Atmospheric sound conjuror Kariti stream stunning new full-length album »Still Life«; out now on Lay Bare Recordings!
Atmospheric/ambient sound alchemist Kariti is streaming her third full-length album, »Still Life«, which was just released on November 7th, 2025 via Lay Bare Recordings.
Tracklist:
01. Spine
02. Nothing
03. Stems
04. Still Life
05. Purge
06. Suicide By A Thousand Cuts
07. Fragile
08. Naiznanku
09. Baptism
Courtesy of Earsplit PR:
“»Still Life« is an existential liturgy for the lost, the disillusioned, and the questioning…” – Ekaterina, KARITI
New Noise Magazine is currently streaming »Still Life«, the latest full-length from atmospheric sound weaver KARITI, in its alluring entirety. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official release, Friday November 7th through Lay Bare Recordings.
KARITI (карити) – meaning “to mourn the dead” in church Slavonic – is the emotional and creative outlet of Ekaterina, a Russian-born poet and songwriter based in Italy.
Comments Ekaterina on the record, “»Still Life« is an existential liturgy for the lost, the disillusioned and the questioning. These songs are the somewhat violent and unexpected aftermath of being galvanized into a reflection on human life and the way it is lived by most of us in the world in its current state. In terms of the sound and being heterogeneous as it is, making it at times was a trip outside my comfort zone, which I am very grateful for. I still need to process it, but I already know that this record changed me and I look forward to discovering in which way.”
Stream KARITI’s »Still Life« HERE.
Watch KARITI’s previously released video for »Purge« HERE.
Photo by Jahvo Joza
»Still Life« was recorded by Lorenzo Della Rovere in Corno di Rosazzo, Italy, produced and mixed by Della Rovere and Ekaterina, mastered by John “Spud” Murphy in Dublin, Ireland, and includes additional guitar/noise/drone machine by Marco Matta. The record comes swathed in the cover art image of Ashley Tofu and Laura Sans Gassò, with layout, lettering, and design by Strxart.
»Still Life« is released on CD, LP, and digital formats. Find orders at Lay Bare Recordings HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Later this month, KARITI will begin touring in support of »Still Life« throughout Europe including many cities and countries she’s never before played. See all confirmed dates below. For booking inquiries, contact ma***************@***il.com.
KARITI Live:
11/22/2025 Mostovna – Nova Gorica, SI w/ MONO
12/11/2025 Arena – Wien, AT *
12/13/2025 Hellgart Festival @ Club Zentral – Stuttgart, DE w/ Grift, Iskandr
01/10/2026 Teatro Miela – Trieste, IT w/ Massimo Silverio
03/18/2026 Mochvara – Zagreb, HR*
03/24/2026 Hühnermanhattan – Deep Sound City – Halle, DE*
03/26/2026 Lygtens Kro – Copenhagen, DK*
03/27/2026 Lilla Nalen – Stockholm, SE*
03/28/2026 Mausoleum Vigeland – Oslo, NO*
03/31/2026 Stumpf – Hannover, DE*
04/01/2026 The Pit’s – Kortrijk, BE*
04/02/2026 Chapel Of Our Lady Of Fever – Leuven, BE*
04/03/2026 Effenaar at ’t Rozenknopje – Eindhoven, NL*
04/04/2026 TBA – Utrecht, NL *
04/05/2026 P8 – Karlsruhe, DE*
07/04/2026 Koivu – Valchiusa, IT
*w/ The Mon
KARITI’s 2020 debut »Covered Mirrors«, released by the cult Italian label Aural Music (Negură Bunget, Imperial Triumphant, Messa), represented a “cathartic peregrination through bereavement.” KARITI’s second offering, Dheghom, released in February 2024 by the forward-thinking Dutch label Lay Bare Recordings (Frayle, Thief, Yawning Man), saw a development in sound, songwriting, and instrumentation: apart from electric guitars, Ekaterina performed various synthesizers and the analogue piano.
By September 2023, a self-titled, industrial/trip-hop/shoegaze EP was released under the moniker Néant – a collaboration between KARITI and Void of the anonymous Parisian industrial sludge collective Non Serviam. According to Cvlt Nation, “If Portishead, Spirit Possession, The Bug, and The Body decided to create music together, the outcome just might sound like this band.” KARITI is frequently asked to compose vocal lines (and often lyrics) and to be a guest singer for extreme death/black metal bands, including 2024 releases by Bedsore (20 Buck Spin) and Limbes.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well