Karda Estra "Strange Relations"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic, Classical, Chamber
Label: Believers Roast
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 20, 2015 (CD), February 9, 2015 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Strange Relations 1 (4:32)
2. Strange Relations 2 (5:27)
3. Strange Relations 3 (9:15)
4. Strange Relations 4 (6:47)
5. Strange Relations 5 (9:10)
6. Strange Relations 6 (5:27)
7. Ylla   (4:45)
8. The Wanton Subtlety Of Monna Tessa   (7:40)

Line-up: 
Richard Wileman - guitars, keyboards, samples, percussion, zither, rastrophone
    With:
Caron de Burgh - oboe (4, 5, 8), cor anglais (4, 8)
Amy Fry - clarinet (4, 7, 8) , saxophone (4, 5, 7)
Mike Ostime - trumpet (2)
Paul Sears  (The Muffins) - drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), percussion (6)
Kavus Torabi  (Knifeworld) - electric guitar (2)
Ileesha Wileman - vocals (5, 8)

Description/Reviews: 

‘Strange beauty’ is probably my favoured cliché for describing Karda Estra; music that blends classical chamber instruments with rock instruments and synthesiser without, even for a moment, sounding like any kind of a fusion, this album is yet another among an amazing number of totally coherent and emotionally powerful artistic statements. Utterly wonderful music’. Oliver Arditi

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