Our New Single Antibodies/Funeral is now available for download!
Hailing from North London, Anna Waldmann writes honest songs with dark, clever lyrical and melodic hooks. Her unique music is largely shaped from a background of having to undertake adult responsibilities since she was a child, she was a full time carer for her mum and gran. This experience has resulted musically in an intriguing combination of the maturity of somebody who grew up too early and the childishness of somebody who wants their childhood back.
Her vulnerable vocal reflects elements of naivety, inviting you in, then her lyrics are the complete antithesis of this, creating unrest and revealing that she has seen things that she shouldn’t have….
Anna accompanies herself on keys with child-like, classically inspired riffs. Lukasz Pajak creates the dark atmospherics on the Electric Guitar using effects pedals and Sam Campbell adds the drums. They are then surrounded by more atmospherics and heavy bass lines by Agostino Collura to complete their live performance sound and create music that is textured with haunting melodies.
Anna was classically trained on piano and violin and has musical influences that include Bjork, Radiohead, Bach, Chopin and 90′s trip hop. She later met producer and sound engineer Dave Pemberton, who has worked with The Prodigy and Groove Armada amongst others and they discovered that they share a love of Trip Hop and are making an album with this in mind. DJ Yoof has also joined them on this venture, adding bass lines and tripped out beats to the mix.
The Cry Baby has just been played on BBC6 introducing by Tom Robinson;
“ This band and singer really caught my attention when I accidently discovered them on twitter, it’s all hauntingly beautiful, Anna Waldmann’s voice is both relaxing and honest with little nuances that add to the beauty of the songs, no post production editing just straight up honest song-writing”
“Essentially what a Bjork/Portishead collaboration would sound like but a hell of a lot better. It’s tricky to describe their sound but have a listen for yourselves and get very exited because their live shows are absolutely fantastic” Josh Stone/ The Soft Machine
“It’s about time trip-hop made a come-back, particularly if it’s strung out and elegantly wasted” Carl Loben/ DJ Mag.
Waldmann presents a darkly sinister duo in Antibodies and Funeral that near centers on madness. “When the men in white coats, they come looking for me,” Waldmann croons like a sweet, demented doll. Lyrically, it can be a little farfetched but somehow the sound reins it back from the brink of absurdity: dramatic piano over a bed of trip hop beats gives it unexpected integrity. http://www.loveartmusicbaby.com
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