| Anna Domino | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anna Virginia Taylor |
| Also known as | Anna Virginia Taylor Delory |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Alternative rock Art rock Dance Music Pop rock |
| Occupations | Musician, Vocalist, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards |
| Years active | 1984–current |
| Associated acts | Snakefarm |
| Website | Facebook page |
| Notable instruments | |
| Keyboards, guitar, accordion | |
Anna Domino (born Anna Virginia Taylor) is a Tokyo-born indie rock artist who has released several albums under that moniker, notably for Les Disques du Crepuscule and Factory Records. Notable performers Domino has collaborated with include The The, Blaine L. Reininger and Virginia Astley. She is also one half of the duo Snakefarm. Additionally, she sang lead vocals on the song "Here In My Heart" by The 6ths on their album Wasps' Nests.
Her stage name is a play on the term Anno Domini, and an American sugar brand.
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Domino was born an army brat in Tokyo, Japan to an artistically-inclined family who particularly enjoyed singing.[1] Her father, James J. Taylor, was in the United States Army before he became a videographer in Washington, D.C.; her mother, Mimi Cazort, is curator emerita for National Gallery of Canada. Her brother, Alan Taylor, is a well-known film and television director.
Being part of a military family, Domino has lived in various places around the world — Ann Arbor, Michigan, Florence, Italy and Ottawa, Canada.[2] She eventually settled in New York, where she became a fashion designer.
Early in her career, Domino sang with a number of New York City bands, but didn't catch the attention of American record labels until she had released several albums with the Belgian record label Les Disques du Crépuscule, releasing a single in 1983, Trust In Love. Two E.P. releases, East and West and Rythm, followed in short order. In 1986, her first complete album Anna Domino was released. In 1987, she met Michel Delory, guitarist for Bel Canto and Univers Zéro, and they collaborated on her second album This Time, which received positive critical attention and airplay in Japan. In 1989, Domino released another E.P., Colouring In the Edge and the Outline followed by her third album Mysteries of America in 1990. Since then Domino has not release any further albums under her own name, other than compilations and re-releases.
On June 1, 2010 Domino released a new single, Blood Makes Noise - 20 years after her last release. The single (originally by American singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega) is a part of Allergy To Consciousness, a singles series released on alternative/minimalist independent music label EnT-T.
In 1999 Domino and Delory formed the folk rock alternative outfit Snakefarm, and released the album Songs From My Funeral, a collection of murder ballads from the 1920s to the 1950s. Their second album My Halo At Half-Light was released on October 11, 2011.[3]