Ania Tarnowska, known professionally as I Ya Toyah,[1] is a Chicago, USA musician, singer, composer, producer, performer, and the founder/CEO of Femme Fatale Records label.
In August and September 2023 she toured as a direct opener for Stabbing Westward[13] She closed the concert season performing a headlining set at Dark City Festival in New Orleans.
I Ya Toyah's music has been remixed by artists, including The Anix,[19] Skold (Marilyn Manson, Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM, Motionless in White),[20] Gopal Metro (the co-founder of the Gothic Rock band, Bella Morte),[21] Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Conjure One),[22] Adoration Destroyed,[23] The Joy Thieves,[24] Stabbing Westward[25] and more (See full discography below.)
In 2019 I Ya Toyah recorded music with artists such as Julian Beeston (Nitzer Ebb, Cubanate), Mach Fox (Zwaremachine), Indign, and Traumabond.
In 2020, her song Funeral for Love was selected to be a part of ESA (Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer) compilation released by Metropolis Records/Distortion Productions.
This version of the song, featuring Traumabond[34] appeared on this release, alongside bands such as Ego Likeness, The Clay People, Leæther Strip, Angelspit,
The project[36] named Lifeline International was arranged and mixed by legendary music producer John Fryer, who has worked with such seminal bands as Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and Cocteau Twins.
Participants included members of Faith No More, Stabbing Westward, Ministry, Rammstein, Filter, THE HARDKISS, The Joy Thieves, Agnostic Front, Basement Jaxx, and more.