Orenda Fink

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Orenda Fink (born September 18, 1975) is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dream pop duo Azure Ray from 2001 to 2004. Fink is also a former member of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. She released her full first full-length solo album Invisible Ones on August 23rd, 2005. She is married to Todd Fink (formerly Todd Baechle) of The Faint, another Saddle Creek band. Fink uses Garrison guitars.

Fink said she had a spiritual awakening while in Haiti and her solo music is inspired, in part, by Haitian folk music.^[1] In 2006, she formed a new band, Art in Manila, originally named Art Bell. The band's debut album was released on Saddle Creek on August 7, 2007.^[2]

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 With Little Red Rocket 1.2 With Azure Ray 1.3 Solo 1.4 With Art in Manila 1.5 Compilations 1.6 Other Appearances 2 Videography 3 Other Appearances 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] With Little Red Rocket

• It's in the Sound (2000 · Monolyth)
• Who Did You Pay (1997 · Tim/Kerr)

[edit] With Azure Ray

• Hold On Love (2003 · Saddle Creek)
• November EP (2002 · Saddle Creek)
• Burn and Shiver (2002 · Warm)
• Azure Ray (2001 · Warm)

[edit] Solo

• Invisible Ones (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)
• Bloodline EP (2005 · iTunes Exclusive)

[edit] With Art in Manila

• Set the Woods on Fire (2007 · Saddle Creek)

[edit] Compilations

• Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Relief (2005 · Saddle Creek)

[edit] Other Appearances

• Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (2004 · Crank! Records)

[edit] Videography

• Bloodline (2005, directed by Nik Fackler)
• Leave it All (2006, directed by Rudolf Buitendach)

[edit] Other Appearances

• Appeared in the music video for "Lovers Need Lawyers," by The Good Life.
• Appeared in the music video for "Yellow Datsun," by Neva Dinova.
• Performed a cover of The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??"
• Contributed background vocals to The Elected's "Don't Blow It," from their debut album Me First (2004).
• Sang backup on McCarthy Trenching's "Headlines" on their self-titled album (2007 · Team Love Records).

[edit] References

1. ^ Tim McMahan (August 15, 2005). "Orenda Fink: Invisible Ray of Love". lazy-i. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
2. ^ Art In Manila at MySpace

[edit] External links

• Orenda Fink official website
• Saddle Creek Records
• Azure Ray Music Fan Site

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NAME	Fink, Orenda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH