The name of a band Analena comes from an ancient Sanskrit language, meaning "like/by the fire". Their music escapes the genres of postpunk, noise, emo or hardcore. The Zagreb-based band with a member from Slovenia has been promoted by Moonlee Records independent music publisher. Analena's line-up has undergone some line-up changes during their existence. Their beginnings go to Zagreb in the year 1997 when the guitarist Mijo, bassist Six and drummer Zet formed a band. A year later vocalist Ana joined them and almost after four more years a Slovene guitarist, Miran joined the band as the second guitarist and back vocalist. This line-up has remained intact and active for almost a decade until 2006 when Six left the band. After a several-month-long hiatus Analena started to perform again, first with a substitute bassist and later with Ana on the position of not only as a vocalist, but a bassist too. Analena has released and performed as a four-piece ever since.
Despite the fact that Analena's sound evades typical music genres, their music is recognizable by Ana's protruding screaming vocals and the interplay of guitar cut yet catchy melodies. Their lyrics are short, but sweet. While being regular guests on both Slovene and Croatian stages, Analena has played hundreds of concerts all over Europe with having a strong fan base in eastern Europe. They performed twice on one of the biggest independent hardcore festivals in Europe, Fluff Fest in Czech Republic.
Releases
Analena's first releases were distributed by foreign smaller underground record companies (Get Off Records, Interstellar Records, Libber Tea Records and Mesmerized Records). Their debut album Arhythmetics was released in 2001, while the cassette version was released two years later. In 2001 and 2002 they released two split CDs and EPs with a Serbian band Unison and an Austrian band Sensual Love. The second album Carbon Based was released on Moonlee Records, which was founded by Miran and Six from Analena, and Bojan from a Croatian band Lunar. Carbon Based has been well received among Analena's fan base and is consequently sold out. The third album Inconstantinopolis followed after a couple of years, also due to the line-up change, in 2009.
