Ayria
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| Ayria | ||
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 Jennifer Parkin of Ayria
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Genre(s) | Futurepop, Synthpop, electro-industrial | |
| Years active | 2003–present | |
| Label(s) | Alfa Matrix | |
| Website | ayria.com | |
| Members | ||
| Jennifer Parkin Joseph Byer |
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| Former members | ||
| Shaun Frandsen | ||
Ayria is a musical project primarily by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin.
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[edit] Biography
Following her departure from Epsilon Minus in 2003, Parkin performed as a guest vocalist on the track "Letting Go" by fellow Alfa Matrix artist Glis, a solo project of Seattle-based Shaun Frandsen. The success of that track inspired further collaboration between the two, and music primarily by Frandsen, but featuring performances by Iris, Massiv in Mensch, and other popular industrial and synthpop artists, along with Parkin's distinctive vocals, were consolidated into the first Ayria album, Debris, released on Alfa Matrix in 2003.
Debris garnered international attention and produced several club and rave hits (notably "Disease"), and a series of successful mini-tours in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, occasionally featuring Mike Wimer of Noxious Emotion on drums.
During this period, Parkin performed guest vocals for several other projects, including Belgium's Aïboforcen and Implant, and Mexico's Isis Signum.
As touring for Debris wound down, Parkin began writing music for the second Ayria release on her own, with production assistance from Joseph Byer, of v01d. 2005's Flicker reflected a much more diverse and distinctive sound, with many tracks borrowing heavily from minimal techno and early EBM acts such as Nitzer Ebb.
In late 2005, touring for Flicker commenced with several Canadian dates, a UK Festival, and a U.S. West Coast tour. 2006 saw many more opportunities for Ayria such as a first ever European tour in November as well as a debut performance in Osaka, Japan. Ayria is currently on a full United States tour (2007) as the supporting act for The Crüxshadows.
The first 2 new songs by Ayria since the release of Flicker include "The Gun Song", featured on the compilation Alfa Matrix - Re:connected [2.0], released in August of 2006 and "Six Seconds On All Sides" released on Dancing Ferret - Asleep By Dawn compilation, released fall of 2006.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Debris (Alfa Matrix, 2003)
- Flicker (Alfa Matrix, 2005)
[edit] EPs
- My Revenge on the World (Alfa Matrix, 2005)
[edit] Compilation albums
- Cyberl@b 4.0 (Alfa Matrix, 2003)
- square matrix 004 (Alfa Matrix, 2004)
- ADVANCED CLUB 0.1
- Re:connected [1.0] (Alfa Matrix, 2004)
- United Vol.I (NoiTekk, 2005)
- Endzeit Bunkertracks: Act I (Alfa Matrix, 2005)
- Cyberl@b 5.0 (Alfa Matrix, 2005)
- Re:connected [2.0] (Alfa Matrix, 2006)
[edit] External links
- Ayria official website
- Ayria official label Alfa Matrix
- Ayria at MusicBrainz
- Ayria at VampireFreaks
- Ayria lyrics at Industrial Lyrics
