Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in electronic music. She attended the Graz Polytechnic for Graphic Design, but dropped out at 16 and moved to Vienna shortly afterwards. There she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in the master class of Daniel Richter, but at 18 dropped out again.
Musicians like Xiu Xiu, Cat Power, Bjรถrk, Nico, Aphex Twin and composers like Sergei Rachmaninoff or Arvo Pรคrt have had a great impact on her music.
After only playing a handful of concerts she was already being dubbed a "Wunderkind". In 2008 she played German singer Nico in the play "Nico - Sphinx aus Eis" by Werner Fritsch in Berlin and Vienna, performing several songs in it, including "Janitor Of Lunacy", from her first EP.
Her first album, called "Lovetune for Vacuum", was released in March 2009. It received excellent reviews and placed in the Austrian Top 10. The album also achieved chart positions in Germany, Belgium and France. Music journalists have already claimed to see in her a new star of Austrian pop.
In 2010 her song "Mr Gaunt Pt 1000" was used in the television commercial for Ford's Mondeo. In the 2010 French film "Mes chรจres รฉtudes" (also known as "Student Services"), the song titled "The Sun" plays during the credits. Her tracks 'Brother of Sleep' and 'Marche Funรจbre' were used in the soundtrack for Universal Pictures thriller 'War Games: At the End of the Day' in 2010.
The death of her father in 2009 was a key element on her mini-album Narrow, which was released in February 2012.
Sugarbread
Soap&Skin Lyrics
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Try to break one's heart in perpetuity
Lux perpetua luceat eis
Lux perpetua luceat eis
Try to break one's heart in perpetuity
Here, there
where the sight rather flees
and the heartbeat leaks
and the lighted mouth
rather chokes
Lux perpetua luceat eis
Lux perpetua luceat eis
The lyrics of "Sugarbread" by Soap&Skin are heavily laden with imagery and metaphor. The opening line of "Ich spรผr' mich nicht mehr" (which translates to "I don't feel myself anymore") sets a tone of emotional distance and turmoil. The next line, "Try to break one's heart in perpetuity," suggests a prolonged and painful attempt at destroying someone emotionally. The repetition of this line creates a sense of cyclicality, as if this is a pattern that repeats itself over and over again.
The line "Lux perpetua luceat eis" is a reference to the Latin phrase used in Christian funerals, meaning "may perpetual light shine upon them." Here, it is used in a more ironic sense, as the "perpetual light" seems to be causing choking and suffocation rather than providing comfort. The image of the "lighted mouth" that "rather chokes" adds to a sense of danger and unease.
The final lines, "Here, there where the sight rather flees and the heartbeat leaks," suggest that the singer is in a state of disorientation and distress. The use of "sight" rather than "eyes" is interesting, as it implies a deeper level of perception and awareness. Overall, the lyrics convey a sense of emotional turmoil and conflict, with the theme of trying to break someone's heart in perpetuity creating a sense of circularity and repetition.
Line by Line Meaning
Ich spรผr' mich nicht mehr
Feeling numb and disconnected from oneself
Try to break one's heart in perpetuity
Attempting to cause everlasting emotional pain
Lux perpetua luceat eis
May perpetual light shine upon them
Here, there
In various places
where the sight rather flees
Where vision seems to disappear
and the heartbeat leaks
And the heart feels broken or damaged
and the lighted mouth
And the mouth that once spoke brightly
rather chokes
Now struggles to speak or express oneself
Contributed by Reagan G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Rรฉjean Desrosiers
Faire apparaitre ce qui nโexiste pas
Faire disparaitre le rรฉel
La raison
Et revenir sans รชtre lร
Dรฉtenir le visage
Lโimage
Entre une main
Un bouton
Un รฉpisode tournant autour du cercle
Une ligne droite inatteignable
Les graphiques sโennuient
Les jeux tombent
Les bombes bondissent
Rebondissent
Les dos se tournent
Pour entendre la dรฉflagration
Voir
Rire des louanges
Rรขle du dernier souffle
La mort des molรฉcules
De lโoxygรจne
Un baiser que je dรฉtourne
Jโentre dans un spectacle
Le monde me ferme les yeux
Pour pourquoi
Pourquoi des enfants
Des mรจres qui trahissent
Des pรจres lรขches
La montagne magique
Est imaginaire
La forรชt fรฉรฉrique est irrรฉelle
Les ocรฉans dโespoir
Se vident des vraies histoires dโamour
Et le ciel
Le ciel
Des chants de silence
Des champs dโillusion
Le roi tue la reine
La reine tue le roi
Les restes restent lร
Je me demande si jโai besoin de mes yeux
Tout sโรฉcroule
Se vident des vies
De demain
Maintenant
Cโest une pure solitude
Sans air
Sans voix
Sans entendre mon cri
Mes craintes
Je blesse les derniรจres fleurs
Celle dans mon cลur
Jโai une tulipe dans la bouche
Rouge
Un rouge qui coule
Un choc sur la terre
Que je blesse par mes pleurs
Les jeux sont finis
Je ferme lโenvie de la vie
Je ferme les yeux
Il ne reste plus un bleu
Une note
Une derniรจre
Rรฉjean Desrosiers ยฉ 2016 11 23 001
Tereza Kempfovรก
Sometimes there's a rhythm in my head which i can't stop and everything around me fits in it. In that moments i feel like going mad. And this song is perfectly featuring how this feels like, including that rhythm in it and that all.
witchy-wonderland
Very interesting!
Richie john
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Zia 8
Yes, i experience this. A rhythem in my head, like my thoughts takes on a different rhythm from what they nor ally are. it's eerie and hypnotizing. And when i talk i feel the same rhythm but no one else does. I used to be scare of it. It's like sinking in to yourself
JJ
This song helped me to get through a broken friend who did not believe me or thought I have some hidden evil agenda. His reaction to this song and video made me realize it was the perfect track for it, and might have helped me in saving his life. Thank you for everything, Anja. โค๏ธ
SANTA DOG
Wow !!! The intro ,that scream,with the rhythm coming in ,that voice and the choir ,this is so catchy for me, and I'm immediately putting it on repeat .I love it like fire and ice ,like velvet and concrete ,a strange combination that I love โค๏ธ
Reminds me of Nico,but so modern,so unique and personal ,a classic already for me as everything Soap&Skin do ๐ฅ
PHILDEL
This is genius, so epic and powerful, I love the details of dynamic and the range of dimensions to SUGARBREAD. All of your work is of such an instinctively phenomenally high artistic quality - you are such an inspiration. You capture the extremes of life's experiences with your incredibly unique sound in an addictive and creative way. I love your visuals too, they're perfect. Thank you so much for your brilliant art Xxx
ZillyArt32
At times this song is all that runs through my head when I feel distressed and uncomfortable in my flesh prison and I just want to destroy sometthing... because this piece just encapsulates the feeling so well.
naomi obi
right
larysa gorska
watching again after years. still amazing and thrilling