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Format: EP
Cat. No.: VM013/ AT-028
Release date: 10 June 2022

Tracklist:
01. Miles
02. Fly
03. Be Like That
04. Slate
05. Pavement
06. Underwater Debt
07. Push
08. Wound


''The album is a reflection of where I’ve been mentally, navigating the concept of having a broader perspective, says Annika... being a person of mixed race has taught me to see from opposing perspectives, which has brought about some inner turmoil, but has also helped me learn that having these deeper conversations across racial lines is where we can achieve real change. Having these conversations doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your own culture but how can we lift up those who are oppressed to live their truth freely?

The title Bleu was inspired by Kieslowski’s film Three Colors: Blue in which Julie, a strong female composer, processes her grief after the death of her husband.

I felt like Bleu captured my state of moving beyond the lens of putting others' acceptance first, says Zee, of growing out of codependency and toxic feminine societal programming. It is about independence, freedom, and empowerment ... the liberty of oneself and others.''


Annika Zee is a multimedia artist born and raised in Toronto who later studied at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York. Her production style draws from a discerning palette of sound that melds the possibilities of real and digital instruments, incorporating elements of noise, experiments in sound design, and classic songwriting.


Credit:
Annika Zee - Production, Vocals, Synth
Chris Doyle - Piano
Isaac Parker - Bass, Keys
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

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Annika Zee - Bleu [AT​-​028]

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Format: Single
Cat. No.: nil
Release date: 24 May 2022

how come everything's crashing when it comes to my, my dreams
and how come I already know the future when you talk about my dreams, my dream

cause lately I don't know if I've been living or not
if this really really means I need you a lot fly me
your eyes are so beautiful living or not if I'm real
your eyes are so beautiful think it's a lot fly me

and how come everything's burning when it comes to my, my dreams
and how come I already know the future when you talk about my dreams, my dreams

cause lately I don't know if I've been living or not
if this really really means I need you a lot fly me
your eyes are so beautiful living or not if I'm real
your eyes are so beautiful think it's a lot fly me

I can be, let me be, I'll let you know, let you go
I can be anything you want if you just let me recover

cause lately I don't know if I've been living or not
if this really really means I need you a lot fly me
your eyes are so beautiful living or not if I'm real
your eyes are so beautiful think it's a lot fly me

cause lately I don't know if I've been living or not
if this really really means I need you a lot fly me
your eyes are so beautiful living or not if I'm real
your eyes are so beautiful think it's a lot fly me

Credit:
Annika Zee - Production, Synth, Vocals
Isaac Parker - Bass, Keys 
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Fly

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Format: Single
Cat. No.: nil
Release date: 31 May 2022

Credit:
Annika Zee - Production, Vocals
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Be Like That

running down
there's so many ways to love
when I'm undone
there's so many ways to love you

tugging at your eyes
tugging at your eyes
tugging at your eyes

and though miles may separate us
and though miles may separate us
I can see I can see I can see the spark in your eyes
I can hear across the sea the spark in your eyes
it calls late at night

and so I try to lift my hands in empathy
just to have them tied
tugging at your eyes
tugging at your eyes

and though miles may separate us
tugging at your eyes
and though miles may separate us
tugging at your eyes

tugging at your eyes
tugging at your eyes
tugging at your eyes

drive home, drive home
drive home, drive home
drive home, drive home
drive home, drive home

Chris Doyle - Piano
Isaac Parker - Bass
Annika Zee - Production, Vocals
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Miles

I let the pavement play on repeat
I let it's grit drag into me
I laid myself out like a sheet
hoping somehow that would shelter me

I'm so tired of being of stepped on
don't you know that's why your slept on
wrap yourself up in the stairs
throwing coins til someone cares

rise up your enough, rise up your enough,
rise up it's all love, rise up your enough

I let the rain drain the heart from me
I let the sleet seep into me
I turned my back on a palace dream
hoping somehow that would shelter me

I'm so tired of being of stepped on
don't you know that's why your slept on
wrap yourself up in the stairs
throwing coins til someone cares

rise up your enough, rise up your enough,
rise up it's all love, rise up

oh

rise up your enough, rise up your enough
rise up it's all love
rise up your enough, rise up your enough
rise up it's all love 

Annika Zee - Vocals, Production
Chris Doyle - Piano
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Slate

I let the pavement play on repeat
I let it's grit drag into me
I laid myself out like a sheet
hoping somehow that would shelter me

I'm so tired of being of stepped on
don't you know that's why your slept on
wrap yourself up in the stairs
throwing coins til someone cares

rise up your enough, rise up your enough,
rise up it's all love, rise up your enough

I let the rain drain the heart from me
I let the sleet seep into me
I turned my back on a palace dream
hoping somehow that would shelter me

I'm so tired of being of stepped on
don't you know that's why your slept on
wrap yourself up in the stairs
throwing coins til someone cares

rise up your enough, rise up your enough,
rise up it's all love, rise up

oh

rise up your enough, rise up your enough
rise up it's all love
rise up your enough, rise up your enough
rise up it's all love

Annika Zee - Vocals, Production
Chris Doyle - Piano
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Pavement

If I knew what I knew by now
I'd take the cigarette and drown
If I knew what I knew by now
I'd probably hide away and hit the ground

It's about time I take the back door
come on what are you here waiting for
I know there's better times
every little thing you do, every little thing you say

why would you have to change at all?
I'll lift you up before you fall
what I had said I meant it all
if you don't move you'll hit the wall

it's about time we take the back door
to make it all up how could I?
to say you and I could be better

why would you have to change at all?
I'll lift you up before you fall
what I had said I meant it all
if we don't move you'll hit the wall

every little thing you say
every little thing you do
every little thing you say
every little thing you do

oh, oh, oh

Annika Zee - Vocals, Production
Chris Doyle - Piano
Chester Anand - Production
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Underwater Debt

last night you called me out again
I was waiting by the bridge of where you start and where I end
when you start to get that feeling of release
when you start to feel your heart beat as you sink

push me out and push me in
push me out and push me in
push me out and push me in
push me out and push me in

at the crossroads you called me out again
I was waiting by the tracks of where the devil and the angel ran the race as friends
when you start to get that feeling of release
when you start to feel the ideal melt as you believe

push me out and push me in, crashing into solid wake
push me out and push me in, crashing into solid wake
push me out and push me in, crashing into solid wake
push me out and push me in, crashing into solid change

it's never a line, it's not a line
it's never a line, it's never straight forward, its not a line

but what I express it's all I can be
what I breathe is all I can do for you
what I think is all I can do for you - bad habits
all I thought is all I can do for you

Annika Zee - Vocals, Production
Chris Doyle - Piano, Synth
Chester Anand - Production
Isaac Parker - Bass
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Push

the storm from way down west

when I'm awake and my backs covered blue
down the maze, down the page, down back to you
way down west where I saw you last running through my mind

all these eyes at my back and they crawl around my head
late at night when I'm losing all this hope inside
animals and they crawl to the backyard stray city lights
animals rugged cars painted lies city trash
reaching hands I couldn't call mine, all these things I couldn't call mine

I'm just the trash, I'm just the trash to be thrown and tossed around
but when it calls late at night like a mist on a fitted glove of cold hot modern air I'm waiting here half man half woman

oh love is all there is
oh love is all there is
oh love forgive those that have trespassed against me
cause love is all there is

no matter what they do
no matter what they do
no matter what they say
what they do
love is all there is

pass down the trash, deep down the trash
deep down the trash

deep down the trash,
I was just a girl didn't know what I was looking for, looking for
looking for someone to fill me up fill my cup crack me open
just to find
now I'm here laying on the floor half man half women half nothing at all
open my wound, open my wound
crack it open
open my wound, it's one big open room
I said open my wound, it's one big open room
I said open my wound, it's one big open room

Annika Zee - Vocals, Production
Chester Anand - Production
Isaac Parker - Bass
Chris Wang - Master

Annika Zee - Wound

Annika Zee - Bleu [AT​-​028]

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Annika Zee - Bleu [AT-028]