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Anja Plaschg, alias Soap & Skin, goes on tour again. It looks as if she had just stepped down from the stage, so she is already starting to look after. Her joy of playing will take five concerts to German realms in October – presented by MusikExpress.
It starts on October 17, 2025 in Cologne, one day later he was Heidelberg and on the following Munich. She will play in Leipzig on October 21st and the next day the tour end will take place in the capital.
SOAP & SKIN LIVE 2025: Overview of concert dates:
- 17.10. Cologne, Theater am Tanzbrunnen
- 18.10 Heidelberg, Enjoy Jazz Festival
- 19.10 Munich, Werk7
- 21.10. Leipzig, Peterskirche
- 22.10. Berlin, Berghain
More about Torso
The Austrian will surely perform some tracks of her still current record Torso (publication on November 22, 2024) live. The theme of the album: Soap & Skin Covert Pop classic.
ME author Thomas Winkler wrote about the work, among other things: “Real, this is” Voyage, Voyage “? But yes, you should recognize them by the text. You would not have thought of the melody’s introduction. With the help of cello and trombones, the French-Pop classic mutates from a slightly melancholic synth hit into a tramic complaint. A fundamental renovation that SOAP & Skin has been in focusing on foreign songs from time to time, but Anja Plaschg is now gathering old and new cover versions on album length for the first time. Velvet Undergrounds already very worn in the original “Pale Blue Eyes”, which the Austrian musician moves into the nave by organ arrangement, and “The End” of the doors are even very easy to recognize, but are sunk deep into the cafet. “
And further: “Also for Cat Powers” Maybe not “, David Bowies” Girl Loves Me “, Lana del Rey’s” Gods & Monsters “or Tom Waits'” Johnsburg, Illinois “Plaschg reduces the instrumentation to a minimum, lets the piano clumsy, creep over a horn or click on the voice, which is still voice Excluding melody can gain new aspects. How self -confident the singer Anja Plaschg is now shows that she is committed to “Born to loose”, does not change mood and arrangement at all – and then stand up to Shirley Bassey. “