Olicía: There are no clear archetypes or distinct predecessors for Olicía’s very own musical aesthetics. Heavily based upon voices and loops, augmented by both electronical and acoustic instruments, all of which they channel into surprisingly immediate, concise and emotional pop songs. Fragmented, electronic Soul or Gospel, playful multilingual Global Pop, the deep emotion of Folk Music, and a Jazz-like approach of creating everything on the spur of the moment. There are no preproduced elements in their production process on stage and even fully improvised songs regularly find their way into their live shows.
Diskographie: Liquid Lines, Layers, Olicía
Olicía is the band of Fama M’Boup and Anna-Lucia Rupp. They live in Berlin and Leipzig and share a common base in Dresden, Germany, where they met studying music, founding their self-run label o-cetera soon after.
photo by Lea Fleck
Their debut album »Liquid Lines« (October 2021) was nominated for the German Jazz Award in the category Best Debut Album of the Year.
All songs written by Olicía (Anna-Lucia Rupp and Fama M’Boup)
Recorded during 2020 and 2021 at o-cetera studios, Monoton Studio and Kaiku Studios by Miles Deiaco and Olicía
Mixed by Jakob Hegner
Tape mastered by Jacob Korn at TailOut Studios
Published and Copyright by o-cetera, 2021
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Artwork by Carl-Johannes Schulze and Jacob Stoy
Photos by Marlene Rahmann
Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Their current project called »Out of the Blue« is a cycle of songs and corresponding works of art that are born from dialogue – from conversation and exchange between the two musicians and artists in other genres, such as painting, fashion, dance, literature, film making, design, or arts and crafts. The works are gradually developed, ping-ponged back and forth, playfully shaped into their final form.
The two were also members of Sophie Hunger’s band supporting her latest album »Halluzinationen«.
For further information and upcoming tour dates visit their website.
