Donna Regina

During a career that has spanned over three decades, prolific German electronic indie duo Donna Regina have honed a distinctive and often mesmerizing sound that pairs organic instrumentation with downtempo electronic rhythms and synths. Centered around the breathy, multilingual vocals of singer Regina Janssen and her husband, producer and multi-instrumentalist Günther Janssen, Donna Regina'searly-'90s recordings for the Strange Ways label were initially compared to acts like Saint Etienne and One Dove. Over the years, however, they established a unique, relaxed sound throughout a stimulating and hushed body of work, which has been released via the Karaoke Kalk label since 1999. Among their remarkably consistent catalog are smartly written standouts like 2010's The Decline of Female Happiness and 2014's Holding the Mirror for Sophia Loren. In 2025, after a six-year break, Donna Regina returned with the intimate and anxious Lilac.