Anna Domino
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Anna Domino | |
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Birth name | Anna Virginia Taylor |
Also known as | Anna Virginia Taylor Delory |
Born | December 15, 1955 |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Fledg'ling |
Website | Website Facebook page |
Anna Domino (born 1955, Anna Virginia Taylor) is an American
Her stage name was borrowed from the Domino Sugar company in NY and is also a play on the term Anno Domini.[2]
Background
Domino was born in an American military hospital in Tokyo, Japan in 1955. Her father,
During her childhood and adolescence the family moved frequently, starting in Tokyo, Japan and winding up in Ottawa, Canada. Her mother studied art history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then moved with her children to live first in Florence, Italy, while she did research for her dissertation, and then to Ottawa, Canada, where she worked for the National Gallery as curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings. Though quite shy as a child, Anna was also a bit of a show off and her hobby of memorizing and reciting comedy records in high school led to her expulsion shortly before graduation. Leaving high school, Anna and her best friend Shelley McCreadie set off for several years of unsupervised exploration. Their adventures hitch-hiking across the US and down through Mexico, left her with a stubborn conviction in the basic decency of humanity. Anna followed up with several years of study at Toronto's Ontario College of Art and Design where she focused on sound recording, video editing and hologram photography. In 1977 Anna travelled to New York City for a two-week visit and stayed for 20 years.
Solo
Early in her career Domino played with a number of New York City bands but she was determined to find an outlet for her own song writing. In 1982, a cassette of original songs recorded by Anna in her bedroom was picked up by the Belgian record label
In 2010 Anna Domino released two new songs on a compilation that included a number of her Crepuscule colleagues. The album was called "After Twilight" and the songs were "The Light Downtown" and "Wonderkey" as well as a new version of her song "‘Rythm’".
A short tour of Europe in early 2013 sparked new interest in Domino's work and some welcome encouragement to finish unreleased material dear to her heart.
Anna Domino is working on an album of new songs as well as another volume of traditional American ballads for Snakefarm (see below).
Snakefarm
In 1999 Domino and Delory formed the folk rock alternative outfit Snakefarm, with the idea of subjecting traditional American ballads to updated arrangements. They released an album, "Songs From My Funeral" in 1999, on Kneeling Elephant/BMG in the US, available on LTM UK. Their second album "My Halo At Half-Light" was released in 2011 on the Fledg’ling label in the UK.
Selected discography
Anna Domino
Albums
- East and West (Crépuscule, 1984)
- Anna Domino (Crépuscule, 1986)
- This Time (Crépuscule, 1987)
- Colouring in the Edge and the Outline (mini album, Crépuscule, 1988)
- L'Amour fou (compilation, Crépuscule, 1989)
- Mysteries of America (Crépuscule, 1990)
- Favourite Songs from the Twilight Years (US-compilation - Janken Pon, 1997)
- Dreamback: Best Of (LTM, 2004)
Singles
- Blood Makes Noise (EnT-T, 2010)
- Johnny (EnT-T, 2012)
- Lake (EnT-T, 2019)
12" Singles
- "Trust in love" / "Repeating" (Crépuscule, 1983)
- "‘Rythm’" / "Target" (Crépuscule, 1984)
- "Take that" / "Koo Koo" (Crépuscule, 1985)
- "Lake" / "Hammer" (Crépuscule, 1987)
- "Tempting" / "Always Always" (Crépuscule, 1988)
Vinyl releases on Factory Records
- FACT 165 Anna Domino LP
- FAC 158 "Summer" (Arthur Baker Remix) / "Summer" (Arthur Baker Instrumental) 12"
- FAC 158/7 "Summer" (Arthur Baker Remix) / "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" 7" (A side is edited version)[3]
Snakefarm
- Songs From My Funeral (Kneeling Elephant, 1999)
- My Halo At Half-Light (Fledg'ling Records 2011)
References
- ^ Khan, Imran (29 October 2013). "The Domino Effect: An interview with Anna Domino". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
Anna Domino made a dent in the alternative music scene of the '80s with her moody, literate art-pop.
- ^ Anna Domino 2015
- ^ "Vinylnet Record Label Discographies".
External links
- Anna Domino biography at LTM Recordings
- Anna Domino at AllMusic
- Ectophile Guide to Good Music entry
- Official Facebook page
- Anna Domino on EnT-T