Exploded View bio
Exploded View is a new collaborative project helmed by the UK-born, Berlin-based political-
journalist-turned-musician Anika (Invada Records / Stones Throw). The project is newly
signed to Sacred Bones Records, who will release a single in March and a full-length later this
year.
After playing a string of 2014 solo shows in Mexico with a backing lineup composed of local
producers Martin Thulin andHugo Quezada, Anika and her new bandmates
discovered a chemistry that they simply had to capture on tape.
During the sessions that followed in Mexico City’s San Rafael neighborhood, improvisation was
the guiding principle and the source of the band’s inspiration. The studio itself was outfitted so
that every sound produced in the room would be recorded. A Tascam 388 8-track captured
everything – fully live, fully improvised, first-takes only. Even Anika’s vocal lines and lyr...
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Exploded View bio
Exploded View is a new collaborative project helmed by the UK-born, Berlin-based political-
journalist-turned-musician Anika (Invada Records / Stones Throw). The project is newly
signed to Sacred Bones Records, who will release a single in March and a full-length later this
year.
After playing a string of 2014 solo shows in Mexico with a backing lineup composed of local
producers Martin Thulin andHugo Quezada, Anika and her new bandmates
discovered a chemistry that they simply had to capture on tape.
During the sessions that followed in Mexico City’s San Rafael neighborhood, improvisation was
the guiding principle and the source of the band’s inspiration. The studio itself was outfitted so
that every sound produced in the room would be recorded. A Tascam 388 8-track captured
everything – fully live, fully improvised, first-takes only. Even Anika’s vocal lines and lyrics
were written on the spot with the tape rolling.
The dexterity of the band comes from a collective lifetime in music. Anika’s résumé alone is
incredible. She’s been a member of Geoff Barrow of Portishead’s BEAK> project, a successful
solo artist, a DJ and radio host, and a live collaborator with the likes of Michael Rother (Neu!),
Jandek, and Pete Swanson. Thulin is the producer for Crocodiles and an accomplished solo
artist and producer whose career in music at present is over a decade long, and everyone else
involved in the project has worked in music in Mexico City for many years. Exploded View
emphasizes the talents of Anika and her collaborators in a new way, one that cuts through its
improvisational roots with laser-focus and intent. For fans of Can, dub, and political revolution.
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