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Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990).
Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in in electronic music. She attended the Graz Polytechnic for Graphic Design, but dropped out at 16 and moved to Vienna shortly afterwards. There she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in the master class of Daniel Richter, but at 18 dropped out again. [1]
Musicians like Xiu Xiu, Cat Power, Björk, Nico, Aphex Twin and composers like Sergej Rachmaninow or Arvo Pärt have had a great impact on her music.[2]
After only playing a handful of concerts she was already being dubbed a “Wunderkind” [3] In 2008 she played German singer Nico in the play “Nico - Spinx auf Eis” by Werner Fritsch in Berlin and Vienna, performing several songs in it, including “Janitor Of Lunacy”, from her first EP. [4]
Her first album, called “Lovetune for Vacuum”, was released in March 2009.[5] It received excellent reviews and placed in the Austrian Top 10. The album also achieved chart positions in Germany, Belgium and France. Music journalists have already claimed to see in her a new star of Austrian pop.
Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in in electronic music. She attended the Graz Polytechnic for Graphic Design, but dropped out at 16 and moved to Vienna shortly afterwards. There she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in the master class of Daniel Richter, but at 18 dropped out again. [1]
Musicians like Xiu Xiu, Cat Power, Björk, Nico, Aphex Twin and composers like Sergej Rachmaninow or Arvo Pärt have had a great impact on her music.[2]
After only playing a handful of concerts she was already being dubbed a “Wunderkind” [3] In 2008 she played German singer Nico in the play “Nico - Spinx auf Eis” by Werner Fritsch in Berlin and Vienna, performing several songs in it, including “Janitor Of Lunacy”, from her first EP. [4]
Her first album, called “Lovetune for Vacuum”, was released in March 2009.[5] It received excellent reviews and placed in the Austrian Top 10. The album also achieved chart positions in Germany, Belgium and France. Music journalists have already claimed to see in her a new star of Austrian pop.
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kyrie_diego wrote:
ela esvazia minha alma
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Homesicalien wrote:
i love her
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dahferren wrote:
Extraordinary video (official) of "Thanatos" : http://yacast.dailymotion.com/video/xasa97
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jaymeexjizz wrote:
This is great
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psycho_barbie wrote:
it's not about her, it's about people who'll start listening her music.
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Parsoin wrote:
hey guys come down, she never made music for anybody (that's one more reason why she called her album lovetune for vacuum, don't u think?) before she changes her acces, she would stop making music I think - but I'm sure she can't. There is no doubt that she's too much diosyncratic and unwieldy for gettig mainstream. Maybe she gets more and more something like a cult icon cause she seems to be an original and out of time. we can't know what to expect. she's not that plain, fairy pop like bat for lashes these times - even fever ray is much more a structured, consistend and matured product. don't be narrow-minded, i think she's just a survivor and fucks on success, in comparison to bat for lashes or fever ray - she would deserve more.. never enough, cause Anja should carry on as a nonstop-musician! - you agree!?? eventually the music industry is dying..
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merdowski wrote:
I hope she doesn't become so popular that starts to create songs to the public and not for the beauty, it's great to see her work recognized though, but her listeners have to be worthy of her songs
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thevirginqueen wrote:
popular =/= bad, honestly. but yeah, it would be a shame if preppy 13-year-olds started liking her due to her fame.
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psycho_barbie wrote:
pinepeach im astonished too. oO and IMO it's not good she get over a million, she'll become too much popular and common as a radiohead. (*)
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vegetarek wrote:
Someday she's going to stop in the middle of a concert. Then, she is going to burst out "All you need is love", color her hair blonde and go tanning.
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vaskie wrote:
She's only 19? Incredible.
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electricity05 wrote:
Neben Fever Ray das Beste, was es in diesem Bereich 2009 gab und ich hoffe es hört nicht auf.
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subversiv wrote:
soap&skin war mit sir tralala im audimax: fotoset davon beim #unibrennt flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/unibrennt/4122650257/in/set-72157622725837125/
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cherry_cookie wrote:
I want a new album so badly! :|
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unncut wrote:
beautiful
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AconiteVenom wrote:
O.O stunning. <3
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pinepeach wrote:
holy crap, when did she get over a million!? I remember checking this page in the past, only a few hundred thousand. Good to see she's getting more recognition though.
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quee_furban wrote:
Amazing.
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LuliusCaesar wrote:
She's so great!
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s1e1r1g1i1o1 wrote:
:-O
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