Dva (album)

Dva
Studio album by Emika
Released	10 June 2013
Recorded	Česká Televize Deafkid Studios EMusik Ljova Studio Wilding Sounds Studio
Genre	Electronic
Length	60:30
Label	Ninja Tune
Producer	Emika
Emika chronology
Emika (2011) Dva (2013) Klavírní (2015)
Singles from Dva
"Searching" Released: 12 April 2013[1] "Centuries" Released: 28 June 2013[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Metro	[6]
musicOMH	[7]
No Ripcord	6/10[8]
Pitchfork Media	5.9/10[9]
PopMatters	6/10[10]
The Quietus	mixed[11]
Resident Advisor	3/5[12]
The Skinny	[13]

Dva (stylised form: DVA) is the second studio album by English musician Emika. It was released on 10 June 2013 by Ninja Tune Records.^[14] The album's title derives from the Czech word for "two".^[5][15]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Emika, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hush Interlude" (featuring Michaela Šrůmová)	1:50
2.	"Young Minds"	3:30
3.	"She Beats"	3:57
4.	"Filters"	4:01
5.	"After the Fall"	4:47
6.	"Sing to Me"	4:12
7.	"Dem Worlds"	4:07
8.	"Primary Colours"	4:07
9.	"Sleep with My Enemies"	4:47
10.	"Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak)	3:55
11.	"Fight for Your Love"	3:49
12.	"Mouth to Mouth"	6:27
13.	"Searching"	4:08
14.	"Centuries"	3:29
15.	"Criminal Gift"	3:24

iTunes Store bonus track[16]
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Murmer"	2:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dva.^[17]

• Emika – vocals, engineering, mixing, production
• Paul Batson – arrangement ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• Hue Jah Fink – mastering
• James Fitzpatrick – orchestra conducting ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• Michael Hain – design, layout
• Jan Holzner – engineering ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• B.M. Horska – translation ("Hush Interlude")
• Ljova – viola, viola composition ("Primary Colours", "Mouth to Mouth")
• Christopher Lockington (Deafkid) – guitar, guitar composition ("Criminal Gift ")
• Madison – photography
• Miriam Němcová – conducting ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• Jo-Ann Nina – executive production
• Hank Shocklee – executive production
• Simon Skevington – A&R
• Michaela Šrůmová – soprano vocals ("Hush Interlude")
• Stáňa Vomáčková – translation ("Hush Interlude", "Dem Worlds")
• Tom Wilding – trumpet ("Young Minds")

References

1. "Searching – EP by Emika". iTunes Store UK. Apple. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
2. "Centuries – Single by Emika". iTunes Store UK. Apple. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
3. "DVA – Emika". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
4. Lymangrover, Jason. "DVA – Emika". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
5. Ranta, Alan (10 June 2013). "Emika – Dva". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
6. Hooton, Christopher; Macpherson, Alex (7 June 2013). "Howlin by Jagwar Ma, Planta by CSS, Dva by Emika: New albums". Metro. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
7. Young, Martyn (10 June 2013). "Emika – Dva". musicOMH. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
8. Wragg, Stephen (4 July 2013). "Emika: DVA". No Ripcord. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
9. Finlayson, Angus (17 June 2013). "Emika: Dva". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
10. Kennedy, Al (18 July 2013). "Emika: DVA". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
11. Foster, Matthew (20 June 2013). "Emika: DVA". The Quietus. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
12. Ryce, Andrew (10 June 2013). "Emika – Dva". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
13. Gieben, Bram E. (31 May 2013). "Emika – Dva". The Skinny. Radge Media. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
14. "Dva / Emika / Releases". Ninja Tune. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
15. DJ Pangburn (17 June 2013). "Emika On Producing Dva, Fighting Oppression, and Being Inspired by Czech Surrealism". MTV Iggy. Viacom International. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
16. "DVA (Bonus Track Version) by Emika". iTunes Store UK. Apple. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
17. Dva (CD liner notes). Emika. Ninja Tune. 2013. ZENCD199.