I love to create my songs with other musicians, and Hayden took this song to a whole other level! Usually playing this slowly, softly, at a piano.... This was about the second time we tried our collab with the guitar. Many thanks to Hayden!

A song written in my home language, Dutch. It is about the repeat of everyday life, and how life is so much more FUN when we are a little different, and do a little different. The name of this song is Anders Zijn, meaning "being different". All my songs are self-written in both harmony, chords as text. Big thank you to Michael De Wit, who recorded this song in Suurbraak, South Africa. Check out more songs & stories at www.anoukanansi.com/spiritsongs With love Anouk Anansi

In January 2024, I felt blessed to open the Open Mic at Louvain Burn, my favorite small festival here in the Western Cape, South Africa. Joined by talented artists and friends like Marko and Dave Knowles, I shared my song Just One You with the audience.

This song 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 is written months back, but for the first time playing this one on the piano. For many years, learning to play piano has been on my list of New Years Intentions. End of last year I bought a little keyboard for in my caravan, but unfortunately, it is far away now... Feeling very blessed with this beautiful piano in my house in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Still very new on the keys, but enjoying it much, I like to share it with you... ♡ Videos & Photographs through Pexels ♡ • • • • 𝐷𝑚 - 𝐶 - 𝐹𝑚 - 𝐴 • 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 // 𝐶𝐻𝑂𝑅𝐸𝑆 // 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 // 𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑆𝐸 2 // 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝐼 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑇𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 // 𝐶𝐻𝑂𝑅𝐸𝑆 // 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 // 𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑆𝐸 3 // 𝑆𝑘𝑦𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝐼𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑘𝑦 𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑀𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 // 𝐶𝐻𝑂𝑅𝐸𝑆 // 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑂ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

After one year of making songs, playing them around the fire and recording a song here and there with my Iphone, I thought it was 🆃🅸🅼🅴 for our first professional music recording! We did this at Jo Ellis, who lived surrounded by practically the desert, in Ladismith. This is one of my new songs, called Thank You Life. Keep tuned here & on my website for our first single release! With love Anouk Anansi & Tristan www.anoukanansi.com