EPK — Anya Anastasia

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Anya Anastasia is an independent artist and composer from the Adelaide Hills who's music is a powerful blend of experimental folk and West-African inspired desert rock. Anya's lyrics ask questions about our society, conspiring to stir dissent and environmental action. Amidst the grind of modern industrial life, her songs transcribe wonders of the natural world.

Her debut EP ‘Dissenter’ was released in April 2022 and met with great success. Tracks from the EP have been played on Double J and spent months in the charts of Three D Radio and came in at #14 in the 2023 Three D Radio Top 101. The self produced music video to accompany debut single 'Losing Wild' is a finalist in the 2023 Environmental Music Prize.

Anya's lush arrangements, intricate guitar work and intriguing vocals weave together to create beautifully crafted songs featuring Gareth Chin on keys/rhodes and Satomi Ohnishi on percussion/drums.

Nominated for 'Best Folk Artist' at the 2022 South Australian Music Awards, Anya has performed her original music at Woodford Folk Festival (2019), in SoHo Playhouse New York, the Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre in London, and at many other iconic live music venues and festivals around Australia.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

* Finalist - Environmental Music Prize 2023 with music video for ‘Losing Wild’

* Finalist - 'Best Folk Artist' at the 2022 South Australian Music Awards.

* Dissenter EP came in at #14 in the ThreeD Radio top 101 most played new releases of 2022

* Radio play on Double J for debut EP ‘Dissenter’ 2022

* 'Dissenter' EP was Feature release on ThreeD Radio (Adelaide)

* Songs from debut EP have been in top 20 of local charts (Three D Radio) for 12 weeks

* Performed at Woodford Folk Festival (2019)

* Performed a season SoHo Playhouse New York (2019)

* Performed at the Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre in London (2018)

ARTIST BIO

PRESS QUOTES

“'Dissenter' is an intense, beautiful, intricate, lush and emotional ride of tones and flavours."" (Scenestr)

"Losing Wild is a very impressive way to debut Anya’s sound, it’s soft and smooth in delivery however holds a certain level of power with it’s darker tones." (AAA Backstage)

"Taking a bold approach to art-rock, 'Spinning Heads' balances fluid keys and warm guitar tones with Anya’s angelic vocals." (Glide Magazine)

“A mix of Karen O, Fever Ray and Alison Mosshart, Adelaide singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anya Anastasia presents her debut EP titled 'Dissenter'… (Scenestr)

A sonic journey that traverses 'soulful experimental folk, rugged desert rock' while contemplating current motifs and subjects pertinent to the survival of the planet, 'Dissenter' is an intense, beautiful, intricate, lush and emotional ride of tones and flavours (Scenestr)

…Then there's Anya's voice that soars with an emotional intensity that frames her compositions with a passion that pierces the heart.” (Scenestr)

"The yearning in Anya's vocals also draws you in with an eerie, bewitching charm that envelops the senses." (Scenestr)