Lake Aurora was formed in Southampton, England in the late 1990s by school friends Andy Burnett and Steve Lawrence. The band wasn't officially named until the release of their first self produced album in 2000. Their debut, Path (which they now refer to as their 'disaster-piece') was recorded to four track tape in Steve's garage. Lake continued to self produce a long list of albums and EPs, released in fairly limited numbers and all recorded in the same manner (although they did progress to 8-track in 2004). 

The live line up went through several changes, with 2008 marking their last live performance. The band alienated potential fans by constantly changing direction, intermittently refusing to write songs with vocals and by rarely playing the same song twice. Lake Aurora continue to write and record. The New Shadows, an 18 track instrumental album is the most recent release. 

In 2011 Andy and Steve were joined by Matt Smith and currently play live with Antigerone.

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