"Any, a Vancouver-born musical artist and harpist of Greek descent, was suffering from urban fatigue after years of "unaffordable rents, sad pay checks, fighting for housing, fighting for work, no time or money to work on art". In 2020, she moved to Crete, Greece's southernmost island, finding a rundown house in a small village near the sea and the mountains."
"The EP is born from the creative rituals Any established in Crete; its DNA is formed from the slower pace of life and a renewed connection with nature. "Most of the ideas came from walking down the same path every day and watching the changes of nature as they took place gradually through the seasons," she tells us. "It was interesting to see how the experience of time informed the process of music."
Any moved from Vancouver to Crete in 2020, settling in a small coastal village and renovating a rundown house with mid-century furniture, solar panels, a solar boiler and wood stoves. Any built a home studio and began composing songs that became the debut EP Mega Mercy, produced by a longtime friend and musical counterpart. The EP blends ambient and electro-acoustic textures, instrumental harp, leftfield pop elements, haunting field recordings and audio artefacts. The music arose from daily walks, seasonal observation and a slower pace of life, with the experience of time informing compositional process and sound design.
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