biography

nadja is a duo of aidan baker & leah buckareff alternately based toronto, canada & berlin, germany. the duo makes music that encompasses experimental/drone, ambient, shoegazer, & doom metal. originally formed by baker in 2003 as a solo endeavour, buckareff joined in 2005 to bring nadja out of the studio & into a live setting. they have since released numerous albums w/ several different labels & have toured extensively in north america & europe.

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upcoming performances

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discography
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* = out of print or otherwise no longer available

white nights/drone fields (dvd) - beta-lactam ring records (forthcoming)
autopergamene - essence music (cd)
ruins of morning - substantia innominata (10")
pyramids with nadja - hydrahead records (cd)
under the jaguar sun - beta-lactam ring records (cd/2x12")
belles betes - beta-lactam ring records (cd/12")
clinging to the edge of the sky - vendetta/adagio380 records (12")*
when I see the sun always shines on tv - the end records (cd)
numbness - happy prince (cd)
thamogenesis/thaumoradiance - daymare records (2xcd)
trinitarian - important records (12")*
trembled - utech records (cd)*
trinity - die stadt musik (cd)
long dark twenties - anthem records (7")*
the bungled & the botched - consouling sounds (cd)* | blocks recording club (12")
desire in uneasiness - crucial blast (cd)
skin turns to glass - the end records (cd) | throne records (2x12" forthcoming)
thaumoradiance - archive records (cd)*
bliss torn from emptiness - profound lore records (cd)
thaumogenesis - archive records (cd)* | important records (2x12")
radiance of shadows -
alien8 recordings (cd) | conspiracy records (2x12")*
guilted by the sun - elevation recordings (cd)* | roadburn records (12")*
touched - alien8 recordings (cd) | conspiracy records (2x12")*
corrasion - foreshadow productions (cd) | basses frequences
bodycage - profound lore records (cd)* | equation records (2x12")*
truth becomes death - alien8 recordings (cd)* | conspiracy records (2x12")*

collaborations/splits

dominium visurgis - w/ troum - transgredient records
the life & death of a wasp - w/ovo - broken spine productions (cd) | vendetta/adagio380 records (12")
kodiak | nadja (cd/12") - denovali records
primitive north - w/ a storm of light (cd+2x12") - robotic empire
untitled - w/ black boned angel - 20 buck spin
infernal procession - w/ atavist & satori - cold spring
christ send light ep - w/ black boned angel - battlecruiser*
tumpisa 12" - w/ 5/5/2000 - accident prone records
magma to ice - w/ netherworld - fario
s/t - w/ fear falls burning - conspiracy records *
12012291920-1414101 - w/ atavist - invada records
we have departed the circle blissfully 12" - w/ fear falls burning - conspiracy records *
absorption - split w/ methadrone - nothingness records *
split - w/ moss - foreshadow productions *

compilations

fear drop 14 (cure tribute) - fear drop magazine
brainwaves festival night 1/part 1- brainwashed recordings
mind the gap vol 68 - gonzo circus
brainwaves - brainwashed recordings
foresee the shadows vol 1 - foreshadow productions
lagrimas de miedo #13 - parhelie - fear drop
shadows infinitim - crucial bliss
holiday masterpieces - blod records

online listening opportunities

myspace
last.fm
free music archive
pyramids with nadja
live in moscow 26/02/09
radiance of shadows
live at suoni per il popolo festival
corrasion
touched
truth becomes death

photos

drawing my matt smith

photo by guylaine bedard

photo by airleth aodhfin

photo by lars brinkmann