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Soap&Skin
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Also known as Anja Plaschg, Anja Franziska Plaschg

Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). As of 2025, she has released four studio albums, three EPs, and two original film scores, as well as numerous singles.

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Austria
Active from
1990-04-05
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Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Gnas in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played piano since she was six. At the age of 14 she began violin studies and developed an interest in electronic music. She attended the Graz Polytechnic for Graphic Design, but dropped out at 16 and moved to Vienna shortly afterwards. There she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts i

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Key facts

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person
Musical artist.name
Soap&Skin
Musical artist.image
MKr350635 Anja Plaschg (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2024).jpg
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close-up of Anja Plaschg wearing a white see-through top, looking directly at camera with lips very slightly parted
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Anja Plaschg, aka Soap&Skin, in 2024
Musical artist.birth_name
Anja Franziska Plaschg
Musical artist.origin
Poppendorf, Styria, Austria
Musical artist.years_active
2006–present

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  • Filmography
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Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). As of 2025, she has released four studio albums, three EPs, and two original film scores, as well as numerous singles.

==Biography== Anja Plaschg grew up in the Austrian village of Katzendorf, near Gnas, in southeast Styria, where her parents had a farm. She played the piano since age six, and when she was 14, she took up violin studies and developed an interest in electronic music. She studied graphic design at high school in Graz but dropped out at 16 and moved to Vienna. There, she studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in the master class of Daniel Richter, but at 18, she dropped out again. Explaining the stage name Soap&Skin, she said, "soap and skin are two substances which react on each other in different ways – not only does soap clean skin but it also protects it, and foam is as beautiful as it is vanishing rapidly".

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