In den nächsten Tagen erscheint das gleichnamige Albumdebüt des niederländischen Duos Avenue Azure auf Ensemble Klang Records. Avenue Azure bestehen aus Pete Harden (Gitarre und Elektronik) and Saskia Lankhoorn (Gesang, Piano, Elektronik) und spielen auf ihrem Debüt eine zwischen ambienten und leicht abstrahierten Soundscapes und angefolkten, Songstrukturen, die man früher vielleicht als experimenteller ausgerichtete Form eines

entrückten Dreampop bezeichnet hätte. “An intimate, enveloping listen, this is the imaginary folk music of haunted cities, heißt es beim Label – “unfolding according to its own clock, at once invitational and ‘other’. [...] The music traces landscapes, skies, and seas, creating atmospheres that occupy a liminal space, music of transition, that shrouds the listener in a dark comfort”. Das Album erscheint als LP, CD und zum Download. “Pete Harden (guitar, electronics) and Saskia Lankhoorn (piano, voice, electronics) have a shared history of playing and touring, espying the beauty of the estranging world of travel – these experiences inspire their duo Avenue Azure. Aside from individual work as composer and concert soloist respectively, they have been performing together in the contemporary music sextet Ensemble Klang since 2003, collaborating with some of the most highly acclaimed composers working today, with concerts across Europe and in the US. Avenue Azure arose from a desire to seek out new ways of working, blurring the process of creating and performing to bring the listener closer to the intimate element of sound itself.” (Ensemble Klang)

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