Colleen D'Agostino

Colleen D'Agostino
D'Agostino performing in 2015
Background information
Origin	Simi Valley, California, United States
Genres	Rock, electropop, pop, electronic
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Years active	2005-present
Labels	mau5trap
Associated acts	The Material, With Beating Hearts, deadmau5, I the Mighty
Website	Official website

Colleen D'Agostino Moreaux is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Simi Valley, California. In 2005, while attending San Diego State University she formed The Material. They released their first EP entitled Tomorrow on September 1, 2007. After six years recording and touring with The Material, Colleen started an electropop side project called With Beating Hearts. The first With Beating Hearts EP was released on October 11, 2011.

In 2013, Colleen was featured on a song called "Drop the Poptart" on Canadian producer deadmau5's Soundcloud. She was also the featured vocalist on "Seeya", the second single from deadmau5's Grammy- and Juno-nominated studio album while(1<2). "Seeya" has since gone platinum in Canada, after Colleen and deadmau5 performed the song on the 2015 Juno Awards on March 15, 2015 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

After the success of her collaborations with deadmau5, Colleen was signed to the producer's imprint label, mau5trap. Her debut EP on mau5trap, Collide, was released on March 15, 2015. The "Drop the Poptart" demo was expanded and released as the first single from Collide as "Stay (featuring deadmau5)."

The Material was formed in 2005 in San Diego, with an original line up of Colleen D'Agostino (vocals), Jon Moreaux (guitars), and Noah Vowles (drums).The trio soon added bassist Kevin Falk to the lineup.Before recording their debut EP, Tomorrow, Kevin was replaced by Brian Miller, and Roi Elam joined as a second guitarist.Co-produced by Brian Grider and the band, Tomorrow was released on September 1, 2007.The Material reached the Top 3 in MTV2 and Mountain Dew's Dew Circuit Breakout competition, losing to Seattle-based The Myriad. "Moving to Seattle" was made available on the multi-platform video game Rock Band.