Muzaks! Ayria

Ayria is a solo artist project by Jennifer Parkin.

The name "Ayria" original was mentioned that it meant "Awesome, Yeah Really, I'm Awesome" but later became the female name for the act.

I originally discovered Ayria from LastFM. The first song I listened to was "Post-Apocalyptic Girl". Honestly because the picture associated with it was a really cute girl, but once I started listening I was fascinated with the sound of the group and decided to look for more.

Jennifer's melodic high feminine voice is a great contrast to the heavier rave/metal beats. Surprisingly for a rave/metal group the lyrics actually have a lot of meaning behind them and come across quite strongly in the music. The songs were mostly written from Jennifer's personal experiences and this shows. Each track sounds original and unique, none of the tracks are duplicates of the last, something which a lot of artists find hard to do (Some of my favourite artists included).

While Ayria may not be everyone's cup of tea, she has fast become one of my favourites and will always be on my Mp3 player. I will include a link to Horrible Dream here for anyone who might be interested to listen to a track or twelve.

Muzaks! Neuroticfish

Neuroticfish is a solo project from Sascha Mario Klein. It was originally created so he could experiment with some music styles and it would not interfere with his other work.

Neuroticfish was originally brought to my attention by a cover of a song called "They are coming to take me away" (linked here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0QND_24DE) While I had not previously been a fan or interested in Synthpop/Futurepop the musical stylings of Sascha intrigued me and I started listening to more of his (and similar artists) songs.

The project was officially closed in May of 2008 due to achieving what was required from the project and also due to other commitments but the music is still in wide circulation and well worth a listen if Synthpop/Futurepop is your sort of thing.