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Anika’s medium is the message

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Anika’s medium is the message

Few records have had an immediate impact in the last year as Anika’s icy self-titled debut. From the first drops of lead-off track “Terry” we understand that something is oh so right. The album rings in dark electro-tinged rock with the raw studio undertones of dub, dancehall and reggae.

Still in her early twenties, this half-Brit half-German has cut some rugs on the industry side since her teens as a journalist, promoter, festival shareholder, label founder, band and venue manager and DJ. However, it was a chance encounter with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow that brings us to where we are today.

Anika lent her chilled pipes to Barrow’s Beak> side project’s first record a few years back and the trio in turn agreed to bring her musical visions to fruition. “I've been surrounded by music since I was very young. My family are all reasonably musical. I've written lyrics/political poetry/nonsense since I was about fourteen and played piano and guitar,” she says. “I wrote a lot of songs during my hell year working in the industry in Cardiff (Wales). The day after handing in my notice, I was then incidentally contacted by Geoff.”

What is unmistakable throughout is Anika’s voice, a deadpan reality check on the definition of a female vocalist, instead here half-spoken, half sung, a transmitter of something more meaningful in these fleeting times.

“Most people of my age see politics as quite an unfashionable topic and something that should never come into contact with music,” she mentions. “That is why I was trying to remind people that music has a place as a vehicle to vent political and social disgruntlement.”

Anika
October 7th | Club Lambi
4465, St. Laurent
with Slowdance and Agor
stonesthrow.com/anika

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