Kariti releases new single and music video »SON«; sophomore full-length album »Dheghom« out February 2nd via Lay Bare Recordings!
Italy-based dark ambient act Kariti has released new single and music video »SON« (COH).
»SON« is the second single taken from the upcoming sophomore full-length album, »Dheghom«, due out on February 2nd, 2024 via Lay Bare Recordings.
Tracklist:
01. As Within
02. A Mare Called Night
03. Son
04. Vilomah (feat. Dorthia Cottrell)
05. Reckoning
06. Metastasis
07. Sanctuary
08. River Of Red
09. Emerald Death
10. Toll
11. So Without
Courtesy of Lay Bare Recordings:
Watch the video of the new song »SON« from kariti now streaming via Metal Injection! »SON« is the second single from Dheghom that will be releases through Lay Bare Recordings on February 2nd, 2024.
Featuring Marco Marcinkus of Grime.
Video by Damiano Tommasi, article photo by Laura Sans.
Kariti comments: “»SON« means ‘a male child’ in English and ‘a dream’ in Russian, my native language. »SON« is a tale of the indestructible connection that, even when ceased abruptly in its physical form, leaving only the hope to return in dreams, never goes away, much like the timid light of the northern dawn making its way through the bleakness of the night, every turn of the Earth around herself.
I used the Earthquaker Devices Hummingbird tremolo on my guitar to recreate the hazy feeling of a dream while Marco added noises resembling the sound of the wind swirling in an empty room and his monolithic drony riffs at the end to intensify the catharsis this song brings, thank you for listening.”
Marco adds: “I started playing with Kariti by accident when, during the recording session of her first album, improvising a guitar solo on the chorus of »Sky Burial«, I discovered that I was able to play music other than sludge. From then on she wanted me to get more and more involved, where she needed some ultra-distorted guitar parts or some effects patterns and drone guitars.
I find being involved in her music very stimulating, as it is an opportunity for me to experiment within new sonic territories, play with reverb chains and test the full potential of my modulation effects. I am very happy to be able, from time to time, to add a little something to her already beautiful pieces, just as with »SON«. Maybe I am not the guitarist she deserved, but the one she needed.”
Photo by Ferdinando Bassi
kariti (карити) – ‘to mourn the dead’ in church Slavonic – is a Russian-born artist based in Italy. Her debut »Covered Mirrors« was released in September 2020 by the cult Italian label Aural Music (Negură Bunget, Imperial Triumphant, Messa) and represents a ‘cathartic peregrination through bereavement’.
Marco, the leader of the heavy sludge outfit Grime contributes to some of the songs and often joins kariti for live performances. In September 2023, an industrial/trip-hop/shoegaze s/t 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’s next record will see the light on February 2, 2024 courtesy of the independent forward-thinking Dutch label Lay Bare Recordings (Frayle, Thief (ex-Botanist), Yawning Man), focussed on high-quality vinyl releases, and sees a notable development in sound, songwriting and instrumentation used: apart from electirc guitars it features various synthesizers, analogue piano, strings by Jon K (live Cough, Dorthia Cottrell), a song with drums and bass, multiple contributions of Marco (Grime, Simian Steel) on guitar/noise, and a haunting duet with Dorthia Cottrell (Windhand, solo).
kariti’s atmosferic mournful ‘ambient folk’ is recommended to those who enjoy ‘dark explorations accompanied by the smell of burning wood and the moonlight reflecting off snow’ delivered through profound lyrical content. kariti toured Europe several times, shared the stage with Messa, Grift, Conny Ochs, Plum Green among others, and recently was invited by Brutus to open the Italian leg of their tour. her intense live shows have been described as liturgy-like and cathartic and the touring schedule for 2024 is in the works upon the release of »Dheghom«.
Pre-order »Dheghom« here: laybarerecordings.com
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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well