London-based Spanish-Italian artist Angela Merlino just released ‘Water Mantra’, the lead single and title cut from her incoming EP. Raised in Manresa outside Barcelona with a Galician mother and Italian father, she grew up surrounded by her dad’s Fender Stratocaster riffs and her grandfather’s raw Flamenco “Canto Hondo”. Now she channels that heritage into art: self-produced tracks that layer tribal percussion, sound-healing frequencies, and multilingual vocals in English, Spanish, and Sanskrit. The single is streaming everywhere today.
Musically, the cut locks into folk-tribal rhythms right away—hand drums and shaken percussion drive under hypnotic chants and stacked harmonies that swell into full cathartic drops. It moves between ancient-feeling repetition and sharp alternative-pop edges, creating a trance that feels both grounded and weightless at once.
The deeper story hits harder: Angela wrote the EP confronting childhood abuse by three family members. She’s directing 60% of the proceeds to The Survivors Trust, the UK charity supporting survivors through helplines.
At its core, ‘Water Mantra’ is a reflection of resilience. Angela describes the EP as an honest exploration of her pain after experiencing profound violations and trauma in childhood. Through this work, she seeks not only to confront the past but to transform it into a vessel of liberation and strength.
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