FINDING ELYSIUM

Angie Grayfox, the vocalist for Finding Elysium, moved from Russia to New Jersey at the age of 13 to train full-time as a professional figure skater. But by the age of 17, the sport left her badly injured. It forced her to come up with an idea of what she could possibly do next now that her full time job was gone. Immediately, the teen came back to her life-long love of music, something she was never able to fully pursue during her skating career. Grayfox decided to dedicate her life solely to music, a decision which led her to Los Angeles where she met future bandmate, Noel Raye.

Comparatively, Noel Raye, producer/multi-instrumentalist, had quite a different upbringing. A Burbank, California-native coming from a long line of musicians including a musician/film-industry father, Raye’s journey was influenced by a wide variety of music that ranged from pop, rock and metal, to jazz and orchestral film scores. From an early age, Raye studied classical instruments like flute, trumpet, and piano, adding guitar at age 12, and taking up drums and percussion in high school. Raye entered the Musicians Institute at age 17 to study with the dreams of one day being a studio session guitar player and touring sideman but found a love for song writing and music production.

After connecting at the institute and bonding over a shared love of fantasy games, books, and films, Angie and Noel started making music together and shortly after assumed the name “FINDING ELYSIUM."