soul Descendents (Space City Grooves) which was nominated for "Best
Soul/Jazz/Funk, 2004" in Houston Press. In 2005, her breakout track was
the hot, hot version of Lady Saw's "I've got your Man" which Karina
translated and recorded as "Tengo A Tu Hombre."

Currently she has released her debut full-length album "Nistyle"
(Starlightbeats Fall 2006.) A Latin Electro and Reggaeton sampler,
"Nistyle" introduces a fresh face to the growing "hurban" dance scene.
Special guest MC Lenky Don backs the album along with veteran beat miner
JoeB, and remixers Gavin Hardkiss (San Francisco) and DJ Hal (UK).
meanwhile, Karina stays on the grind, performing live at dance clubs,
freestyling over many DJ's sets, recording music and videos, and
collaborating with various top producers in the studio. With seemingly a
lot on her plate, the sultry, multi-faceted vocalist admits, "I want to do
so much more!"