Press
Welcome to my press page. Below you can listen to the music which is split into two genres: electronica and acoustic. You will also find quotes/reviews, picture downloads, and contact information. The MUSIC and ABOUT pages have more detailed music and artist information.
I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page for any press inquires. Enjoy!
I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page for any press inquires. Enjoy!
What people are saying
Media Coverage And Interviews
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"COOKING WITH CREATIVES" with SPENCER ARIAS | Nov 10, 2020
"You already know what you want to do with your music, so listen to your inner voice and follow your soul-calling."
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TRAEUMEN UND MACHEN PODCAST WITH DANIEL RIETH | Aug 2020
"That’s the beautiful thing about courage and naivety. You don’t know that you can’t, so you just do it."
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"It seems that just by listening to FIRE, you can grow in consciousness."
-Elisabeth Karsten, Gods of Balance |
Reviews
"I’m blown away by your voice. The album is pure dopeness. So amazed!" - Alex V., RTL
"Sensual, spiritual and subliminal with positivity" - AKAPearlofagirl, Tumblr Influencer
"Listening to music that possibly opens new neural pathways and new lines of thinking is surely a good thing. Especially if it has such a highly sophisticated quality to it. It literally makes you think and feel in new directions." - Elisabeth Karsten, Author
"Sensual, spiritual and subliminal with positivity" - AKAPearlofagirl, Tumblr Influencer
"Listening to music that possibly opens new neural pathways and new lines of thinking is surely a good thing. Especially if it has such a highly sophisticated quality to it. It literally makes you think and feel in new directions." - Elisabeth Karsten, Author
Playlists: Featured on
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LISTEN
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Exquisite Electronica
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Acoustic Magic
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Selected videos
Original songs
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COVERS
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BIO
Across the vast seas of classical music, through the lush forests of folk and pop, and up the enduring mountain of downtempo ambient electronica, you will find IOKOKANOA. Her music is characterized by its rich, vibrant vocal harmonies, orchestral instrumental-synth arrangements, deep bass-lines, and beautiful words.
IOKOKANOA’s journey started over 20 years ago as an opera singer, and though she experienced and performed some of the greatest vocal operatic and song masterpieces of all time, there was a deep sensation, a constant drumming within telling her to walk a different path. In 2010 she came upon the first fork in the road and began her departure from an opera-focused career. She started writing her own music and committed to making her way up the mountain of her soul.
After 10 years of exploring and expressing, including a move from the United States to Berlin, Germany, she arrived in the divine chamber of her truest soul expression - and this is what you are hearing now - IOKOKANOA.
It goes without saying that love and gratitude are core “non-musical” elements to IOKOKANOA’s expression. She utilizes her deep connection to inner and outer worlds to feel the space from which the music comes, and uses this feeling of vastness to guide her in composing.
IOKOKANOA studied classical voice at San Jose State University (Bachelor of Music) and the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Masters of Music).
“I feel extremely lucky to have my foundation in classical music. My training and experience allowed me to refine the voice as an instrument which today enables me to express myself freely, with transparency and nuance. The classical training also provided me with a deep intuitive understanding of how music functions, how it is created, and what it, in its clearest form, can communicate to the listener. From that starting point I was able to branch out and find my own creative voice, which ended up pulling me away from opera and towards my own compositions. When I'm writing, I know the music is in its individual perfection when I feel simultaneously lost and at home. When the acoustic world created transports me to other places I was not expecting, yet I feel at peace, I know it’s right. I have a deep understanding that this music has a life, a Gestalt, of its own. It is its own being and once created, will live a life of its own, beyond me. I bow to that and am thankful to be able to create something that I find so beautiful.”
Her debut EP ‘FIRE’ was released on September 24, 2019.
IOKOKANOA’s journey started over 20 years ago as an opera singer, and though she experienced and performed some of the greatest vocal operatic and song masterpieces of all time, there was a deep sensation, a constant drumming within telling her to walk a different path. In 2010 she came upon the first fork in the road and began her departure from an opera-focused career. She started writing her own music and committed to making her way up the mountain of her soul.
After 10 years of exploring and expressing, including a move from the United States to Berlin, Germany, she arrived in the divine chamber of her truest soul expression - and this is what you are hearing now - IOKOKANOA.
It goes without saying that love and gratitude are core “non-musical” elements to IOKOKANOA’s expression. She utilizes her deep connection to inner and outer worlds to feel the space from which the music comes, and uses this feeling of vastness to guide her in composing.
IOKOKANOA studied classical voice at San Jose State University (Bachelor of Music) and the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Masters of Music).
“I feel extremely lucky to have my foundation in classical music. My training and experience allowed me to refine the voice as an instrument which today enables me to express myself freely, with transparency and nuance. The classical training also provided me with a deep intuitive understanding of how music functions, how it is created, and what it, in its clearest form, can communicate to the listener. From that starting point I was able to branch out and find my own creative voice, which ended up pulling me away from opera and towards my own compositions. When I'm writing, I know the music is in its individual perfection when I feel simultaneously lost and at home. When the acoustic world created transports me to other places I was not expecting, yet I feel at peace, I know it’s right. I have a deep understanding that this music has a life, a Gestalt, of its own. It is its own being and once created, will live a life of its own, beyond me. I bow to that and am thankful to be able to create something that I find so beautiful.”
Her debut EP ‘FIRE’ was released on September 24, 2019.
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PRESS CONTACT
For all inquiries contact IOKOKANOA: iokokanoa (at) gmail (dot) com
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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