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Anima is a British ambient project from the West Highlands of Scotland. It was founded in 2004 by the composer and producer Ali Calderwood,[1] and for much of its history was a duo with the vocalist Daniela Broder.[2] Since 2024 the project has used the name Ananui.[1]
History
[edit]Working under the name Anima, Calderwood and Broder released a series of meditative ambient albums, recording in the Scottish Highlands and, in part, in South America.[2] Their releases include Lemuria Emerging (2007), Sound Medicine (2011), Light of Aluna (2012), and Sacred Alliance (2015).[3][4] In 2024 the project was renamed Ananui.[1]
Music and style
[edit]The project's music combines synthesiser soundscapes with acoustic instruments — didgeridoo, guzheng, duduk, piano, guitar and flute — and wordless or chanted vocals, drawing on indigenous South American influences.[2][5] Reviewing Light of Aluna for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, Mark S. Tucker likened the album's "slowly unfolding, very mellow, spacey progressions" to the work of Klaus Schulze, Philip Glass and David Hykes.[6]
The albums were recorded in the high-resolution Direct Stream Digital (DSD) format and released as DSD downloads.[7][8]
Reception
[edit]In December 2015 the nationally syndicated US radio programme Echoes, hosted by John Diliberto, featured the project, including an interview.[2] The project's music has also been broadcast on the syndicated programme Hearts of Space.[9][10]
Light of Aluna was reviewed by the ambient-music site Hypnagogue[11] and by Chris Spector in Midwest Record, who called it "top of the genre material".[12] Spector also reviewed Sacred Alliance in 2015,[13] which was additionally reviewed by the Belgian music site Keys and Chords.[5] Light of Aluna placed at number 29 on Zone Music Reporter's Top 100 Recordings of 2013, and Sacred Alliance reached number 23 on the chart's 2015 edition; Zone Music Reporter's year-end charts rank albums by reported US radio airplay.[14][4]
Light of Aluna won the New Age Album category in the listener-voted (Vox Pop) section of the 13th annual Independent Music Awards in 2014.[15]
In a 2017 review for the audiophile magazine Positive Feedback, the editor David W. Robinson used Anima's albums Sound Medicine and Sacred Alliance as reference recordings to evaluate a high-end headphone system, describing Sound Medicine as "well rounded and fulsome in its foundation".[7]
Discography
[edit]- Lemuria Emerging (2007)
- Crystaligned Dreams (2008)
- Temple of the Stars (2010)
- Sound Medicine (2011)
- Light of Aluna (2012)
- LuminEssence (2013)
- Sacred Alliance (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ananui Music – Our new channel for Anima's Sound Medicine". Anima Sound Medicine. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 – Echoes Program 1552B: Anima's Shamanic Space Music". Echoes. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "Anima". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Recordings of 2015". Zone Music Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ a b "Anima: Sacred Alliance". Keys and Chords (in Dutch). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ Tucker, Mark S. (2013). "Anima – Light of Aluna". Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ a b Robinson, David W. (14 July 2017). "Impressions: The Sonoma Acoustics Model One Headphones". Positive Feedback. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "Anima – Sound Medicine HD". NativeDSD. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "Summer Skies (PGM 1424)". Hearts of Space. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "PGM 1113R "Sweet Serenity"". Hearts of Space. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "Anima: Light of Aluna". Hypnagogue Music Reviews. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ Spector, Chris (1 June 2013). "Anima/Light of Aluna". Midwest Record. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013.
- ^ Spector, Chris (31 July 2015). "Anima/Sacred Alliance". Midwest Record. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Top 100 Recordings of 2013". Zone Music Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ^ "The 13th Annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Winners Announced". Independent Music Awards. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
Category:Scottish musical groups
Category:Ambient music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2004
Category:British musical duos