Ayria is a

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musical project formed in early 2003 by

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's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from the futurepop and EBM band Epsilon Minus.

Biography

The first Ayria album, ''

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'', was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003. During this period, Parkin performed guest vocals for several other projects, including

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's Aïboforcen and Implant, and Mexico's Isis Signum, some of which she would return to later on, such as the late 2011 release of two songs with Aïboforcen. In late 2005, touring for ''Flicker'' commenced with several Canadian dates, a UK Festival (Interzone in Cardiff, the first European performance by Ayria), and a U.S. West Coast tour. 2006 saw many more opportunities for Ayria such as a first ever European tour in November as well as a debut performance in

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. As of 2008, Ayria was continuing a full United States tour as the supporting act for

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. She has played successful shows at DragonCon, alongside figures such as Sir Patrick Stewart, most recently in 2011, and has also performed with the seminal EBM/synthpop band

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. The first two songs by Ayria since the release of ''Flicker'' included "The Gun Song", featured on the compilation ''Alfa Matrix - Re:connected .0', released in August 2006 and "Six Seconds On All Sides" released on Dancing Ferret's ''Asleep By Dawn'' compilation in fall of 2006. The third full-length album, '' Hearts For Bullets'', was released on September 12, 2008, featuring these two songs. All of her albums have thus far come with double CD versions available that feature a collection of remixed tracks and other inclusions such as side projects and covers. Ayria's fourth full-length album, ''Plastic Makes Perfect'', released May 24, 2013, during their North American tour with Project Pitchfork. On April 22, 2016, she released a fifth full-length, titled ''Paper Dolls''. It came in both a single CD, a two disc deluxe version and as a strictly limited pink

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. The second CD is a spiritual sequel to the bonus disc ''Planet Parkin'' that came with her third album ''Hearts for Bullets'', titled ''The Heartless Kingdom''.

Touring members

Ayria has performed with various band members for her live performances, which have included Mike Wimer of

, Eric Gottesman, Shaun Frandsen, Joe Byer (v01d), Cam Eleon, Justin Pogue, and Kevin Toole. For her North American tour with Project Pitchfork in 2013, Sarah Wimer joined the live group; whereas in 2014, the live formation was completed by Michael Linke, who since then has played the keys beside of Sarah Wimer on various European shows of Ayria.

Discography

Albums

* ''

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, November - 2003) * ''Flicker'' (Alfa Matrix, October - 2005) * '' Hearts for Bullets'' (Alfa Matrix, September - 2008) * ''Plastic Makes Perfect'' (Alfa Matrix, May - 2013) * ''Paper Dolls'' (Alfa Matrix, April - 2016) * ''This Is My Battle Cry'' (

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, August - 2022)

EPs

* '' My Revenge on the World'' (Alfa Matrix, June - 2005) * '' The Gun Song'' (Alfa Matrix, March - 2008) * ''Plastic and Broken EP'' (Alfa Matrix, February - 2013)

Compilation albums

* ''Cyberl@b 4.0'' (Alfa Matrix, 2003) * '' square matrix 004'' (Alfa Matrix, 2004) * ''ADVANCED CLUB 0.1'' * ''Re:connected .0' (Alfa Matrix, 2004) * ''United Vol.I'' (NoiTekk, 2005) * '' Endzeit Bunkertracks: Act I'' (Alfa Matrix, 2005) * ''Cyberl@b 5.0'' (Alfa Matrix, 2005) * ''Re:connected .0' (Alfa Matrix, 2006) * ''Fxxk the Mainstream ol.1' (Alfa Matrix, 2007) * '' Endzeit Bunkertracks: Act III'' (Alfa Matrix, 2007) * Depeche Mode Tribute ''Alfa-Matrix Re:Covered'' (Alfa Matrix, 2009)

Guest appearances

* track ''Fuck Things Up'' on ''Audio Blender'' by ''Implant'' (Alfa Matrix, 2006) * track ''Into the Game'' on '' Eclectric'' by '' Psy'Aviah'' (Alfa Matrix, 2010) * track ''Give It to You'' by ''Corporate Soldiers'' (2010) * track ''Letting Go'' on ''Balance'' by ''

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'' (Alfa Matrix, 2003) * track ''Mechvirus'' on ''Mechvirus (Remix)'' by ''

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