Anise Arsalon Khoshmashrab (born 20 February 1985) is an Australian "

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, and

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known by their stage name Anise K. In 2012 they was signed to

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, and later in 2014 signed with Cobalt Music (formerly Universal Music Group Greece) and

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1985–2011: Early life and career beginnings

Anise K was born on 20 February 1985 in

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

, Australia, to parents Behzad and Pari Khoshmashrab, followers of the

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. From a young age, Anise demonstrated a keen sense and interest for music. They played alongside their father, Behzad Khoshmashrab, in many community events and fundraisers. A number of CDs have been released featuring Anise and their father often playing International and Baha'i music. Anise has been involved in many local, national and international events. Their professional breakthrough occurred in 2006 when Anise moved to

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and was working alongside the Three time

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winning producer

KC Porter Karl Cameron Porter, known as ''K.C'' (born June 27, 1962), is an American record producer, singer-songwriter, arranger and composer, winner of six Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammy Awards. Porter has worked on more than 40 albums with sales in ...

. In 2007 Anise flew to Miami to meet with Bruno Del Granado (Ricky Martin's business manager) to start working on

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concert licensing in Australasia. In June 2011 Anise K released their debut single "I Feel Good" co-produced by

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winning producer, Audius Mtawarira. The song's success lead to a viral video by

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2012 – present

In January 2012, Anise K signed with manager, Jamie C. Huber (Hype33 Entertainment) to manage their solo career. It was shortly after in July 2012 Anise was signed to

just after they had finished recording his second single " Walking on Air"."Walking on Air" was written by Anise K and KC Porter, and the rap section was written by Snoop Dogg. The single features international renowned hip/hop artist

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and upcoming artist Bella Blue. Some of the biggest names in the music industry have been involved in the development of the single including

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as mixing engineer and producer

. The music video was filmed on a Dry Lake Bed just outside

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and

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. The single was due for release on 14 December 2012. " Walking on Air" has been a huge hit in Greece in 2013. The song climbed to No.1 on the international airplay chart in Greece and in the Top 5 of the official airplay chart. It has reached #1 on both official iTunes chart and dance iTunes chart in Greece. " Walking on Air" was the No. 1 international track on the airplay chart of Greece for 2013. The song also peaked at No. 1 in the USA Billboard chart. In 2021 Anise K co-produced and also has writing credits for KDDO &

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song, Beamer Body, featuring

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and African musical themes and style in KDDO's debut EP, TOO LATE TOO LIT.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anise K 1985 births Living people Australian pop singers Australian record producers Musicians from Melbourne Australian people of Iranian descent Australian Bahá'ís 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian male singers