Anna Oxygen

Anna Oxygen

Infobox musical artist
Name = Anna Oxygen


Img_capt = Anna Oxygen at Bumbershoot in 2005
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Anna Jordan Huff
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Origin = Olympia, Washington
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Occupation = Actress, musician
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Label = Kill Rock Stars, Cold Crush
Associated_acts = The Space Ballerinas, CLOUD-EYE Control
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Anna Oxygen is the stage name of an American musician and actress from in and around Olympia, Washington, Anna Jordan Huff.

After graduating from Evergreen State College with a music degree, Huff began her musical career in the late 1990s with the novelty synth-pop group the Space Ballerinas. The group released two EPs on Yoyo Records entitled "Diamonds" and "If Goth Was Pink" and opened a show for Peaches before disbanding in 2001.

Huff's solo career started in 2002 after she moved from Olympia to Seattle. [ [http://music.aol.com/artist/anna-oxygen/561052/biography?flv=1&ncid=yInozwVMCu0000000742&icid=rbox_musicians.M Biography: Anna Oxygen] ] She recorded "All Your Faded Things" with producer Justin Trosper, which was released on Cold Crush Records in 2003. Huff then went on tour before releasing her second album "This Is an Exercise" on the Kill Rock Stars label in 2006.

She has also appeared on recordings by The Microphones.

Her albums have featured guest vocalists Beth Ditto, Mirah, and Kitty Jenson.

Her feature film debut was the 2005 film "Police Beat" directed by Robinson Devor.

Huff is also a member of Cloud-Eye Control, a performance art group which also consists of Miwa Matreyek, and Chi-wang Yang. The group is currently working on a new piece entitled Polar Ice.

Huff currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Discography

*"All Your Faded Things" (Cold Crush Records, 2003)
*"This Is an Exercise" (Kill Rock Stars, 2006)
*"Play, Kids Compilation" (Desoto Records, 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.annaoxygen.com/ Official website]
*myspace|annaoxygen|Anna Oxygen
* [http://www.cloudeyecontrol.com] - Cloud Eye Control website
* [http://www.semihemisphere.com/ Website of Miwa Matreyek] – contains several videos of performance art pieces which Anna Oxygen is involved


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