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Artist
Candice Anitra
12+ albums
soulpoprnbrhythm and bluesr and b
about
“Soul music is urgent and pleading. It calls your name and calls you out; it wants to be whatever you need in that moment . . .” In recent moments, Candice Anitra has been bearing witness to alchemy at work. Bark then Bite, her debut LP, is the product of progressive chemistry coming together: 15 days at Studio G in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with magical producer|engineer|artist Joel Hamilton, the same month he was wrapping Blakroc; Dub Trio's return from Matisyahu’s tour to lay the musical foundations of the album; Marika Hughes's rolling through with her cello one Saturday morning after playing for Whitney Houston's release; Soulive's Neal Evans's recording his organ in a hotel room overseas; and lastly, Scotty Hard's remixing "Objectify" to close out the album - a confluence of fortuitous forces. Bark then Bite is an album that demands to be heard. Not only do all of the collaborators lend their artistic genius and decades of experience across musical genres, but Candice proves herself a force who will make a definitive mark on a new decade of music, art and politics. Candice’s songwriting, with Joel Hamilton and Dub Trio’s embellishment, pushes the envelope with its infusion of funked up rock n roll and with her sexually-seductive politically-progressive lyrical content. Indeed, Candice Anitra defines herself as a singer-songwriter-alchemist. Her words turn life’s grist into gold. Amidst Candice’s progressive feminist angle is a sound producer Joel Hamilton references as
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