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Anava

A lonely kid who grew up searching for answers to questions most people would rather not ask, she quickly figured she would have to be her own teacher… and no single field of discipline could unlock all the doors.

She devoted most of her childhood/teenage years delving deep within her own mind and psyche, to explore the depths of conscious and subconscious psychology in an attempt to understand the world by making sense of herself first.

Anava is an independent South African artist who blends music, story, art and archetypes to create a world where listeners and viewers can become visitors, who will always be welcomed with open arms.

Intuition led to Psychology. Psychology led to Spirituality. Spirituality led to Faith. Faith led to Expansion. Expansion led to Metaphysics. Metaphysics led to Quantum theories. Quantum theories led to complex frameworks… Every thread connected to another and looping to the same conclusion, over and over and over and over….

Anava can mostly be found on YouTube, calling out to others that share her mind and heart, whom she knows exist, but rarely gets the honour of coming across in the wild.

In her own words, she’s trying to build the kind of community she has always dreamed of, but never been accepted into.

A letter from Anava:

Dear reader,

I don’t know how you got here… or why you stayed long enough to read this, but I’m glad you did.

This site isn’t just a portfolio or a storefront. It’s where I have chosen to place the parts of a project I have carried quietly for years… in fragments, in notebooks, in spare moments between jobs.

Some of the lyrics you’ll eventually hear were written when I was 14.

I’m 26 now.

For a long time, this was meant to be a full musical series - nine characters, scripted arcs, high production, something I’d pitch to real people with real budgets.

Then I decided to do it all myself and post it to YouTube.

But both options would have taken far too long.

So I turned it into a concept album.

It’s finished when it’s shared… and that is what this space is for.

The album tells a story of awakening… not in a linear way, but layered, symbolic… resonant and recursive.

Each song has its own visual artwork (designed with intent), and throughout you will find symbols that you can decode for extra meaning. There are keys hidden everywhere. Not everyone will care, but the right ones will.

Once released, the songs will be made available for others to use - remix them, build on them, even profit from them (except for my vocals). I want this to become something collaborative and bigger than myself.

Eventually, I would love to stage it as a live show or reimagine it as a community-recorded album.

But before any of that happens, this is the beginning.

Right now, this site holds:

  • A way to donate toward completing the album

  • A small shop for readings, calls, and limited merch that will be discontinued once the album drops

  • And the space that will soon hold the songs, the riddle, the keys, and whatever comes next.

I’ve been making this for years.

I’m not done. But I’m ready.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you, for everything.

All my love,

-Anava