Drekka is primarily the work of Michael Anderson. He has recorded music and experimental projects, under various monikers, since 1986. In 1996, he took up the drekka- moniker for himself as he lost a friend, gained another and and decided to pack up and move from Boston to Chicago.

Eversince, Drekka has toured extensively in Europe as well as the US (with like-minded artists such as Jessica Bailiff, Iditarod, In Gowan Ring, Annelies Monseré, Rivulets, Stone Breath, Vollmar… along with an occasional rotating cast of characters primarily drawn from the Day2 Alliance - a community and collective of artists, labels, musicians and filmmakers.

Anderson also runs bluesanct, responsible for releases by Black forest/black sea, Boduf Songs, Cindytalk, Iditarod, In Gowan Ring, Low, Pantaleimon… and many more. he also is/was a member of turn pale, the stuffings, vir, lovesliecrushing... a

Q: - What's the most accurate description you've heard of Drekka?
Drekka: - My friend Thax Douglas, a noted poet in Chicago, once told me that he liked to listen to Drekka with the windows open in his small apartment which is right by a busy intersection. He liked how the music changed every time, depending on the time of day & amount of traffic outside. Another person told me at a show that he kept trying to concentrate on the show, but found himself staring at the ceiling thinking about something he hadn't ever thought about before. Both of those are nice descriptions. -- QRD magazine





drekka: "Collected works vol. 1"
2cd - released november 2009

Drekka has been a long-standing record collectors nightmare; a case that is now rectified with this collection of varied and widespread orphans. A hushed, cinematic, ambient, ethereal-folk. at times discordant and menacing, more often communicative and inviting.

10 € / + 14 us$

-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: L+S²=? (4'18)


karina esp/circle bros/drekka: "hibernation"
10 " - released november 2008

the result of a long recording session one winter evening, edited to fiton one single 10". hibernation is the sound of three similar acts from over the globe, putting their sounds together before taking another long break.

10€ / + 13 us$

-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: 278a (2'10)
-> karina esp bandpage
-> Circle Brothers bandpage

"Hilversum nov3"
3" cdr - released november 2005

tracks by annelies monseré, soccer committee, drekka and vollmar, all recorded live at a houseshow in the morc headquarters in hilversum on a chilly evening in fall 2005. 2nd chance for all you who couldn't make it.

-> sold out! contact us for details on where you might still find a copy
-> klick on cover for details
-> band details page
drekka: "icelandic for beginners vol.3"
tape - released september 10th 2005

collection of two radiosessions, showing two sides of what drekka is about. the a-side is more focussed on vocals, the b-side on sound collages, with both hits and obscure material. For fans of angels of light, jandek, third eye foundation and flying saucer attack.

3€/ + 5$

-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: camera (4'16)
drekka: "howl on wind tour ep"
3" cdr - released october 22nd 2004

5 new tracks, pretty much song oriented - including covers of damien jurado and annelies monsere. lofi folksongs, sometimes distored but at all times fractured. third part in 'une série pour gagner de l'argent'

3€/ + 5$

-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: howl untill the end of the world (4'42)
drekka: "tracking shot"
7" ep - released march 2004

a four-sided 7"by drekka, both 33 and 45 rpm, clocking at more than 20 minutes! "tracking shot (wide)" is a very remarkable record, and is limited to 51 copies - for those who love swans' 'soundtracks for the blind'

-> sold out!
-> klick on cover for details




extractioning - cd
bluesanct 075
take care to fall - cd
bluesanct 029

glacial dreaming
split single with jessica bailiff and rivulets
honespidertree 01
split single with fuscillage bluesanct 030
split single with octal 7" bluesanct 024

hand/eye 2cd
also feat. Amps For Christ, Alasdair Roberts, Acid Mothers Temple, Pelt, Kemialliset Ystävät...
hand/eye 010
sculpting from drake cd
also feat. archer prewit, northern song dynasty, electroscope with zurich, ray speedway...
elsie and jack 10
rewriting the book 2cd
also feat brume, the remote viewer, v/vm, merzbow, hood, aube, steward, volcano the bear...
elsie and jack 09
galactic zoo dossier #5 zine + cd other bands
also feat The Goblins, Metalux, Bevis Frond w/Abunai!, Bardo Pond...
drag city 207



official website:
http://www.bluesanct.com/bands/drekka/

myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/drekka