This Is an Exercise is an album by Anna Oxygen, released in 2006.
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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. 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.
Anna Oxygen 01.jpgthumbleftAnna Oxygen, 2011
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 has recently completed and performed a piece entitled "Under Polaris," performed in Portland, OR and hosted by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA).
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
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