Losing The Sea, by Karen Vogt

Video by Jolanda Moletta. Painting by Stefania Lubatti

Losing The Sea

by Karen Vogt

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Anthony Childs One can imagine, with the stated theme of the album with the fact you don't significantly hear any water sounds until around 22 minutes, each song Karen and friends have created is a kind of dowsing rod highly tuned to locating the ocean/sea and the journey(s) taken from start to discovery, re-connecting the seeker to a treasured source of well-being.

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Images from "Night Soughing" video, directed by Jolanda Moletta and featuring a painting by Italian artist Stefania Lubatti. Each CDR is hand painted with Indian ink.
Video premiered at Opus (US): bit.ly/3N9HEvC
*BONUS - remixes and sea recordings included on the CDR and as a digital downlaoded code inside the booklet.
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1.	Losing The Sea (feat. Guillaume Eymenier) 04:46	info	buy track
2.	Stranded By The Spring Tide 05:36 video	lyrics	buy track
Karen Vogt - vocals, guitar
3.	Night Soughing 03:24 video	info	buy track
4.	Watching The Ninth Wave (feat. Guillaume Eymenier) 04:40	info	buy track
5.	Amidst The Sea Fog 03:16	info	buy track
6.	Searching For Shoals 07:22	info	buy track
7.	Dark Salt 02:16	info	buy track

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"blends shadowy drones with diaphonous vocals" - disquiet

"veritable siren call to the distant shores of memory" - Stationary Travels

"an atmospheric and delicate ambient delight" - Backseat Mafia

"a gorgeous ambient love letter to the sea, and a heartfelt sonic expression of the distant longing to be near it" - Fog Songs blog

Originally released on Mare Nostrum (FR) Feb 24, 2023. This version of the album includes the bonus track "Dark Salt".

This 6 track mini album about my longing for the sea after spending many years living inland. Growing up in Australia, the sea was always in close proximity and within walking distance of most places I lived. I have been based in Paris for the past fifteen years and it was only recently that I realised how much I feel a sense of loss that the sea is so far away from me now. Each time I go for a trip to the ocean, I want to stay there. I want to sit on the shore and watch the water, the waves and the sky. I really miss it and especially to be able to think things through as I walk along the beach. There is a stirring, a cleansing and an emotional response I feel very strongly when I am there that is almost impossible to recreate anywhere else.

When I started to write Losing The Sea I used some much loved guitar vignettes that I recorded a few years ago. In fact, had been thinking of the sea when I wrote them. So I decided to work with this material as a basis for the songs. I re-visited them and added new vocals. I invited my friend (French musician/filmmaker) Guillaume Eymenier, to contribute guitar to some of these songs. I have known Guillaume ever since coming to France over 15 years ago. I have admired both his solo music and the music of his band Cats Hats Gowns. Guillaume has made some beautiful videos for my band Heligoland, and recently for my duo project Galán/Vogt (with Spanish composer Pepo Gálan). I always wanted to involve Guillaume in a musical project, and so this felt like the perfect moment to do that. When I told him that the sea was my theme, he kindly recorded some sea sounds for me and you can hear them in the track "Searching for Shoals". Guillaume's guitar work appears on the title track "Losing The Sea" and "Watching the Ninth Wave".

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released February 24, 2023

Written and Produced by Karen Vogt
Photo and Art Direction by Anne Jabaud

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Karen Vogt is an Australian artist, vocalist and musician based in France. She uses her voice to create atmospheric, ambient and experimental compositions. She is mostly known for her distinctive vocals with dream-pop band Heligoland that she co-founded in 1999, produced by Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins). ... more

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