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'''Annabel Lee''' (born ''Annabel McMullin''; also ''Annabel Davies'') is an American artist, musician (most notably a [[violinist]]) and writer. She is the daughter of the conductor [[Dennis Russell Davies]] and the artist [[Molly Davies]]. She is married to and collaborates with [[Michael Moynihan (journalist)|Michael Moynihan]] with whom she has a child.


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==Literary work==
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Lee translates books and articles including by [[Christian Rätsch]] and [[Julius Evola]]. She and Michael Moynihan publish books as Dominion Press. She writes for various esoteric zines and journals including [[Tyr (journal)|Tyr]] and [[Runa]].
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==Musical work==
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[[image:Blood_Axis.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Annabel Lee (left) and husband Michael Moynihan (right) in a promotional image for Blood Axis.]]
Lee comprimises one half of Blood Axis, creates music under her solo project Alraune and has collaborated extensively with [[Waldteufel]]. She was a member of [[Amber Asylum]] and has worked with various musicians, including [[Fire + Ice (band)|Fire + Ice]], [[In Gowan Ring]], [[Kembra Pfahler]], and [[The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black]], [[Backworld]], [[Crash Worship]], [[Pauline Oliveros]] and [[Alvin Curran]]. The American composer [[Lou Harrison]] wrote "Round for Annabelle and April for 2 soprano instruments" for Annabel and her sister while he was visiting the family in Stuttgart, Germany in 1981 May 29-30.

==Photography and film work==
Lee helped write and shoot ''[[Red Spirit Lake]]'' (1993) and ''[[We Await]]'' (1995) although she changed her name to Ellen Smithy in the credits. With [[Tessa Hughes-Freeland]] she made the [[super-8]] movie ''Dirty'' based on a [[George Battaile]] story (see Jack Sargent's book [[The Cinema of Transgression]]).

Lee performed and exhibited in New York City, San Francisco and Mexico City (see the book ''[[La Panaderia: 1994-2002]]'') but turned away from visual arts after receiving an MFA from the [[San Francisco Art Institute]] in 1995 in order to focus on music .

Lee appears in the films and photos of [[Jonas Mekas]], [[Mike Kuchar]], [[Richard Kern]], [[Eric Kroll]], [[Charles Gatewood]], [[Nick Zedd]] and others. She is 3 years old in Mekas' film ''[[He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life]]'' (1969/1985). She appears both on the cover and within Richard Kern's ''[[New York Girls]]'' and stars in his movies ''The Bitches'' and ''Nazi''. Lee appears in [[Charles Gatewood]]'s book ''Badlands'' and in the music videos of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. Lee also makes a brief appearance in a [[Billy Joel]] video and with the other musicians of Amber Asylum in a [[Journey (band)|Journey]] video.

==External links==
*[http://www.houseofdomination.org/members/annabelle/anna.html Photographs of Annabel Lee by Richard Kern and Dick Darling.] Incorrectly spelled name, website largely defunct.
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Annabel+Lee Discography.] Incomplete discography of over 20 CDs, does not include title of bands.

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