Classic and sublime songs seperate artists like
Distance, Light & Sky
from the mainstream. Their wonderful debut album consists of 10 amazing
tracks analogue recorded in the Sono Studios in Prague with legendary
producer
Phill Brown (
Talk Talk - „Spirit of Eden“). Songwriter
Chris Eckman knows how to tie on to the best times of
The Walkabouts but Distance, Light & Sky is not a solo- not either a side project it is truly a band of its own.
Alongside Chris Eckman you'll see the adorable female singer and songwriter
Chantal Acda from the Netherlands/England. Chantal is well known for her work with the band the
Isbells and recorded her last solo album „
Let Your Hands Be My Guide“ with
Nils Frahm and
Peter Broderick of
Efterklang („Exquisite. As soft as snow“ - MOJO 04/05,
„Starry-eyed beauty“ - Uncut 08/10). Next to her and Chris there's percussionist and composer
Eric Thielemans of the
EARR Ensemble who's famous for his work with the legendary
Sun Ra saxophonist
Marshall Allen. You'll see that
Distance, Light & Sky consists of 3 musicians coming from a different backround connected by a common musical vision.
Their debut „
Casting Nets“ is a melancholy but
optimistic album made of quiet and calm sounds, multifarious and
nuanced, shaped by its composers and their various characters
Eckman, Acda and Thielemans and the unique recording technique of producer
Phill Brown. It's a true pleasure to listen to the duets of
Chantal Acda with her female voice and
Chris Eckman
with his sonorous baritone voice. Most fascinating of all is the fact
that these 3 totally different artists made the grade to bunch their
varied influences into a homogenous and harmonic sound construct called
„Casting Nets“.
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