Ani Even drops debut LP ‘SKINWALKER’

Rising Copenhagen’s electronic underground sphere, Ani Even is the experimental alter ego of musician and performer Bror Lynge. Inspired by his North Atlantic heritage with ties to Greenland, the Faroe Islands and his homeland of Denmark, Ani Even distils a cross-cultural background where ancient memory meets progressive modern sound. His work stands at the crossroads between performance and ritual, offering an experience that’s as physical, emotional and thoroughly forward-thinking.

With his artistic output, he takes his audience into a transformative space where identity, emotion and pure power collide. Ani Even was born out of a combination of frustration and love, forged from a creative vision that’s primal and driven by an unrelenting curiosity. Using his voice as both an instrument and a weapon, he constructs intense, high-energy compositions built around driving rhythms and immersive synthscapes.

Before Ani Even took form, Bror Lynge’s musical journey began in a very different setting as a choirboy. That early exposure to harmony and sacred sound would later find its way into his work, reimagined through the lens of experimental electronics. His debut EP Flesh Palace, released in 2021, opened the first window into his fiercely original world via a project that explored emotion and identity in both earthly and spiritual dimensions. Since then he’s crafted an incredible catalogue of music across multiple singles, remixes and EPs while pairing ethereal beauty with industrial grit, framed in a sound that feels at once ancient and futuristic.

Through the lens of war, love, and personal transformation, he examines what it means to be human in an age of disconnection. His latest release, the debut full-length record titled SKINWALKER, offer the perfect snapshot of that journey across an eleven-track voyage through transformation, resistance and identity. Blending darkwave, industrial electronics, Nordic chants and immersive sound design, SKINWALKER presents a sound that’s equally sacred and subversive.

Opening with the ominous tones and eerie instrumental plucks on “Be With Me,” a dark atmosphere descends as dissonant plinks of piano and hushed vocal lines, quivering with emotion, furnish the piece with haunting aesthetic. “I Know That you Lie” arrives with a rhythmic kick that filters in before the pulsing buzz of synth ushers in Bror’s restrained vocal leads, casting a brooding slice of avant-garde synth pop music that flows through subtly catchy vibes before launching into a raucous cacophony of stomping beats, stacked synth elements and intense vocals.

The title track “Skinwalker” stutters into place with synth bass textures and expressive vocal leads with rumble above the rattle of percussion. Progressing with processed vocal elements and glitching rhythms, it’s a spectacular display of Ani Even’s highly creative sound and sound design panache. “It’s A Great Deal” steps into a vocal-focused arrangement where breathy shots form the rhythmic backdrop as Bror’s commanding leads out above.

Other highlights on the release comes with tracks like “Run” with its moody sound of hazy synth textures and steady, danceable beat capped by impassioned vocals as the track glides through a shifting soundscape full of twists and turns. “A Boy Who’s Crying” sets up a superb contrast between sonic murkiness and forward motion where acidic synth tones and soulful vocals form an engaging sound unlike any other.

“Djævlebørn” closes the album with whispered vocal layers and the surging swell of instrumentation, casting a ritualistic final moment that rolls with thumping rhythm and the impactful sound of chanted vocals and harsh synths. Coinciding with the album’s release, Ani Even will perform SKINWALKER in Brønshøj Vandtårn, a towering, cathedral-like water tower in Copenhagen, transforming it into a monumental experience in the perfect venue for an artist who exists in the space between myth and machine, darkness and light.

Listen to SKINWALKER below