RELEASE INFO
All music written, recorded, produced & mixed by 
Alexandra Anthea in Catania & Vienna, 2022-24 
Mastering: Dino Spiluttini
Design: Tanja Oberbramberger

kindly supported by SKE / Austro Mechana 

PRESS RELEASE
Welia – Object Permanence [samatape014]

Object permanence is knowing that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be directly seen or sensed. This fundamental cognitive skill allows us to form and retain mental representations and was the trigger point for Welia’s eponymous EP.

Touched, consumed, and motivated by often contradictory emotions like anxiety, acceptance, and being at peace with oneself, Vienna-based artist Alexandra Anthea alias Welia presents a wide range of stylistic infuences ranging from ambient to breakbeat, UK bass and techno. Her sound cosmos is carried by metallic sounds and synthesizers, unexpected drum patterns and heavily manipulated vocal fragments, which she records herself and elaborately enriches with FX layers.
Although these elements are typical of Welia's previous productions, the latest release on Viennese label "sama recordings“ also explores new artistic levels and expands into more experimental directions by incorporating trap, drone or noise elements.

The four tracks on this EP were produced between 2022 and 2024 while traveling through Italy, Austria, and the US. Welia’s music is unsettling, morphes unexpectedly, and is constantly on the move. It serves as a re-interpretation of past memories while being aware of the present and future. For Welia, similar to the permanence of objects, memories of space and people retain their intensity and tangiblity as time goes by.

Not losing touch, nor sight. 
Even when something isn't in direct view, it still exists.

ARTIST LINKS
Welia

https://welia.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/alexandracsws
https://www.instagram.com/alexandracsws/


LABEL LINKS 
sama recordings

https://samarecordings.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/sama-recordings

Welia - Object Permanence [samatape014]

pre-order here

Welia - Clear (Excerpt)

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——————UPCOMING DATES—————————

April 11th 2024: sama recordings pres. s c h w e b e  n #14 - secret venue 

——————LABEL MANIFEST——————————

Sama Recordings - founded 2014 in Vienna by Benedikt Guschlbauer - is an independent record label for advanced audio aspects free of aesthetic or genre-based borders and stands for forward thinking music, which enriches body, soul and mind. We would like to showcase diversive creative approaches by international artists active in the vast fields of contemporary electronic music. A certain elevating spirit has to radiate from these waves and frequencies we want to present you.

The arabic term "Samâ" means in the language of mysticism: whirling or listening. During a samâ ceremony, subtle vibrations are created by playing frame drums (daffs) that grasp the heart and also induce mystical trance. Thus Samâ, the art of listening among the Sufis, refers to the perception of inner vibrations. For me personally the word “sama” functions as a methaphore for conscious listening and dancing. 

grounded and spiralled out of control. the journey continues.