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FEATURED ARTIST - 01 | March | 2024

EMMI IIDA is finally unveiling her dreamy debut album, The Eye, on the 22nd of February 2024 via EFG Records. The songs in the project were written by EMMI herself and co-written and produced by Jessica Sharman, while the album was mixed & mastered by Femke Weidema.

EMMI IIDA is a multi-modal creative - a visual artist, holistic interior architect & musician, carving a unique space for herself in the music industry. EMMI IIDA has received support from distinguished publications and stations such as METAL Magazine, CLASH Magazine, NOCTIS Mag, Earmilk, BBC 6’s Craig Charles and RTÉ 2FM.

Born in Hollola, Finland, EMMI IIDA began playing the piano at 5 years old. She spent her early years in a musical elementary school, singing in a choir and in an acapella band, performing her first solo in front of a crowd at 9. This

early exposure to music had her singing in front of the TV

and making her own songs constantly. In her search to

continually create and express in unlimited forms,

she founded her own company EFG Productions, as

well as EFG Records, a record label focusing on

drawing out holistic wellbeing with healing

frequencies.

The Eye is a 14-track odyssey through

EMMI IIDA’s sonic galaxy of ideas and

feelings. Exploring themes of

self-actualization, intimacy, cosmic

meaning, love, empowerment and

spirituality, EMMI’s lyrics are rich and

inspiring. Her smooth, ethereal vocal

delivery both spoken and sung

-brings these concepts to life with

meditative ease and powerful

passion. The sonic tale is vibrantly

told: crisp, reverberant, trippy

production that defies genres glues

the project together, while each

track’s mood and energy is distinct

with ample flavour and variety. From

the downtempo trippy chillhop of

‘Higher Self’ to the pulsing, sultry

spoken word vocal fry of ‘Trinity’ to the

avant-pop anthem focus track ‘Our

Love’, featuring tender rap verses and

vocals from Bryce Green, The Eye offers

the listener a deeply spiritual sonic

experience.

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