Anetha’s latest album ‘Mothearth’ marks a significant milestone in her career, celebrating her decade-long journey in the music industry and the fifth anniversary of her label ‘Mama Told Ya’. This landmark release, featuring 2 vinyls and 10 tracks, showcases her musical prowess and critical insights into the industry and society. Freed from traditional codes, this post-club album is a bold statement of artistic revelation and self-expression, exploring the full spectrum of electronic music.
Congratulations! MTY-010 – ‘Mothearth’ celebrates your decade in music and the Label’s Fifth Anniversary with its 12th Release. It sounds like an intense journey you have been through. How does it feel to you?
It feels correct. It’s been a long and challenging journey, but I feel grounded and strong. I owe a big thank you to my team for their support and to the fans for their love of course. But everything is falling into place perfectly, as if it’s all happening at the right time. I am where I need to be.
Could you tell us more about the process behind this massive project which includes 10 tracks and two vinyls and trying to explore the wide, if not entire, spectrum of electronic music?
I always play lots of different styles of music in my set and I also wanted to show this in my production – that’s why I didn’t want to restrict myself with a 4 tracks EP and why I decided to go for a full album and try to create some sort of journey in this LP, much like a set actually. I created most of it during a few “isolation trips” in an eco-lodge in the Landes (in the South-West of France), where I felt connected to nature – which is probably why the sounds of the album are super organic as well
‘Mothearth’ is an intriguing name you have picked. Why you have chosen it and what’s the meaning of it summing up the story behind your inaugural solo album?
Yes it is! I had so many things to say that only a new word could help me describe what I had in mind. At first sight it’s the contraction between Mother and Earth, Mother Earth… I wanted to express myself, whether as an artist, as a woman, as a mother, as a human on this Earth. It all came together in one word, and it worked well, so well that it’s almost a mantra to me now!
Obviously, there is also a little nod to my label Mama told ya and my agency Mama loves ya in Mothearth. But you’ll also find “Art”, “Hearth” or even “Moth” – and I must say that I experienced this album production like a chrysalis and its release like a new birth.
One of the peak time tracks has the name “Sorry for being so sexy” and it touches the subject of the struggle a lot of women in the music industry are dealing with. How do you personally relate to this and how do you see the future for fighting the cliché female artists are fighting to detonate?
I believed that becoming a bigger female artist would put an end to this nightmare, but it only revealed the problem in new ways and deeper layers. This made me realise it was truly crazy systemic. That’s why I decided to speak out. The album is one of my ways of raising awareness about the issue. I don’t know how things will unfold, but I have faith in my sisters and peers to dismantle the patriarchy <3
It’s been a while since the release. How is the feedback for you personally so far and are you happy with it?
I am beyond happy. I had so much good feedback from the fans and from the industry. I’ve got lots of people showing some love during the album tour, or on socials. Even if the album is done now, I do have the feeling that we haven’t seen the end of «Mothearth» yet. I’m working now on a video clip for one of the tracks of the album, and also, I’m thinking of a Live AV now as I do feel I’ve found my voice.
Listen to the rest of her album ‘Mothearth’ and more here
Team Credits:
Photographer: Mélissa De Araujo // @melissadearaujo
Stylist: Elena Mottola // @elenamottola
Hair: Gabriel De Fries // @gabrieldefries
Makeup: Mantis Leprêtre // @mantislepretre
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