Anna Papij shares concept EP “Always Beautiful”
Always Beautiful is a concept EP with a storyline of feeling like an outsider on one’s home planet, and building a ship to leave, living a life of endless space travel. It comes with a micro story, where the song titles can be found:
Our itinerant life is tinged with a nostalgia for what we never had. These lost memories travel with us, but still, it is always beautiful.
This EP will be released with a full colour zine featuring the aurora photograph on the EP cover, and a longer micro story, as well as prints of the cover photo.
My micro stories have been published in high profile literary journals. My photos like the album cover artwork have received accolades. This project is a culmination of all these art forms.
BASIC INFO
Title: Always Beautiful
Artist: Anna Papij
Label: Unreality
Tracks:
1. Itinerant
2. A Nostalgia For What We Never Had
3. These Lost Memories
4. Always Beautiful
Release date: 29th September 2023
Available from: Bandcamp with bonus binaural mixes and wallpaper downloads.
And of course, streaming everywhere, including: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and all the other usual places.
WHO IS ANNA PAPIJ?
Travelling through space for several millennium, Anna Papij collected sound frequencies, stories, and photos, from across the galaxies. After crash landing on Earth, she salvaged these treasures, and now spends her time sprinkling them across the planet.
Misc:
On Earth, Anna likes coffee and cats. She can sometimes be seen gazing at the sky searching for home.
List of things:
Albums:
Into The Dawn (2017)
Reflections & Invocations (2018)
The Calm Album (2018)
Expressions (2018)
From the Spheres (2018)
Selected Soundscapes (2020)
Aspects (2020)
Dream Frequency (2021)
C.A.L.M. (2021)
Space Dust (2021)
The Witch Files (2021)
Space Travels (2022)
Always Beautiful (2023)
Film:
Flowers for the Resting short film score (2023)
Awards:
Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2021 Highly Commended Award – Elsewhere photo
The Mono Awards 2021 Commended Award – Sunrays Over Mountains photo
Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2022 Commended Award (Art Category) – Space Train photo series
The Mono Awards 2022 Commended Award – Snow Gum photo
The Mono Awards 2022 Highly Commended Award – Mountain Clouds photo
Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2023 Commended Award (Black and White Category) – Resting in Peace photo series
Exhibitions:
June 2019 – Brunswick Street Gallery’s 2019 Small Works Art Prize
September 2021 – Monash Gallery of Art – one work in STAGES: Life in Lockdown Exhibition
Publications:
My Life as a Magician (fiction novel) (2019)
PENinsula Literary Journal (2020) – two photographs
The Victorian Writer (2022) – short story published
The Victorian Writer (2023) – short story published
Education:
Bachelor of Music (Performance) (2003)
