[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":8},["ShallowReactive",2],{"93dUv2E2feGxoy4bmwPW0p2SugqwZEk41Xz_ek93Ffs":3},[4],{"documentId":5,"title":6,"content":7},"c0d8iwcoed9f7l75dzqqv4jq","EMIKA","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section text-black cover ratio-800\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F01.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center bottom; padding-top: 10%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-start align-items-start ratio-800 \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>\n                        EMIKA\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>Reaching the immortal\u003Cbr>\n                            tech soul\n                       \u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh1>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center  text-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 show-sm\">\u003Ch1>\n                            EMIKA\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>Reaching the immortal\n                                tech soul\n                           \u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh1>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Emika’s dark electronic flavour has the capacity to haunt your consciousness in\n                            an enlightening way. Her sonic world feels like a stream of existential wake-up calls that\n                            push you into a discomfort you’ll learn to love.\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Exploring downtempo dubstep as well as more classically inspired tunes recorded with\n                            the City of Prague philharmonic orchestra, the Berlin-based electronic musician has been\n                            giving the world a peek into her perception of life and the universe since her first release\n                            in 2011. Many have been able to receive the gift of her stunning and often improvized live\n                            shows across Russia, Europe, and America.\n                        \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 my-4\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 \u002F 9;\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube-nocookie.com\u002Fembed\u002FVfhU7aNk2GA?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Femika-the-anti-universe&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Femika-the-anti-universe&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"682398987\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">We caught up with Emika to talk about being creative in 2020 and the process\n                            behind her newest music video, The Anti Universe.\n                        \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F02.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; background-position: center top; padding-top: 10%; padding-bottom: 5%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">The gift of the chart\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>2020 was a heart-breaking year due to the immense harm caused by the Covid-19\n                            pandemic, making it difficult for creatives to find their focus and maintain their creative\n                            drive. Emika, who writes, produces, and mixes all of her own music, talks about her creative\n                            block:\n                        \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I was totally blocked last year (2020). I wanted to sing but couldn't find the\n                            words. I was totally grieving for the world when the pandemic started. I reached out to my\n                            astrologer and she mapped my conception chart, which goes a level deeper to the normal birth\n                            chart maps. She discovered some interesting things about the destiny of my soul and began to\n                            tell me about them. For me, it felt like she was giving me the song I was longing to sing,\n                            to be able to give people a sense of meaning and purpose of spirit. So everything she\n                            communicated was transformed into my new song: The Anti Universe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F05.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; background-position: center top;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">Making of the Anti Universe video\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>For any artist, finding the right collaborators is a delicate matter. But when it’s\n                            right, it’s right. Emika talks about how she found the perfect match for making of the\n                            satisfyingly brain-aching visuals in The Anti Universe music video:\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I sent the track to the amazing director Zee Marla Osh, she cut\n                            visuals to it within an hour and sent me back her vision for the video. No one’s ever worked\n                            like this with me before, usually people want to pitch me a static idea as a PDF and then\n                            talk loads about how they need really expensive cameras to do an idea, which just isn't\n                            interesting. She was the first one who was all about the art, the vision, and collaboration.\n                            She's amazing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F06.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section text-black\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F07.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center top; padding-top: 10%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">The hybrid sound of the song\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Classically trained in piano and composition and having studied music technology,\n                            Emika enriches her vision with the soundscapes of the Berlin club scene. She has become a\n                            sonic alchemist that weaves musical layers to create bewitching, painfully beautiful beats.\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I crafted many layers together using the Moog, Solina, and Prophet. I also\n                            combined them with my piano and vocal layers. It's a mix of classical, my voice, and synth.\n                            A hybrid world of tech and the immortal soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F08.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F08-3.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5 \">\u003Cp class=\"h2 \">On using V Collection \n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>For any sound explorer, it is a dream to find a source of never-ending inspiration -\n                            and with the right tools, this dream is attainable. She shares how working with V Collection\n                            8 stimulates her process:\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"There are just so many great presets and sounds, it's never a question of ‘What\n                            am I going to find?’ It's more like ‘Wow, there are so many good sounds - how am I going to\n                            choose just one?’ That's why I like layers and using many sounds I love, tweaking them,\n                            changing how they evolve, mixing them across the stereo field so they move in new and\n                            unexpected ways.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F09.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(184, 57, 0); background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F10.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; background-position: center top; padding-top: 30%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h2 text-center\">Transcending the world through music\n                    \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"text-center h3 small\">Music combined with new concepts can be a powerful helper in navigating one’s\n                        confusion\n                        in a world that seems to be getting more and more complicated. To deal with reality, we\n                        sometimes need to step beyond it:\n                    \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"As our reality feels like it has slipped into terror and chaos, the anti\n                    universe is an\n                    invisible world living within this one. It is the opposite of what we know, darkness is light and\n                    fear is love. We transcend duality by understanding this physical world and what lies beyond it. Can\n                    you imagine a world that is no longer good or bad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(184, 57, 0);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F11.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">Connecting through a new artist model\n                        \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Streaming has liberated ways artists can share their music with the world - but what\n                            does that mean for the artist-fan interaction?\n                        \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Being an introvert and running two labels, I feel very comfortable being in my\n                            studio creating and supporting other artists. 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of my first\n                            album released with Ninja Tune. That's been a solid 10 years of independent music and I am\n                            redefining what it means to be creative via my new Patreon Channel where I connect directly\n                            with people - I know their names, no one is anonymously following me, and I share my new\n                            music there. It's bringing much light and inspiration to my life through the exploration of\n                            this new model for artists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Femika-2021\u002F12.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection>\u003C\u002Fdiv>",1784111747179]