Annika Henderson
- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Anika (Annika Henderson) is an artist who defies easy categorization-a sonic alchemist weaving together dub, post-punk, and psychedelia with flashes of drum & bass, all anchored by her striking voice and confrontational lyricism. Formerly a journalist, she brings a sharp, observational depth to her music, which oscillates between rebellion and release. Her latest album, Abyss, is a raw response to the chaos of our times.
She is a founding member of Mexican psych-band Exploded View (Sacred Bones), and has worked across the arts with the likes of film director Jim Jarmusch (co-writing the soundtrack to his latest film 'Father, Mother, Brother, Sister', 2025), Tricky (Massive Attack), punk legend Gudrun Gut (Malaria!), Shackleton (a full album, 'Behind the Glass', 2017), performance artist Melanie Jame Wolf, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Soundwalk Collective (On the 2024 album, 'It's All Breaking Apart' with Elvin Brandhi, Gudrun Gut and Nina Kraviz), n.b.k gallery Berlin, Clark (Anika features on 2023 song "Sus Dog"), computer programmer Raoul Sanders/A.I (The Writing Robot. 2017), fashion house Jil Sander and artist Philipp Geist, composing and performing a live soundscape for a light installation in Tehran, IR, in 2015. Her latest releases include the hopeful pop-indie album 'Change' (2021), a video art experiment called 'Anika - Alone In The City', in collaboration with n.b.k gallery in Berlin (2021), and her guitar, synth driven psychedelic experimental live album 'Eat Liquid' (live recording from Zeiss Planetarium, Berlin 2023).
In 2025 she released her third solo studio LP under the name Anika, entitled 'Abyss' on Sacred Bones and is touring extensively.
She is a founding member of Mexican psych-band Exploded View (Sacred Bones), and has worked across the arts with the likes of film director Jim Jarmusch (co-writing the soundtrack to his latest film 'Father, Mother, Brother, Sister', 2025), Tricky (Massive Attack), punk legend Gudrun Gut (Malaria!), Shackleton (a full album, 'Behind the Glass', 2017), performance artist Melanie Jame Wolf, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Soundwalk Collective (On the 2024 album, 'It's All Breaking Apart' with Elvin Brandhi, Gudrun Gut and Nina Kraviz), n.b.k gallery Berlin, Clark (Anika features on 2023 song "Sus Dog"), computer programmer Raoul Sanders/A.I (The Writing Robot. 2017), fashion house Jil Sander and artist Philipp Geist, composing and performing a live soundscape for a light installation in Tehran, IR, in 2015. Her latest releases include the hopeful pop-indie album 'Change' (2021), a video art experiment called 'Anika - Alone In The City', in collaboration with n.b.k gallery in Berlin (2021), and her guitar, synth driven psychedelic experimental live album 'Eat Liquid' (live recording from Zeiss Planetarium, Berlin 2023).
In 2025 she released her third solo studio LP under the name Anika, entitled 'Abyss' on Sacred Bones and is touring extensively.
