Karda Estra "The Seas And The Stars" EP

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic, Classical, Chamber
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 4, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Tidal - 1:16
2. Lighthouse - 5:15
3. Andromeda Approaches! - 3:58
4. The Big Freeze - 2:11
5. The Sleepers of Gliese - 6:07
6. Return to the Singularity - 1:20

Line-up: 
Richard Wileman - guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion, melodica, accordion, kalimba, Appalachian dulcimer, bouzouki, glockenspiel, rastrophone
    With:
Amy Fry - clarinet, flute , alto saxophone
Ileesha Wileman - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

These are not songs, those familiar with previous Karda Estra records wouldn’t be expecting anything so mundane anyway, but soundtracks or musical statements created through a wide range of instruments, many more usually found in the classical and folk repertoire. It merges disembodied sounds with sweeping orchestration, mournful piano lines with melancholic woodwind, delicate acoustic guitars with brooding electronica and the result is music that bridges a gap between the dark and the ethereal, sounds that are familiar yet often heavenly and occasionally suitably alien.

 Read the full review by Dave Franklin at dancingaboutarchitecture.info

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