Dahlia: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Banco de Gaia
• Portishead

• Brian Eno
• Aphex Twin
• Klaus Schulze
• John Cage

• Auditory Sculpture
• Imogene

Genres:

Ambient Music, Trip Hop Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Before they became the buzz of Portland, OR, as the duo Dahlia, Jennifer Folker and Keith Schreiner were semi-successful artists on their own, the former as a vocalist-for-hire and the latter as an ambient producer. Folker had laid down vocals for Banco de Gaia (the club hit "Obsidian"), Tweaker, and King Black Acid; Schreiner had released an album as Auditory Sculpture. Yet while the success they garnered on their own was modest at best, when the two teamed up for Dahlia -- Folker handling vocals, Schreiner crafting soundscapes -- they suddenly became the trendiest act in Portland. It was the duo's weekly gig at the club ~Ohm that drew a crowd -- each week more and more people showing up to see what all the fuss was about. Local publications such as ~the Portland Tribune, ~the Oregonian, and even ~the Rocket in Seattle wrote flattering and mystique-building stories on the duo, setting the stage for Emotional Cycles, Dahlia's recording debut.

- Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide