Miss Kaninna / Kaninna LP Vinyl + Poster
Miss Kaninna 'Kaninna' LP Vinyl + Poster
Proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali woman & multi-award-winning Naarm/Melb-via- lutriwita/Tasmania artist MISS KANINNA (she/her) - who now counts Kelis and Amyl & the Sniffers among her many supporters - has unveiled her internationally-anticipated debut EP KANINNA (20 September).
A slick, confident body of work that serves to challenge social perceptions of Aboriginal music - using her "powerful voice" (Complex) to explore freedom, sexuality and reassertion of dominance atop irresistibly tight production that moves fluidly across hip-hop, pop, R&B, soul, funk and beyond; KANINNA is aptly named for its creator as the culmination of Miss Kaninna's whirlwind 16-month career in music. It arrives alongside her addition to the final Bluesfest lineup, plus award nominations via the Music Victoria Awards (Best Song/Track - Pinnacle Bitch - her second nomination in the category and third overall) & the Corner Award 2024; ahead of her debut headline tour in November supported by triple j as well as performances at Listen Out, supporting Hiatus Kaiyote & Thelma Plum.
KANINNA - featuring singles 'Blak Britney', 'Pinnacle Bitch', 'PushUp' & 'Dawg In Me' plus focus track 'Friends'.
The KANINNA EP reflects the music Miss Kaninna grew up loving: from hip-hop, rap, R&B and pop with touches of Amapiano, Afrobeats, Reggaetón and Middle Eastern influences thanks to a fruitful collaboration with producer YAOB (Dean Brady, KYE, Adrian Eagle), with additional production via Finn Rees (Close Counters) and Jack McLaine (Vagabon, Medhanit). Exploring freedom, sexuality and reassertion of dominance, each track acts as a "theme song" for a feeling captured in time, from revenge ('Dawg In Me'), love and lust ('Push Up', 'Friends') to empowerment ('Blak Britney', 'Pinnacle Bitch') and, as Miss Kaninna admits, "cheeky bullshit" ('Kush'). With the artist's staunch anti-colonial message never far away, KANINNA challenges social perceptions of Aboriginal music, inviting listeners to expand their understandings - "I believe I absolutely have the capability of creating powerful political music that liberates the people, but I also have the capability to create music that just makes you feel good. Not all our music has to have trauma at the heart of it - we deserve to feel good about ourselves," she shares of her "Black pop" - reclaiming full use of the word 'Black' (rather than 'Blak') to "Collectively refer to Black & Indigenous people globally rather than setting Aboriginal people apart & diluting their Blackness."
Miss Kaninna adds, "Working with Jacob (Farah - aka YAOB) has been an incredible experience- as two Black artists, we wanted to deliver music that has the potential to stand up against international acts, music that feels good, music for our communities and music we wanna listen to." In this same spirit, she recently featured on Gomeroi / Wodi Wodi man and artist Kobie Dee's 'Lifetime' - with a co-headline show between the two also announced as part of his EP launch tour.
Tracklisting:
1. Blak Britney
2. Dawg In Me
3. Friends
4. Push Up
5. Kush
6. Pinnacle Bitch
