Ani Glass – Acwariwm

Ani Glass releases her new single “Acwariwm” from her upcoming album Phantasmagoria.

Award-winning, Cardiff-based artist, Ani Glass, launches her new album Phantasmagoria on the 26th of September.

What a journey to this moment. Fittingly, Ani’s debut LP Mirores (translates as “observer”) was based around movement and progress. It was her first foray into the self-taught art of recording and production. Ani Glass has not stopped progressing or moving since.

Futuristic, fascinating pop. Ethereal vocals, lush instrumentation and swirling synth pulses echo early Goldfrapp or Enya, but this is all Ani Glass. Phantasmagoria’s intricate, ethereal, expansive – and newly revealing with every listen.

Inspired by working with Martin Rushent as a member of indiepop group, The Pipettes, a strong pop sensibility was cemented as a member of the band, Genie Queen (managed by OMD’s Andy McCluskey).  Additional inspirations included 1980s artists and producers Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre and Arthur Russell (who inspired her to learn the cello).

At the start of 2020, just before the release of her debut album Mirores, Ani was diagnosed with a rare benign brain tumour. The diagnosis marked the beginning of the personal journey that has shaped Phantasmagoria. That final shape is a lush, introspective concept album that delves deeply into her experience of navigating life since then.

Phantasmagoria unites the languages and mediums at Ani’s disposal to express a poignant time in her life, with lyrics in Cymraeg (Welsh), Kernewek (Cornish) and English, as well as some British Sign Language woven into her live performance.

Tour dates:
26.09 – The Canopi, Cardiff
28.09 – The Social, London
03.10 – Cwrw, Carmarthen 
10.10 – Cŵps, Aberystwyth 
24.10 – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
07.11 – Tŷ Tawe, Swansea

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