De Casier attributes her '90s- inspired sound to her childhood: When she first moved to Denmark in 1998, she couldn't speak Danish, so she spent her free time watching MTV. Erika de Casier began making music right after her high school years. A decade on, the Copenhagen-based musician has fashioned a path from sweet, self-produced R&B to remixing Dua Lipa, releasing her 2019 album Essentials and signing with renowned independent record label 4AD. Along the way, she’s learned to produce songs from scratch, with the help of an occasional YouTube tutorial. “I can make music anywhere, so long as I have my computer and a pair of headphones, ” says This story is from Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Nine Buy Now Related Stories Music Issue 51 Zach Condon A check-in with the Beirut musician. Music Issue 43 Cat Power Musician Chan Marshall opens the door to a different dimension. Music Issue 42 Fatima Al Qadiri The shape shifting star of contemporary electronica. Music Issue 41 Jon Batiste The band leader on his genre-busting year. Music Issue 36 Kali Malone Meet the musician reimagining organ music. Music Issue 35 Devendra Banhart An interview with the soft-spoken pied piper of psychedelic Bohemia.
