The Anatomy of Loneliness — EP

Dive deep into the fragile, aching body of solitude — where loneliness mutates the skin and silence becomes a wound.

Each track explores a different facet of loneliness:

phantom touches that never land,

fragile bodies cracking under silence,

the desperate warmth of self-contact,

the death of language in isolation,

and rooms that breathe on without you.

This is more than music — it’s a study of loneliness, internal disintegration, and emotional neglect. Inspired by the Japanese phenomenon of Hikikomori (extreme social withdrawal),
The Anatomy of Loneliness becomes a sonic dissection of the body and mind under prolonged absence of connection.

The project is also a very personal journey through trauma:

Noriko Mori brings in traditional Japanese instruments while working through the loss of her brother, who had withdrawn from the world as a hikikomori before taking his own life. With this EP, she faces the silence he left behind — and turns it into a voice


Vocals: Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex, Raphaela Hartmann, Andy Green
Guitar: Andy Green, Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex
Synths, Programming & Drums Raphaela Hartmann
Bass: Thomas Kaiser
Raffaela Espinosa – Flamenco-Guitar
Noriko Mori – Koto & Taishōgoto & Shamisen

Piano Sascha Häusler

Strings Ella Park (Cello), Anna Weiß (Cello), Tina Park (Violin)

Concept & Lyrics: Sascha Häusler & Noriko Mori 

released November 11, 2018

The Anatomy of Loneliness

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