·HABNOA· SINGLES
ARTIST:
AnnaOtta
TITLES:
Dobble Goggles, HabNoa, Provocative, Lilly and Anna, Organ remix, Ariel remix, Papopeo remix, Erase the Human Factor remix.
GENRE:
Experimental Electronic Dance Music
RELEASE DATE:
2025
RELEASE FORMAT:
Digital and cassette
CREDITS:
Vocals, live sampling, vocal synths by Jenny Thiele and Irene Novoa.
Editing, mixing and production by Jenny Thiele
and Irene Novoa
Mastering by Jannis Bentler
Pictures by Duna Vallés
Live Visuals by Nicolai Troshinsky
AnnaOtta’s fourth release is a dance album featuring remixes of their previous songs along with other original pieces. The duo brings their succulent electronic beats and dreamy synthesizers into the EDM spirit, blending humor with abstraction in a memorable sonic journey.
All the sounds originate from live-processed vocals, giving HABNOA its unique character—a peculiar mixture of electronic and biotic textures, much like its predecessors What if and This wasn’t real.
·HABNOA· captures a moment of surrender when the duo decides to dance their way into adulthood, defying traditional norms of gender and beauty, particularly the pressure on women to remain perpetually youthful and perfect. Their unique approach to embracing mistakes in improvisation further transforms the show into a celebration of life’s serendipity and inevitability.
The live visuals by Nicolai Troshinsky enhance the experience, combining analog images and digital effects that respond in real-time to the music.
By featuring portraits of Irene Novoa and Jenny Thiele alongside Lucía Bocanegra’s choreography, they create a seamless connection between sound and image, inviting the audience to dive into their immersive journey.
The songs were recorded in one take during various improvised sessions in Madrid in November 2023.
They were later edited, produced, and mixed by AnnaOtta, with mastering by Jannis Bentler.
HABNOA SINGLES
Bio
"Control is an illusion. Embrace serendipity and treasure the mistakes for they will save us from a boring existence”
AnnaOtta is a European musical duo of electronic, improvised music formed in 2018 by singers Irene Novoa (ESP) and Jenny Thiele (DE). The music crafts an innovative soundscape where every element—from beats to harmonies—is created exclusively from their voices.
With an arsenal of loops, live sampling, and effects, Novoa and Thiele transform their vocalisation into intricate synths, creating an unforgettable sonic experience. This vocal alchemy sets AnnaOtta apart, delivering an original and deep sound.
Beyond music, AnnaOtta is on a mission to challenge gender norms and offer a fresh perspective on beauty and femininity. By embracing imperfections and pushing the limits of technology, they produce bold, extreme sounds that defy conventional expectations.
Their music thrives on spontaneity, with songs and lyrics emerging from improvisation guided by non-traditional graphic scores. This approach results in a rich blend of sound textures and polyrhythms, both delicate and dynamic.
AnnaOtta invites the audience into that space of the unknown, where every note is a leap and every moment is alive with the possibility of falling or flying.
Press about AnnaOtta
Lagartija Nick, from Vinyl Keks, Das Independent-Musikmagazin (DE)
" [...] This requires listeners who are open to the experimental, who can open up and understand the duo's fun in the creation of the new foreign. Anyone who likes or can do that will get a colourful, multi-faceted album that is really exciting and intellectually demanding in every respect.”
Julian Callejo, spanish music critic
“…it is coherent, quite colourful, slow and disconcerting. Here the listener is not in charge, who in the best of cases can decide to relax and let go of the handles [...] It's very comforting, as silly as it is to find labels, to recognize the sound of Fever Ray at a certain point.”
Jenny Thiele (*1987, Dresden) is a singer, musician and performer from Cologne, Germany.
She’s a freelancing artist who plays her own original music, composing and performing for dance theatre productions. Her musical focus lies on experimental and alternative Pop music and is often related to as an expressive, theatrical style.
Irene Novoa (*1986, Madrid) is a singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist from Madrid, Spain.
She records and performs vocals, percussion, synths, keyboards and electric bass for other artists as well as in her own productions. She composes and records music for theater, radio, podcasts and audiovisual media and currently accompanies the spanish musicians Christina Rosenvinge and Mikel Izal on their artistic venture.