Katylyst is a relatively unknown young female solo EDM trance artist act ran by Katherine Pinkston, an American born in the winter of 1989. She has been flying just under the radar, producing since 2010 for fun under the alias DJ Valkyra, but started taking things more seriously the more enjoyment she got out of doing so, despite never having any formal training. Two years later, she developed a new alias, and attempted to enter the trance arena as Asciel, working on a label's team, which she released her first track on, soon before the label went inactive. In the next coming years, she formed another alias, Maxima, as well as collaborative aliases, such as Blue Divine (with Airstorm/DreamLifter), as well as Uprising with Kiran M Sajeev, a long time friend, whom would eventually form their own first label, Enlightened Audio. Eventually, Katherine developed into her final alias Katylyst, as she felt her prior aliases weren't 'her' enough. After releasing some initial bootleg remixes, she released her first self-titled track on Soul Waves Music, along with releasing tracks on her and Kiran's label. Later, she entered the remix competition held by Alter Ego Records, she won 3rd place in the competition. Katherine produces and release tracks on various labels and working on some's teams, taking time to develop her craft and create intricate pieces of musical art, putting her heart and soul into each production she creates.