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Hidden Portraits

by Olicía

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„Hidden Portraits“ is the fourth collaborative work of Olicía and artists from other fields. This installment takes on the form of a song by Olicía and a series of analogue photographs taken by the Dresden-based photographer Micha Steinwachs. Thematically, the joint work revolves around encounters - it explores what we reveal about ourselves and assume about others. The song uses a folk-style fingerpicked guitar as a point of origin – which is unusual for Olicía. The music and their beautifully layered vocals are set against the backdrop of a field recorded train ride-conversation and adorned with a gorgeous clarinet arrangement, drum samples, and vocal percussion.

Anna-Lucia says: “Hidden Portraits is about that fresh state of mind in which you're getting to know another person. You see someone as they are, but you don't show or perceive everything all at once. There's little details that you can discover, but others that aren't showing, yet. For me, that's the beauty of getting to know someone: being open, vulnerable and curious.” Fama adds: “In daily encounters, we show parts of ourselves that we are willing to expose and hide others. And sometimes this applies to intimate relationships as well. That’s where the song came from - the question of who the other person really is, based on the perception we have.”

The complementary work by photographer Micha Steinwachs is a series of street portraits taken with an analogue medium format camera over the course of one year. It is released in the form of a limited postcard box set. The works show concealed portraits that depict the person in full, raising questions about their life stories and personalities without actually showing any faces. “Whenever I saw someone who interested me and I felt confident enough, I asked for a picture. Every encounter carries a little excitement: What if they don’t like me? What if I bother them? In most cases, I was met with curiosity and an openness towards being photographed. The portraits are hidden. They are an invitation to make a first step towards someone. And to ask: Who are you?”

You can purchase the piece by Micha Steinwachs and read more about this project on our label shop www.o-cetera.com

lyrics

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Hi, could you tell me
Yes you, you behind the berry hands
I see newspaper flipping
Smiles are dripping from your child’s face

Tell me how you gonna lift your heart
Tell me when you‘re gonna lift your masquerade
Tell me are you gonna gift me a smile

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Lemon squeezing
Boxers face
Phone out - capture, capture, capture
Do you still play
Observe the little things find horses in cowboy boots

Tell me how you used to link
and who you share your days with
Tell me will you ever lift your masquerade
Tell me will I ever see your eyes

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Writing about you is wispy
Time and time again I take the risk
Never have met you
But through the lens of another pair of eyes
Of another mind

Seeing you through those eyes
Makes writing about you mine


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released March 8, 2024
Song by Olicía
3:58 min
Anna-Lucia Rupp - vocals, guitar, brushes, vocal percussion
Fama M’Boup - vocals, clarinet, clarinet bass, drum samples
Written and recorded by Olicía
Mixed and mastered by Bernhard Range
℗ + © 2024 by o-cetera, o-cetera.com, o-cetera006
2024

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Olicía Berlin, Germany

it rings, buzzes & booms when two women have more than two voices, you want to burst when loops, synthesizers, basslines and percussion take over when outfits match the texture of sound your eyes and ears fuse when orchestrated voices enwrap you like velvet and gold it clashes, hums & dances

Anna-Lucia Rupp - voc, fx, guit, pocketpno, qarqaba

Fama M’Boup - voc, fx, kora, dr pad, asalato, qarqaba
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