photo by Eugene Tang
Anna Johnson’s hypnotic, devotional sonic landscapes are drawn from explorations of voice and electroacoustic instrumentation. Her sound weaves medieval-influenced vocal melodies, chants, and choral layering with ethereal synthesizer atmospheres, heavy drone textures, and forays into experimental pop. She relies on improvisation, with a meandering, fluid sense of embodied time.
Performance at Red Eye Theater’s 2019 New Works 4 Weeks Festival, the Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN
BELLA YAGA
Electric folk ensemble that performed hybrids of music and image-driven theatre. Based in Minneapolis from 2016-2020 and directed by Anna Johnson, featuring musicians Alana Horton, Alia Jeraj, Anna Johnson, Joni Griffith, and Peter Morrow, with a rotation of guest performers in theatrical productions.
The group’s debut album Slipped From A Subtle Skin was released in 2018, alongside a series of music videos
MICROVIOLET
An improvisational dronepop collaboration between Anna Johnson and Matt Rahaim.
The album Accident Party was recorded over Zoom and in a backyard between 2020 and 2021. Available on bandcamp