Fijuka: Fijuka (2013)

Electropop llegado desde Centro Europa. Fijuka es una agrupación que graba para el sello vienés Seayou Records. Facturan una suerte de Pop electrónico elegante, cargado de matices y señales...

Fijuka: Fijuka (Seayou Records, 2013)

The debut full-length album of fijuka blends pop and sonic experimentation under a sparkling mirror ball. 2 ½ years in the making, this record is shiny, sexy and saccharine on the outside, bleak, twisted and contemplative on the inside. Heavenly synthesizers, pounding yet always oh so funky basslines and a real voice (that girl can sing!) lull the listener into safety (or onto the dancefloor) while the lyrics spew the blackest of humours. Musical reference points might or might not include Kate Bush, Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac or Goldfrapp. The 11 original songs on this quiet/loud-love-hate affair have been recorded in Vienna between fall 2012 and summer 2013, a disco house remix by Munich’s Cpt. Yossarian (LaBrassBanda, Pollyester) completes the epic.

Fijuka: Behave (From now on) (Seayou Records, 2013)

Behave (From Now On) is the debut EP by German-Austrian duo fijuka. It is soaked in pop music’s future/past with reference points from Kate Bush to Lykke Li. But it is also a romantic relationship with DIY culture and sound-experiments. Born from a powerful voice and a captivating bass-line, the title track is the tale of a relationship-gone-wrong, of the tightrope walk between affection and obsession. Each of the 3 remixes on this EP twists the track in a different direction: a percussive basement piece by Munich’s Bartellow (Pollyester, Columbus), a slow but dark creeper by Powernerd (Kebara, Bo Candy & His Broken Hearts) and a cut-up collage by visual artist Suchentrunk. The EP was recorded and mixed to analogue tape in Fall 2012 in Chris Janka’s studio in Vienna, produced by the band itself and mastered by Martin Siewert. The video was directed by Michael Haneke-student Florian Pochlatko, features the cheerleader team of Burghausen/Germany and some gymwheel shenanigans (no burning wheels even though we insisted on it. Why does nobody ever listen to us?!)