KARITI: Atmospheric / Ambient Sound Alchemist To Release Still Life Full-Length On November 7th Via Lay Bare Recordings; Title Track Now Streaming + Preorders Available

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Stream KARITI’s “Still Life” HERE.

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. On November 7th, KARITI will release her latest full-length, Still Life, through Lay Bare Recordings.

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.

Of third full-length Still Life, she notes, “These songs are the aftermath of being galvanized into a disillusioned reflection on human life and the way it is lived by most of us in the world in its current state.”

In advance of the release of Still Life, KARITI offers up the record’s first single and title track. KARITI comments, “Inspired by a dream and the product of a cherished bittersweet synchronicity, ‘still life’ was one of my first poems of this new cycle. At the same time, it was the last song I composed the melody for and was still largely unfinished when we began recording. It owes its final form to a spontaneous voyage outside the comfort zone, please enjoy this trip with me, wherever it’ll take us.”

Stream KARITI’s “Still Life” HERE.

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 will be released on CD, LP, and digital formats. Find vinyl preorders at HERE and CD/digital orders HERE.

Still Life Track Listing:
1. Spine
2. Nothing
3. Stems
4. Still Life
5. Purge
6. Suicide By A Thousand Cuts
7. Fragile
8. Naiznanku
9. Baptism

“…viscerally beautiful and haunting…” – Cvlt Nation

“…,trying to find a comparison is somewhat difficult…undeniably intoxicating…” – The Sleeping Shaman

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