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Infobox musical artist| name = Azure Ray| background = group_or_band| origin = Athens, Georgia|Athens , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia , United States | genre = Dream pop | years_active = 20012004; 2008present| label = Saddle Creek Warm Records|WARM Electronic Recordings | website = URL| http://www.azureraymusic.com| current_members = Maria Taylor Orenda Fink Azure Ray is an United States|American dream pop Duet (music)|duo , consisting of musician s Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink . The pair met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts . They fronted a band called Little Red Rocket, often compared to Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt , in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in the mid and late 1990s and released two albums with the band on Tim/Kerr records.
Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia , but relocated to Omaha, Nebraska and joined the music scene there. Taylor and Fink are also in another Saddle Creek band called Now It's Overhead , with Andy LeMaster . The two have collaborated with Moby and co-wrote the song, "Great Escape" on the album 18 (Moby album)|18 . They have also appeared on numerous Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes records. Fink also works with Japancakes .
Azure Ray disbanded in 2004, leaving Fink and Taylor to work on solo and other collaborative projects, including working in Now It's Overhead and Maria Taylor's solo recordings.
Fink and Taylor reformed the band for a one-off show in Los Angeles on November 30, 2008. The duo was accompanied by Andy LeMaster of Now It's Overhead and Nick White of Tilly and the Wall .
In 2009, Taylor announced on KCRW 's Morning Becomes Eclectic that the band would reform on a semi-permanent basis in July 2009 for "5 or 6" shows before working on a new Azure Ray album. Their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon , was released in September 2010.
Discography
Albums
Azure Ray (album)|Azure Ray ( Warm Records , 2001)
Burn and Shiver ( Warm Records , 2002)
Hold on Love ( Saddle Creek Records , 2003)
Drawing Down the Moon (Azure Ray album)|Drawing Down the Moon ( Saddle Creek Records , 2010)
Singles and EPs
Sleep EP ( Warm Records , 2002)
November EP ( Saddle Creek Records , 2002)
The Drinks We Drank Last Night ( Saddle Creek Records , 2003)
Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under soundtrack "Rise"
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince soundtrack "Across the Ocean"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer , episode " Seeing Red (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Seeing Red " "Displaced"
Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood , episode "Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs" "Love and Permanence"
" The Good Wife (TV series)|The Good Wife ", episode "Live From Damascus" "Seven Days"
See also
Art in Manila
External links
myspace|azureray|Azure Ray
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p467430|label=Azure Ray
http://synconation.com/interviews/the-steady-melancholy-of-azure-ray/ The Steady Melancholy of Azure Ray An Interview with http://synconation.com Synconation
http://www.stompandstammer.com/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=3217& Itemid=1 Love and Permanence, Stomp & Stammer, 11/10, by Susan Moll
Saddle Creek Category:All-female bands Category:American female singers Category:American indie rock groups Category:Dream pop Category:Rock music duos Category:Saddle Creek Records artists Category:Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Musical groups from Nebraska Category:Feminist musicians
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