Pre-order of Hiraeth. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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releases June 28, 2024
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes digital pre-order of Hiraeth.
You get 3 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
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Purchasable with gift card
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes digital pre-order of Hiraeth.
You get 3 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
"Hiraeth" is an untranslatable Welsh word that describes the longing for a home, a place or a feeling that no longer exists or never existed.
The album pulls on a heart that conveys a distinct feeling of missing something irretrievably lost.
Movin through different soundscapes, the music is comfort and catharsis at the same time. It is like a book with different chapters that are interwoven. From sparse and intimate compositions to cinematic soundworlds. The album is a longing for integrity and innocence in a world that's out of balance. It is not only a longing for a lost past but also for a contemporary Utopia.
"Hiraeth" was recorded at Candy Bomber Studios in Berlin by Ingo Krauss, with a large number of musicians. Besides choir, double bass, lap steel guitar, drums, cello, horns , different organs and keyboards, the original instruments accordion and zither still shine through from time to time. Joanna's voice sits unmistakable on top of the majestic, nearly monumental compositions which despite their richness always stay intimate and delicate.
credits
releases June 28, 2024
Written and produced by Joanna Gemma Auguri
Co-Produced by Ingo Krauss
Recorded and mixed by Ingo Krauss at Candy Bomber Studio, Berlin July - August 2023
Additional recordings on Last Dance by Keeley Forsyth & Ross Downes, North Yorkshire, UK
Additional recordings of musical saw on Isle of Longing by Crystin Fawn at Don Records, Düsseldorf
The Instruments for Alone were recorded by Boris Wilsdorf at anderebaustelle, Berlin 2022
Mastered by Douglas Henderson at Micro Moose, Berlin
Joanna Gemma Auguri is a musician, songwriter and actress. In the various stages of her musical solo and band projects, she incorporates influences from folk, ambient and avant-garde music.
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