A.N.K.A.
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A.N.K.A. in a metallic pink-lilac bomber jacket and pink gloves in a neon corridor, a rainbow audio waveform glowing behind her

A Name Kept Alive

A.N.K.A.

A NameKept Alive

A.N.K.A. music and art. east berlin.
songs, images, cover worlds. real story.
growing up in the east. the wall comes down. the west arrives.
a name that keeps the time alive.

Project file / songs and images by A.N.K.A.

Audio LabRead project

01 / Music

Music

every song, cut to the middle. hook in the centre, fade in, fade out.

press play. one plays, the rest go quiet.

Still from the visual track Where did all my years go?
VCR Afterdark

Where did all my years go?

glass. thumb. blue light.
nothing in. nothing out. time gone anyway.
00:00 / 01:57
Cover artwork for Electric Afterglow
VCR Afterdark

Electric Afterglow

feat. Élan McQueen. neon. longing. afterglow.SpotifyApple Music
00:00 / 02:10
Cover artwork for Steigerdance: a miner in pink gloves underground
Don’t touch my Hair!

Steigerdance

glück auf, on techno.
hymn in. kick out.
the steiger walks into the rave.
00:00 / 01:39
Cover artwork for Plattenbau
Plattenbau

Ostberlin 1994

concrete. window light. tape hiss. east berlin, 94.
00:00 / 01:51

02 / Projects

Projects

three worlds. one name.

each project keeps its own songs. all of them live in music too.

03 / Audio Lab

Ring Mod

press play.

the circle listens.

real tracks go in. color, pressure, movement come back.

steigerdance. from “don’t touch my hair!”.

04 / Visual Archive

Visuals

visual archive. still filling. new images, cover worlds, scenes. chapter by chapter.

Portraitthe face of the project. berlin. neon. now.
Ostberlin 1994plattenbau cover world. concrete. window light. tape hiss.
where did all my years go?first visual track. glass, thumb, blue light.

05 / FAQ

FAQ

What is A.N.K.A.?

A.N.K.A. is a real music and art project from East Berlin, working in synth-pop and electronic. It makes songs, images and cover worlds. The name stands for A Name Kept Alive.

Where is A.N.K.A. from?

East Berlin, Germany.

What has A.N.K.A. released?

The first single, Electric Afterglow (Élan McQueen Remix), is out on Spotify and Apple Music. More songs and chapters, VCR Afterdark, Don’t touch my Hair! and Plattenbau, follow release by release.

Where can I listen to A.N.K.A.?

On Spotify and Apple Music. You can follow A.N.K.A. on Instagram and TikTok.

What does the name A.N.K.A. mean?

A Name Kept Alive.

06 / A.N.K.A.

A Name Kept Alive

A.N.K.A. grows chapter by chapter.

each one: songs, images, a piece of the story.

the first chapter. not the finished story.