Name: Anika (de) + AUA(de)
Start: 2025-11-01T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Chaussée Saint-Pierre 210, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

doors: 19:30
show: 20:30
tickets: 20/23€ 👉 bit.ly/4lqRpDu
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Anika a.k.a Annika Henderson is a hybrid artist. The former journalist made a name forherself in the electronic music scene, with her experimental sound collages,confrontational texts and unique way of performing live solo.
En 2025 sort son troisième album, Abyss. Enregistré en direct aux légendaires Hansa Studios de Berlin, l'album capture l'énergie brute avec un minimum d'overdubs, ce qui donne un voyage viscéral et urgent de 10 titres alimentés par des émotions intenses. Avec Abyss, Anika invite les auditeurs dans un espace de libération, de rébellion et d'honnêteté, créant un album qui parle de l'agitation de notre époque tout en offrant un exutoire émotionnel.
She has performed extensively since 2009, with and without band, in renowned venuesand festivals across the globe, such as the Portishead-curated All Tomorrows Parties inNew Jersey and London, Moog Festival, alongside the likes of Suicide, Tangerine Dream,Silver Apples, and Moebius, Mexico City’s Normal Festival, Tehran’s Tadaex, Berghain,Atonal festival, SKIF St Petersberg, and WWWX Tokyo among others.She interweaves dub, post-punk, and psychedelic, with shadows of dnb and a strongemphasis on the voice. Henderson operates as a writer, composer, musician, DJ,photographer, radio host and video-director.
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AUA’s third studio album, Painkiller No. 1, marks the culmination of a compelling trilogy that showcases the evolution of the duo’s sound and vision. Once again written and self-recorded between their home studios and a remote vacation cabin, Painkiller No. 1 is an intricate mosaic of sonic variety and complex songwriting, reflecting the band’s pursuit to keep things moving.
Motorik beats and arpeggiated synths persist as the driving forces in AUA’s creative output, evident in songs like Disconnected Bliss. Expanding upon their blend of fragile singing, dry and punchy drums, vintage synths, and lo-fi guitars, AUA incorporate new influences that push the boundaries of their established sound. Drawing inspiration from the psychedelic outbursts of Portishead or the Beatles, and the moody, intertwined arrangements of Autolux and Broadcast, Painkiller No. 1 ventures into uncharted territories while staying true to the warbly, gritty aesthetics of its predecessors.