“Anikiko can fuse words and melody with that magical ease desired by many, but given to few. Her songs elude easy genre categories, ranging in style from Billie Holiday to Bjork – with a tantilising note of otherness from the singer’s Czech heritage. Anikiko’s voice has the smokiness of a jazz singe’s but she can also unfurl a purity of tine to woo the cherubium, as she does on a lullaby, Andelicku. Stunning.” F. Merson, Limelight Magazine January 2011.
This unique and quirky musician brings her entire being to the stage with every show. Always the performer, AniKiko teasingly plays with the audience, inviting them to experience and share in every moment. Her presence, her words and melodies paint pictures you can actually see, touch and smell. Her genre-bending style leaves no stone unturned a she takes listeners on their own journey.
Following two EP releases this year, AniKiko is moving at an exceptional pace and showing us just how her dreams and reality are coming together.
Giving Bjork and Portishead a run for their money, the quirky and sensuous AniKiko delivers each word and sound with conviction. Not only has she given her original work a vigorous schedule, she has been a vocal delight performing Sydney’s most prestigious clubs Hemmesphere, Opera, Hilton Zeta Bar, The Ivy level 6 private bar and Boat Cruise SHE parties, Hed Kandi releases in August 2011 and performing with top house DJ’s spinning beats to her improvised vocal gymnastics.
Her repertoire of performances also include festivals such as Peats Ridge, Blues festival, Bondi festival, Newtown Festival, Mind Body Spirit Festival as well as touring Japan and Prague Music festival. Anikiko has also been the entertainment for special events such as FHM 150th birthday issue, Free the Orangutans for Borneo Foundation, BRW 100 top rich list events and after parties for touring artists such as Jon Bon Jovi and Guns ‘n’ Roses.
AniKiko’s album is dedicated to listeners and artists everywhere who like the singer are inspired by life and the challenges of transforming dreams into reality. Named after the ever present Fibonacci pattern that inspires nature, AniKiko’s new album is similarly structured with cleverly crafted songwriting, from an innately inspired state, juxtaposing curious beauty with soulful melodies and her unique production style.
The release of her first music clip for “Like No Other” – a song is dedicated to her father, Jiri Neradilek who inspires and influences much of AniKiko’s music, and who performs all her trumpeting, is sure to be a highlight on launch night. Created by cinematographer Matthew Horrex and Danalee Mierowsky and produced by Antinutt Productions, the clip is already causing industry professionals to double take.
“AniKiko is not only multi talented but incredibly diligent, self motivated and ambitious. In my opinion Ani has undoubtedly the potential to become a household name, not only in Australia but World Wide,” says James Shipstone Former Managing Director, BMG Music Publishing Australia/ New Zealand.