As Above So Below (Azure Ray EP) explained

As Above, So Below
Type:	ep
Artist:	Azure Ray
Cover:	As Above So Below (Azure Ray EP).jpg
Released:	September 4, 2012
Genre:	Dream pop
Length:	21:32
Label:	Saddle Creek Records
Prev Title:	Drawing Down the Moon
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Waves
Next Year:	2018

As Above, So Below is the seventh studio release by American duo Azure Ray, consisting of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. It was originally released on September 4, 2012, on Saddle Creek Records and features co-production by Andy LeMaster and Todd Fink (of The Faint). Following a 2-year hiatus after the release of Drawing Down the Moon, Fink and a pregnant Taylor entered the studio to record six news songs, with a more "hypnotic" "electronica" influence in collaboration with Andy LeMaster and Todd Fink.^[1] On July 17, 2012, Stereogum premiered the "starry, shivering cut" “Scattered Like Leaves.”^[2] NPR premiered "Red Balloon" on August 9, 2012, calling the "long, slow summer swoon," "devastating melancholy."^[3] Rolling Stone premiered the full EP stream on August 28, 2012.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Scattered Like Leaves"
2. "Red Balloon"
3. "Unannounced"
4. "To This Life"
5. "The Heart Has Its Reasons"
6. "We Could Wake"

Personnel

All songs written by Azure Ray.

• Andy LeMaster - production, engineer, mixing
• Todd Fink - production, artwork
• Jadon Ulrich - artwork
• Daniel Farris - mastering
• Ben Brodin - guitar sample on "Scattered Like Leaves"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Azure Ray: As Above So Below EP. 4 September 2012.
2. Web site: Azure Ray – "Scattered Like Leaves" (. 17 July 2012.
3. Web site: Song Premiere: Azure Ray, 'Red Balloon'. .
4. EP Premiere: Azure Ray, 'As Above So Below'. Rolling Stone. 28 August 2012. 29 August 2018. 25 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125162236/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ep-premiere-azure-ray-as-above-so-below-242848/. dead.