Carla Azar
| Carla Azar | |
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 Carla Azar 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Alternative rock & Electronic |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, vocals, piano, guitar, |
| Labels | ATP Recordings & TBD Records |
| Associated acts | Autolux, PJ Harvey & John Parish, Wendy & Lisa |
| Website | www.autolux.net |
Carla Azar is a musician and a member of the band Autolux. Azar is a multi-instrumentalist but is known primarily for playing drums and singing in Autolux. Carla has also collaborated with the artist/painter Mark Whalen, (also known as Kill Pixie) on several art exhibitions in the past couple of years, creating music for installation rooms for the artist.
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[edit] Career
The band Autolux formed in 2001 in Los Angeles, California. Azar met Eugene Goreshter while scoring Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Azar met Greg Edwards when Azar's previous band toured with Edwards' former band Failure.[1] In August 2000, Autolux made their debut, playing two shows at the Silverlake Lounge. On March 1, 2001, the band released a self-produced EP entitled Demonstration. It contained five songs recorded on an 8 track in their rehearsal space.[2]
After impressing legendary producer T-Bone Burnett during a performance, Autolux signed to DMZ, a small label created by Burnett and the Coen Brothers.[1][2]
In 2002, Azar and Josh Klinghoffer supported Vincent Gallo's as his tour band in support of his record When. Besides drums, Azar also played guitar and mellotron on the tour.[3]
Azar has also contributed drums to a number of other artist's records, including T-Bone Burnett's 2005 album The True False Identity[4] and John Frusciante's 2005 album Curtains.[5]
In January 2008, Azar entered the studio along with PJ Harvey, John Parish, Eric Drew Feldman and, Giovanni Ferrario to provide drums on the follow-up to Harvey and Parish's 1996 collaboration Dance Hall at Louse Point.[6]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Autolux
- Demonstration (2001)
- Future Perfect (DMZ) (2004)
- Transit Transit (2010)
[edit] Appears on
- Trampoline by Joe Henry (Mammoth Records) (1996)
- Come to Where I'm From by Joseph Arthur (2000)
- Fan Dance by Sam Phillips (Nonesuch Records) (2001)
- A Boot and a Shoe by Sam Phillips (Nonesuch Records) (2004)
- Curtains by John Frusciante (Record Collection) (2005)
- The True False Identity by T-Bone Burnett (DMZ) (2006)
- A Woman A Man Walked By by PJ Harvey and John Parish (2009)
- The People's Key by Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek Records) (2011)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (with Alison Mosshart) from the Sucker Punch soundtrack (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wiederhorn, Jon (2005-07-27). "Trent Reznor Boosts Autolux From Clubs To Arenas". MTV.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506501/20050727/autolux.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Autolux Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "vincent gallo : MUSIC NEWS". http://www.drowninginbrown.com/dib_news3.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ "Music: T Bone Burnett's The True False Identity In Stores May 16". Rubber Magazine. http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0603/060323_05n.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ "John Frusciante - Curtains". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/931811. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ Polly To Hit The Studio With John Parish
