Ayria

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Ayria
Jennifer Parkin of Ayria
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active	2003–present
Genres	Futurepop Synthpop Industrial
Labels	Alfa Matrix
Members	Jennifer Parkin Joseph Byer Eric Gottesman
Past members	Shaun Frandsen
Website(s)	www.ayria.com

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Ayria is a musical project primarily by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin. 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 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 vo1d. 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 and a West Coast tour joined by Eric Gottesman of Psyclon Nine. By mid-2006, the Ayria live show had added live guitars and bass, creating an atmosphere distinct from that established by the albums.

The first new work by Ayria since the release of Flicker is "The Gun Song", featured on the compilation Alfa Matrix - Re:connected [2.0], released in August of 2006.