Adna’s «Run, Lucifer»: Gentle Music Is a Deadly Weapon

You see the horizon at the end of the stormy sea. Suddenly, an angelic chant bursts from the ruffled clouds. A dark and mystic voice lays a shadow upon your heart. The woman with the churning glimpse is singing: Adna Kadic.

Adna’s parents fled from the war in the Balkan to Sweden. In 1994, Adna saw the light of the world and grew up in Goeteborg. Two hearts beat in her chest: a Swedish and a Bosnian. A duality that can be found in her work.

She began her musical education very early. Aged 16, she uploaded videos on YouTube and was discovered by the label Despotz Records. Adna released her first EP just before she turned 18. On March, 18th followed her second album Run, Lucifer.

Craving And Loneliness

The beat pumps muffled. From a distance echoes a melody. Living, icey like the snowy tundra. And in a flash, the chorus erupts like a volcano. This concussion, this glowing lava in the dawn and this unambiguous craving. It is a compelling thrill. How can the 21-year-old Adna accomplish such a thing?

I need to get out of my own head to leave my whole past.

It is music without unnecessary ballast. Beautiful Hell lives without bombast. The song is modest and adorable, carried by the smooth wings in her voice. But then we realize where Adna has taken us: Onto the battlefield of loneliness. Doubts are marching to Lonesome. The first time, the air is full of pathos. Nevertheless, it is used thriftily, so the interaction between her singing and the instruments harmonises perfectly.

Bittersweet And Dark

Silent Shouts. The battle is over. There remain questions without answers and helplessness. The chants float through the whole record like lava streams at the volcano’s flanks. Glimmering but dangerous.

However, we are not afraid because the bittersweet and dark voice is back, as only a bleeding soul can bear. The unthinkable pain stabs us a knife between the ribs. Music—as smooth as it might be—is a deadly weapon.

And at the very moment you think it cannot get any more gigantic, you hear a sacral whisper echoing at the heights of a crystalline cathedral.

Would you meet me tonight if I’d ask you?
Don’t say yes just to be kind.

Solely accompanied by the gentle touch on the piano strings, the presence of Adna’s voice is incredible. “Shiver” cannot be put into words. It is one of these rare tracks which lets every rational thought flee from your mind. You prepare as well as you possibly can. But when it hits you, all logic fails. Only your body reacts, and you lose control. A frosty shiver pierces your skin like a thousand needles. And salty tears curtain your view.

Dark And Edgy

Run, run away, Lucifer
Run away, Lucifer
We’re choosing darkness over lightning

Adna’s Run, Lucifer is a hidden masterpiece. The melodies are made for eternity. Timeless. The music is the immaculate child of acoustic and electronic. The atmosphere is cold, like the Swedish winter, and the lyrics are passionate, like the spring in the Dinaric mountains.

But Adna’s work is not easy. “Run, Lucifer” is no shallow listening pleasure. Whoever is ready to take the journey into the record’s cold world will be suffering. They will suffer because the songs thrill themselves into their chests. Whoever tries to struggle against it is damned to fail. But those who might let go and let them overwhelm with their feelings are going to see a black and edgy and obsidian-like jewel.

And when you look in the mirror, you will see Adna’s glance in yours.

Adna – Run, Lucifer

Release: 18/03/2015

1. Intro/Berlin
2. Living
3. Beautiful Hell
4. Lonesome
5. Silent Shouts
6. Silhouette (Always Yours)
7. Shiver
8. Run, Lucifer
9. Outro/Somewhere