Recorded during a road trip to Iceland, in a very strange place in the north of the island, during a road trip with some friends after playing at Icelandic Airwaves, explains the band. We were literally running out of fuel and there was no place to refill, it was getting dark and it didnt seem like a good idea to sleep in the car at -10ºC, so we decided to spend the night in an odd guest house that we found by chance in the middle of nowhere. We took the equipment from the car and had a session next to the fire. That moment was so special and the result was also very cool, these two melodies were recorded with the Access Virus and the DSI Prophet but we had no tempo reference and thats why the sound is so liquid. Directed by Paul Mahon the visual accompanying the track, embodies the chromatic nuances of the tracks organic-electronic sound
The new single follows up on the recently released El Mutal EP, which has seen support from the likes of DMC World, Indie Shuffle and Kane FM, to name a few. The duos early EPs, the DJ Mag-supported debut EP Bananat and Kai, were released on trailblazer Parisian label La Belle Records, while Regaliu, their second EP – released on cult Barcelona imprint Foehn Records – already garnered the attention of some of the most respected DJs in the world, including SONNS, Ivan Smagghe, Jennifer Cardini and Ewan Pearson, the duo are known for their organic live shows, which Nialler9 included in their Best of Iceland Airwaves Festival, no laptop in sight, one of them on controllers and the other on digital percussion the recorded versions of their fruity, balmy electronics are brought up to a fever pitch making everyone dance.
ANIMA is set to establish AKKAN and their inventive house music without borders as one of the most intriguing acts to come out of the current global electronic music scene that has been redefining dance music with the use of folkloristic grooves and organic sounds.