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Anna Delory, better known by her stage name Anna Domino, was born a cosmopolitan. Born in Japan in 1955, her family moved to Ann Arbor and Florence in the US before settling in the Canadian capital Ottawa. But the notoriously conservative city never felt like home: young Anna was stifled by its narrow-mindedness, later expelled from school, and ended up hitch hiking to Mexico and California. After studying synths and sound recording, she moved to New York in the late 1970s. Post-punk was just taking off in the Big Apple.

She soon began producing music herself under the name Anna Domino: tender, multi-layered art pop with finesse that sounded more like Western Europe than North America. This was no coincidence, as the EP East and West, which marked her breakthrough and included a wonderful cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Land Of My Dreams”, was recorded in Brussels. It was a good fit with the Belgian capital’s exciting scene at the time, which revolved around bands such as Tuxedomoon. Simultaneously, Anna Domino’s music understanding is also evidenced by a fine sense of affinity with the British post-punk scene and acts such as the Marine Girls, The Durutti Column, or the scintillating synth-pop of Gary Numan.

Week-End Records is excited to release a limited edition 7” single with the two East and West classics “Land Of My Dreams” and “Everyday, I Don’t” right in time for Anna Domino’s first show in 15 years at Week-End Fest 2026.

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Reissue production: Jan Lankisch
Mastering: Stephan Mathieu, Schwebung
Pressing: Optimal Media