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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 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.

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.

After only playing a handful of concerts she was already being dubbed a “Wunderkind”. 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.

Her first album, called “Lovetune for Vacuum”, was released in March 2009. 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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1	Sleep	1,263
2	Thanatos	1,247
3	Extinguish Me	1,235
4	Spiracle	1,224
5	Fall Foliage	1,191
6	Cry Wolf	1,149
7	Cynthia	1,137
8	Mr. Gaunt Pt 1000	1,106
9	The Sun	1,088
10	Turbine Womb	1,071
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12	DDMMYYYY	816
13	Marche funèbre	808
14	Janitor Of Lunacy	121
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Svinna wrote:
Monday evening

v I second that

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Grottengnom94 wrote:
Monday morning

mr gaunt pt 1000 <3

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0mgz0rz wrote:
Monday morning

@placental_fluid on a semi-related note, I discovered Soap&Skin through Patti Smith - she was supporting her last June >:3

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Koszmonaut wrote:
Monday morning

I Have Music for Breakfast,

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thomas534 wrote:
Sunday evening

my new <3

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vegetarek wrote:
Sunday afternoon

She played Kampnagel? Dang, why didn't I hear of her earlier?

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peLinLinLin wrote:
Saturday afternoon

excellent. brilliant. wonderful. awesome. what can I say else? she´s someone who knows what it means to touch one´s soul with music.

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oogvandestorm wrote:
8 days ago

Couldn't be more happy with finding a voice like hers.

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calicatri wrote:
9 days ago

JOIN MY LOVE http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/SENTIMENTAL+HUMAN+BEINGS+WITH+AWESOME+GENITALIA

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calicatri wrote:
9 days ago

JOIN MY LOVE http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/SENTIMENTAL+HUMAN+BEINGS+WITH+AWESOME+GENITALIA

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Parsoin wrote:
9 days ago

http://tvthek.orf.at/programs/1303-Kulturmontag/episodes/1047565-Kulturmontag/1050671-Pop-Wunderkind--Soap-Skin

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andtigers wrote:
9 days ago

why is she only being compared to female artists?

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placental_fluid wrote:
9 days ago

Patti Smith? Really? I mean, I like both, but I can't understand in which topic they are similar. Both are intense, but in their own ways; very different music.

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cinnth wrote:
10 days ago

I don't get why you even compare Anja and Natasha. They're both unique in their own way.

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piano_cold_bird wrote:
11 days ago

love

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2SriLanka4 wrote:
11 days ago

@ Parsoin I'd have to agree your list is much better, but only if we can agree that "love-children" can only surpass their predecessors ^_^

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Ulubione88 wrote:
11 days ago

Cudo;)

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evil_buddha wrote:
12 days ago

The Fever Ray comparison I get; the Bat For Lashes comparison, not so much.

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Parsoin wrote:
12 days ago

No, if you talk about love-childs, then she's a love child from: Diamanda Gallas, Richard D. James, Nico, Ian Curtis, Chan Marshall, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Klaus Kinski, Klaus Nomi, Serge Gainsbourg, Patti Smith, Bjork, John Cale and Tom Waits.

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2SriLanka4 wrote:
12 days ago

She's like Chan Marshall and Natasha Kahn's love child; simply brilliant!

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