Walk Through Lightly, by Dark Star Safari

Walk Through Lightly

by Dark Star Safari

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DoubleRR The eponymous debut by DSS is a work of considerable beauty, setting a defining benchmark in its foundation & upon which this sophomore builds exponentially, demanding the full attention of the listener & providing yet further joy & amazement at the supergroup's creative genius & talent. The single 'Life Standing Still' is delightful, but in my view it's 'Invocation' that really grabs & does indeed live up to the meaning of its title. A truly wonderful, mesmeric, interesting & escapist work. Favorite track: Invocation.

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1.	Patria 03:53	buy track
2.	Life Stand Still 04:18	buy track
3.	Portraits Of You 03:35	buy track
4.	Measured Response 04:26	buy track
5.	Father's Day 04:21	buy track
6.	Invocation 03:54	buy track
7.	Murmuration 04:04	buy track
8.	Passover 04:25	buy track
9.	Disembodied 03:43	buy track
10.	Walk Through Lightly 03:40	buy track

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Dark Star Safari is a musical entity comprised of Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset, Samuel Rohrer and John Derek Bishop. Their second full-length offering Walk Through Lightly is the first to feature all five musicians together in the studio from the outset, making for a more organic refinement upon their already established methodology: gradually sculpting distinct songs out of collective improvisations, or using the raw material from initial recordings as the basis for more carefully articulated compositions. The final mix is one that invites few stylistic comparisons to other musical peers, and in fact few comparisons to existing genres. Though this second offering from the project is frosted over with a Scandinavian sense of spatiality and melancholy, it’s best listened to without considering any origin points, geographic or otherwise: from the opening moments of “Walk Through Lightly,” listeners will feel as if teleported directly into the middle of an enigmatic film-in-progress.  
 
Given the sense of foreboding, anticipation, and even unease that these kinds of subjects often bring with them, the spare and un-hurried music is all the more intriguing, especially when the eponymous finale arrives and the percolating sound bed seems to hint at a coming resolution, but then leaves the listener with more questions than answers. By competently fusing a mature, economical approach to sincerely romantic lyrical themes, Walk Through Lightly is a rare accomplishment.

credits

released September 24, 2021

Jan Bang - vocals, live sampling, samples,
ac. piano,
Erik Honoré - synthesizer, samples, synth bass,
voice, lyrics
Eivind Aarset - guitar, electronics, bass
John Derek Bishop - live sampling, bass, treatments
Samuel Rohrer - drums, percussion, electronics, modular synths  

Guest appearances: Vilde&Inga: double bass, violin on PATRIA,
Arve Henriksen: trumpet on INVOCATION,   Emanuel Birkeland-Bang:
drum programming & Inge Breistein: saxophone on PASSOVER

Produced by Dark Star Safari

Recorded in October 2019 at Candybomber Studio Berlin by Ingo Krauss. Additional recordings and post production in 2020 at Punkt Studio Kristiansand, The Green Room and home studios in Oslo, Stavanger and Berlin. Mixed by Erik Honoré in Oslo in January and February 2021. Mastered by Mike Grinser, Manmade Mastering Berlin.

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