1. Emika's self-titled debut album was released in October 2011 via Ninja Tune and received generally positive reviews.
16 Facts About Emika
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Emika started to make music at school and waitressed to save up for her first Apple Mac and copy of Logic Studio.
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Emika received her Music Technology degree in Bath, then procured an internship at the offices of the London label Ninja Tune, where she worked for a month.
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In Berlin Emika began working as a sound designer for Native Instruments, while honing her own, "uniquely haunting" musical style with her laptop, picking up ideas from the dance scene at the Berghain and Panoramabar clubs.
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Funf, the compilation album of music crafted from field recordings made inside these clubs by Emika, was released by Ostgut Ton, as part of the celebration of the label's five-year anniversary.
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Since 2009, Emika has appeared on tracks with the likes of Pinch, Kryptic Minds, Paul Frick and MyMy.
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On 3 October, 2011, her debut album Emika came out, described as the mix of "bewitching, atmospheric melodies and glitchy electronic beats" and getting good reviews.
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Emika's music has been described as being influenced by various genres like early dubstep, electronica and classical, critics compared her to PJ Harvey, The xx, Zola Jesus and Beth Gibbons.
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On 18 October 2011 Emika embarked upon her first American tour, supporting Amon Tobin on his ISAM tour and she has continued to play live shows all over the world throughout 2012 in countries such as Austria, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Russia and Turkey.
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Emika performed a live set in Berlin for music streaming website Boiler Room in 2012.
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Emika's music has been used in adverts by Gucci, McLaren and NBC - who used her cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game in an episode of The Blacklist, which led to the track reaching No 1 on iTunes in Canada and No 2 in the US.
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Emika has contributed to film soundtracks, including a trailer for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and her music was used at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Emika has recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2014 she revealed plans to create a full orchestral symphony.
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Emika has been shot by photographers including Bettina Rheims and Madison.
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Emika launched her own label in 2014, Emika Records, initially as a platform to release her own music.
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Emika launched a new collaborative label called Improvisations X Inspirations.