Elika
Trying Got Us Nowhere (CD, 2008)
Fiercely Indie (UK)

1. The Whip
2. Nowhere
3. To The End
4. Confidence Killed My Spirit
5. Let Down
6. They'll Hate Us
7. Eliana

Elika’s debut album ‘Trying Got Us Nowhere’was recorded, mixed & produced in Los Angeles in July 2007 by Jason Martin ofStarflyer 59 fame. Whilst working with Elika,Jason commented: “These kids are so good,they could battle the sun.”

Released onMonday 18th February to coincide with theBritish tour, this album is Elika’s first release onFiercely Independent Records, a UK-basedindependent record label.

Formed in New York in 2005 by Evagelia Maraveliasand Brian Wenckebach, Elika describe their dreamymusic as “blissed-out ambience with head-nodding beats that range from Downtempo to Trance to IDM.” They mix spacey female vocals with gauzy,textured guitars, field recordings, and crisp drumprogramming to create incredibly visual songs with the atmosphere of childhood and layers of detail.Describing their influences, Eva and Brian include Slowdive and Boards of Canada combined with elements from My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin,and Flying Saucer Attack.

Brooklyn based duo Elika will commence their firstUK tour at The Louisiana in Bristol on Saturday 16th February. The tour will include London venuesIndustry and The Windmill, as well as incorporating an album launch party in Plymouth on 21stFebruary. Elika will be performing alongside world-renowned electronic composer Ulrich Schnauss, aswell as Arthur & Martha, Exit Calm, Sennen, EatLights Become Lights, Dawn Chorus Ignites AspenWoods and Winterlight.“Elika from Brooklyn—an incrediblyexciting, radical fusion of shoegaze andelectronica elements.” - Ulrich Schnauss