The Australian Musician “Six Quix” clip offers a concise, personal snapshot of ANUJA as both a musician and a person, a self-made, deeply introspective artist building a unique career in Naarm/Melbourne.
In the video, ANUJA centres his identity around his long-time instrument, an Epiphone semi-acoustic guitar he’s owned since 2016, which has travelled with him across countries and features on most of his recordings. His playing style leans heavily into fingerpicking, reflecting a preference for intimacy and nuance in his sound. Creatively, he credits Russ as a major influence, not musically, but philosophically, adopting Russ’s DIY approach to teach himself writing, recording, producing, mixing and mastering. Although he now collaborates more, that independence remains core to his process.
His musical aspirations sit comfortably in the mainstream songwriting world, with Ed Sheeran named as a dream collaborator, particularly inspired by Sheeran’s early albums and songwriting journey. Away from ambition, ANUJA reveals a grounded personality, his “happy place” is simply his home studio, where he feels most relaxed and creatively inspired.
The discussion of his latest single, “Your Stranger,” reinforces its central theme, rejecting the need for cosmic certainty in love and instead valuing present connection. In the video, he frames it simply as focusing on “the here and now.”
Born in Sri Lanka and now based in Naarm, ANUJA blends Western songwriting with subtle influences from Sri Lankan musical traditions. He is entirely self-taught and has built a growing reputation within Melbourne’s music community for poetic lyricism and cinematic production. Perhaps most strikingly, he balances his music career with life as a doctor, with aspirations to specialise in psychiatry, an experience that clearly informs the emotional depth and themes of vulnerability, mortality and human connection in his work.
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