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Novika

tricks of life

About Me

Vocalist, song writer and radio dj. Very active on the music scene for over 8 years. As a vocalist she's known for her numerous collaborations which were compiled on the album "Feat. Novika" (Sissy, 2004) and the band Futro. In 2006 Novika released her first vinyl - Finally EP through her own label Beats Friendly Records. It was recorded with very talented Polish producers including Jacek Sienkiewicz and The Innocent Sorcerers. Their track "Finally" was played by Gilles Peterson and appeared on several compilations including "The Trip" by Tom Middleton. Beats Friendly is also a dj-collective set up by Novika. They play together around Poland and release music (Friendly Beats Compilations, Rawski & Novika). In October 2006 Novika released her proper debut solo album entitled "TRICKS OF LIFE" (Kayax Label) and is working on a new one. Novika has also been a radio presenter for years. Starting from Radiostacja, through Jazz Radio, nation-wide Radio BIS, she now moved to Roxy.fm. She hosts Miastosfera with Lexus (Wednesday 10 pm) and Lazy Sunday (Sun, 10 pm). She has also supported Polish artists through compilations ("Radio Leniwa Niedziela", Sissy 2002, "Polskie Leniwe", Kayax 2005). ..
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My Interests

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Member Since: 4/16/2006
Band Website: novika.pl
Band Members:
Influences: all the people who sing, play and produce with real emotion, including... Roisin Murphy, Lou Rhodes, PJ Harvey, Jamie Lidell, Joe Dukie, Outlines, Ben Westbeech, Deadbeat, Four Tet, Henrik Schwarz
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Beats Friendly Records / Kayax
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wilsonic Festival sooo soon

I'm so excited to play at this year's Wilsonic Festival, I just can't wait to go. I'm playling with my band and Little Dragon with lovely Yukimi comes after, then Bonobo and Raz Ohara. Can't image a b...
Posted by Novika on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:14:00 PST

long silence

Someone asked if there's gonna be another post. Can't imagine a better date than 1st of May. And it's high time to update those who are interested .. silly to write in English when there are mainly Po...
Posted by Novika on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

New tracks new album

There are now three new tracks on my profile. They come from my debut solo album "Tricks Of Life". It's beed released only in Poland so far (by Kayax label) but I'd love to release it for Europe as we...
Posted by Novika on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:29:00 PST

Finally played by Gilles & on Tom Middleton's compilation

Just a few words to share my little success with you:) On 10th September Gilles Peterson played "Finally" (Innocent Sorcerers Mix) in his much loved & respected Worldwide show. He came to Warsaw t...
Posted by Novika on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:00:00 PST