From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anna Domino
Anna Domino
Anna Domino Recordings
Birth name Anna Virginia Taylor
Also known as Anna Virginia Taylor Delory
Solo
Early in her career, Domino sang with a number of New
Origin Tokyo, Japan
York City bands, but didn’t catch the attention of Amer-
Genres Alternative rock ican record labels until she had released several albums
Art rock with the Belgian record label Les Disques du Crépuscule, re-
Dance Music leasing a single in 1983, Trust In Love. Two E.P. releases,
Pop rock
East and West and Rythm, followed in short order. In 1986,
Occupations Musician, Vocalist, Songwriter her first complete album Anna Domino was released. In
1987, she met Michel Delory, guitarist for Bel Canto and
Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Univers Zéro, and they collaborated on her second album
Years active 1984–current This Time, which received positive critical attention and
Associated acts Snakefarm airplay in Japan. In 1989, Domino released another E.P.,
Colouring In the Edge and the Outline followed by her third
Website Facebook page album Mysteries of America in 1990. Since then Domino has
Notable instruments not release any further albums under her own name, oth-
er than compilations and re-releases.
Keyboards, guitar, accordion On June 1, 2010 Domino released a new single, Blood
Makes Noise - 20 years after her last release. The single
Taylor)
Anna Domino (born Anna Virginia Taylor is a Tokyo- (originally by American singer/songwriter Suzanne Ve-
born indie rock artist who has released several albums ga) is a part of Allergy To Consciousness, a singles series re-
under that moniker, notably for Les Disques du Crepus- leased on alternative/minimalist independent music la-
cule and Factory Records. Notable performers Domino bel EnT-T.
has collaborated with include The The, Blaine L.
Reininger and Virginia Astley. She is also one half of the Snakefarm
duo Snakefarm. Additionally, she sang lead vocals on the
song "Here In My Heart" by The 6ths on their album In 1999 Domino and Delory formed the folk rock alterna-
Wasps’ Nests. tive outfit Snakefarm, and released the album Songs From
Her stage name is a play on the term Anno Domini, My Funeral, a collection of murder ballads from the 1920s
and an American sugar brand. to the 1950s. Their second album My Halo At Half-Light was
released on October 11, 2011.[3]
Background Selected discography
Domino was born an army brat in Tokyo, Japan to an
artistically-inclined family who particularly enjoyed Anna Domino
singing.[1] Her father, James J. Taylor, was in the United
States Army before he became a videographer in Wash- Albums
ington, D.C.; her mother, Mimi Cazort, is curator emerita • East and West (Crépuscule, 1984)
for National Gallery of Canada. Her brother, Alan Taylor, • Anna Domino (Crépuscule, 1986)
is a well-known film and television director. • This Time (Crépuscule, 1987)
Being part of a military family, Domino has lived in • Colouring in the Edge and the Outline (mini album,
various places around the world — Ann Arbor, Michigan, Crépuscule, 1988)
Florence, Italy and Ottawa, Canada.[2] She eventually set- • L’Amour fou (compilation, Crépuscule, 1989)
tled in New York, where she became a fashion designer. • Mysteries of America (Crépuscule, 1990)
• Favourite Songs from the Twilight Years (US-
compilation - Janken Pon, 1997)
• Dreamback: Best Of (LTM, 2004)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anna Domino
Singles [2] Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative rock : [great
• Blood Makes Noise (EnT-T, 2010) musicians, influential groups : 7000 recordings reviewed
& rated]. San Francisco: Miller Freeman. pp. 337.
12" Singles ISBN 978-0879306076. "When I was small, my
• Trust in love / Repeating (Crépuscule, 1983) family moved around a lot"
• Rythm / Target (Crépuscule, 1984) [3] "Snakefarm - My Halo At Half-Light CD". CD
• Take that / Koo Koo (Crépuscule, 1985) Universe. http://www.cduniverse.com/
• Lake / Hammer (Crépuscule, 1987) productinfo.asp?pid=8572426. Retrieved 27 August
• Tempting / Always Always (Crépuscule, 1988) 2011.
[4] "Vinylnet Record Label Discographies".
Vinyl releases on Factory Records http://www.vinylnet.co.uk.
• Anna Domino LP
• Summer (Arthur Baker Remix) / Summer (Arthur
Baker Instrumental) 12"
External links
• Summer (Arthur Baker Remix) / The Hunter Gets • Anna Domino biography at LTM Recordings
Captured By The Game 7" (A side is edited version)[4] • Anna Domino at Allmusic
• Ectophile Guide to Good Music entry
Snakefarm • Official Facebook page
• Official MySpace page
• Songs From My Funeral (Kneeling Elephant, 1999)
• Anna Domino on EnT-T
• My Halo At Half-Light (Fledg’ling Records 2011)
Persondata
Name Domino, Anna
References
Alternative names
[1] Anthony, Ted (2007). Chasing the rising sun : the
Short description
journey of an American song. New York: Simon &
Schuster. ISBN 0743278984. Date of birth
http://books.google.com/ Place of birth
books?id=aOTVmzh5_IgC&lpg=PA173&dq=%22Anna%20Domino%22&pg=PA174#v=onepage&q=%22Anna%20Domino%22&f=fals
Date of death
"My grandparents, after a particularly good meal,
would sing all sixty-three verses of whatever song Place of death
came into their heads."
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