Olicía – live at robotron Kantine

The EP “Olicía – live at robotron Kantine” is a companion to the recently released new Olicía album “Out of the Blue” (1.11.2024, o-cetera). After two EPs and two studio albums, you can hear how Olicía develop their songs live with two synchronized loop stations and an array of different instruments, finding space for improvisation in the midst of the loops and bringing new facets of the songs to the fore.

The songs were recorded live in the same space where from April 3 – 13, 2025, an exhibition will be shown in collaboration with Kunsthaus Dresden, presenting the works of fine art and handcrafts created during the album process.

There is the bouncing, danceable “Bloom”, which is based on the (seam) lines of a blouse designed by fashion designer Katharina Haydeyan. In “Kleine Töne”, the two adapt a layering technique from abstract painter Claudia Kleiner that leaves windows open to deeper textures and looks back to the origin of a blank canvas, both lyrically and musically. “Finally”, a collaborative work with Sudabeh Mohafez, an author admired by both musicians, is an evocation of female self-empowerment and resistance.

„Out of the Blue” is an attempt to take a completely new look at one’s own art form, to connect Olicía‘s music with other art genres through dialog and exchange. Each song on it looks into the parallel universe of another artist from fields such as film, design, painting, literature and arts and crafts.

EP by Olicía
3 tracks
Anna-Lucia Rupp – vocals, synths, percussion, vocal percussion, effects
Fama M’Boup – vocals, synths, percussion, vocal percussion, effects
Written and performed by Olicía, original lyrics to „Finally“by Sudabeh Mohafez
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Benjamin Graf
℗ + © 2025 by o-cetera, o-cetera.com, o-cetera007
2025

OUT OF THE BLUE is a cycle of songs and corresponding works of art that are born from dialogue – from conversation and exchange between the two musicians in Olicía and artists in other genres, such as painting, fashion, dance, literature, film making, design, or arts and crafts. The works are gradually developed, ping-ponged back and forth, playfully shaped into their final form. Learning and borrowing from one another in the process – adapting strategies, materials, structures, or approaches. From an exchange of ideas and sentiments and their – at times – vague and fuzzy articulations into dots and notes, shapes and chords, textures, patterns, configurations, and designs. In the end, the result will be two separate works of art, existing on equal footing, sharing the same seed, still conversing with one another, complementing one another, or simply exploring the same ideas while venturing out into opposite directions.