AnnaOtta - Such Is Life (2023) [Hi-Res]

AnnaOtta’s third release „Such is life” features piano player Lucia Fumero, the duo’s collaborator and friend for many years. This sonic trip reflects on the melancholy, absurdity and humour of their mutual experience of living abroad in the Netherlands while entering their adulthood. Three millennial expats challenging their identities not to conform to clichées and expectations.
All the sounds originate from live processed vocals and one synthesiser, giving “Such is life” the same peculiar mixture of electronic and biotic textures as its predecessors “What if” and “This wasn’t real”.
The album's mood alternates strong and expressive songs with the search of a delicate balance between darkness and charm. Its slow tempos and gloomy melodies, influenced by the 90s trip hop music that they grew up with, are constantly shaken by the rough and experimental approach of AnnaOtta. The lyrics are inspired by the words of the Turkish-European writer Elif Shafak.
The songs were recorded in one take and on three tracks, in an improvised session in Barcelona, January 2019. They were afterwards edited by AnnaOtta and produced and mixed by Christian Hostert.

Tracklist:
1.01 - AnnaOtta - I Wonder (0:20)
1.02 - AnnaOtta - Gokike (2:40)
1.03 - AnnaOtta - Come to the Light (3:34)
1.04 - AnnaOtta - Similarities (3:39)
1.05 - AnnaOtta - All Opposites Within (4:43)
1.06 - AnnaOtta - Ambient (6:19)
1.07 - AnnaOtta - Outro III (1:05)