Genre boundaries have always been fluid for Olicía, the band of the two singers and multi-instrumentalists Fama M'Boup and Anna-Lucia Rupp, living in Berlin and Leipzig. Their music ranges from fragile folk moments to pulsating pop, from avant-garde soul to spoken word and jazz, whilst always retaining a gently futuristic feel due to its unique form of creation. They use two synchronized loop stations and the female voices at the center take turns leading the song. They layer, use vocal percussion, harmonize, or expand into vast choirs. The instrumentation ranges from piano, synths and looped vocal snippets to guitar and clarinet. Olicía seem to practically override the constraints of loop-based music and create very direct songs with efficiency and elegance. They manage without preproduced backing tracks and always leave room for improvisation and chance.

Their debut double album “Liquid Lines” (2021) has been nominated for the German Jazz Prize. In 2022, the two have released individual albums: the indie a cappella album “in June” by Fama M’Boup and “Figures Afloat” by Anna-Lucia Rupp’s Chamber Pop band NOUK.  They release all of their music on their own label o-cetera (Membran/TheOrchard). The two have also been members of Sophie Hunger’s band supporting her album “Halluzinationen”. In 2023 and 2024, they have created and performed the music for two multimedia performance pieces by Jasmine Ellis Projects. They also composed and staged a new soundtrack to Friedrich Murnau’s classic horror film “Nosferatu” alongside producer Assimilation Process. The two are currently touring as a part of Kat Frankie’s B O D I E S collective. Anna-Lucia Rupp also performs as part of the associative instrumental Jazz group Welten. Fama M'Boup has recently released “Ich und Du”, a collaboration with Dota Kehr as part of her Mascha Kaléko settings. In 2024, the Olicía song “Texture of Words” has been part of the soundtrack to the much anticipated feature film debut of Robert Gwisdek (Käptn Peng), “Der Junge, dem die Welt gehört”.

The second Olicía album “Out of the Blue” has been released in November 2024. While “Liquid Lines” explored the boundaries of the individual song by creating two different versions of each of the 10 tracks, “Out of the Blue” is an attempt to take a completely new look at their own art form, to connect their music with other art genres through dialogue and exchange.

Genre boundaries have always been fluid for Olicía, the band of the two singers and multi-instrumentalists Fama M'Boup and Anna-Lucia Rupp, living in Berlin and Leipzig. Their music ranges from fragile folk moments to pulsating pop, from avant-garde soul to spoken word and jazz, whilst always retaining a gently futuristic feel due to its unique form of creation. They use two synchronized loop stations and the female voices at the center take turns leading the song. They layer, use vocal percussion, harmonize, or expand into vast choirs. The instrumentation ranges from piano, synths and looped vocal snippets to guitar and clarinet. Olicía seem to practically override the constraints of loop-based music and create very direct songs with efficiency and elegance. They manage without preproduced backing tracks and always leave room for improvisation and chance.

Their debut double album “Liquid Lines” (2021) has been nominated for the German Jazz Prize. In 2022, the two have released individual albums: the indie a cappella album “in June” by Fama M’Boup and “Figures Afloat” by Anna-Lucia Rupp’s Chamber Pop band NOUK.  They release all of their music on their own label o-cetera (Membran/TheOrchard). The two have also been members of Sophie Hunger’s band supporting her album “Halluzinationen”. In 2023 and 2024, they have created and performed the music for two multimedia performance pieces by Jasmine Ellis Projects. They also composed and staged a new soundtrack to Friedrich Murnau’s classic horror film “Nosferatu” alongside producer Assimilation Process. The two are currently touring as a part of Kat Frankie’s B O D I E S collective. Anna-Lucia Rupp also performs as part of the associative instrumental Jazz group Welten. Fama M'Boup has recently released “Ich und Du”, a collaboration with Dota Kehr as part of her Mascha Kaléko settings. In 2024, the Olicía song “Texture of Words” has been part of the soundtrack to the much anticipated feature film debut of Robert Gwisdek (Käptn Peng), “Der Junge, dem die Welt gehört”.

The second Olicía album “Out of the Blue” has been released in November 2024. While “Liquid Lines” explored the boundaries of the individual song by creating two different versions of each of the 10 tracks, “Out of the Blue” is an attempt to take a completely new look at their own art form, to connect their music with other art genres through dialogue and exchange.