Azure Ray
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Although they became important figures in the Saddle Creek community of Omaha, NE, Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor made their initial mark in Athens, GA, where they formed Azure Ray in 2001. The two musicians -- both Alabama natives as well as childhood friends -- relocated to Athens after school and combined elements of folk, pop, and light electronica into their 2001 debut album. The next winter, Azure Ray issued the November EP on the Saddle Creek label, sparking a fruitful association with the label and its roster. The sophomore effort Burn and Shiver followed in 2002 and exuded a more serene soundscape, as well as slick production work from Crooked Fingers frontman Eric Bachmann. Fink and Taylor also began lending their help to other albums, from Moby's 18 to Bright Eyes' Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. Meanwhile, they also served as members of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band.A year later, Azure Ray continued their prolific pace by issuing Hold on Love. The album proved to be the duo's last release for seven years, though, and both musicians pursued solo careers in the interim. Maria Taylor put out three full-length albums and one collaborative EP (the latter recorded with her Saddle Creek friend Andy LeMaster), while Orenda Fink released a pair of solo albums, one digital EP, one album with her side project Art in Manila, and another with the short-lived pop duo O+S. Taylor and Fink returned their focus to Azure Ray in 2009, launching a brief tour that year before returning in 2010 with their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi
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| Azure Ray | |
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| Origin | Athens, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Dream pop |
| Years active | 2001–2004; 2008–present |
| Labels | Saddle Creek WARM Electronic Recordings |
| Website | www.azureraymusic.com |
| Members | |
| Maria Taylor Orenda Fink |
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Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians 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, 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. They have also appeared on numerous 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.
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Discography
Albums
- Azure Ray (Warm Records, 2001)
- Burn and Shiver (Warm Records, 2002)
- Hold on Love (Saddle Creek Records, 2003)
- 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)
- New Resolution (Saddle Creek Records, 2004)
- Silverlake (Saddle Creek Records, 2011)
Soundtracks
- Winter Passing soundtrack – "Rise"
- The Devil Wears Prada soundtrack – "Sleep"
- Shortbus soundtrack – "If You Fall"
- Six Feet Under soundtrack – "Rise"
- The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince soundtrack – "Across the Ocean"
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode "Seeing Red" – "Displaced"
- Parenthood, episode "Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs" – "Love and Permanence"
- "The Good Wife", episode "Live From Damascus" – "Seven Days"
See also
External links
- Azure Ray on Myspace
- Azure Ray at Allmusic
- The Steady Melancholy of Azure Ray – An Interview with Synconation
- Love and Permanence, Stomp & Stammer, 11/10, by Susan Moll
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Hold on Love
(2003 Album by Azure Ray)
Burn and Shiver
(2002 Album by Azure Ray)
Now It's Overhead
(Rock Band, 2000s)
Art in Manila
(Rock Band, 2000s)
Azure Ray
(2001 Album by Azure Ray)
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