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Samana - 12th November - Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire - Wales+Pillow
November 12th brings an all artist curated event run by our imprint The Road Records, where SAMANA will be bringing an intimate carnation to listeners, with piano, guitars, Bodhran and Vocals, along with string accompaniment, offering an evening of profundity, set in the sacred circle of the round .
Our mission is to deliver a magnificently transcendental and immersive sonic and atmospheric experience, breaking down the performer/audience barrier, easing all into the soft, embracing ambience of a living room. Emphasis is placed firmly on the sonic deliverance of the music, offering a binaural soundscape held within the spaces we inhabit. All such realms constitude towards a fully immersive state of interconnectedness, where the ethereal and the emotional realms fuse.
Our imprint 'The Road Records’ is on a mission to achieving artistic sustainability for uncompromising artistry in what is presently an incredibly challenging climate for independent artists in the UK. This means that once venue hire and artist expenses are taken care of, all ticket proceeds go directly into the pockets of the crew of 6 artists, enabling the evening to be infused with magic and helping the continuation of more tailored and special events for the future.
The success of our sold-out UK 'In Tune With The Infinite Tour' this June, in support of our eponymous release of our third record, has prompted a run of UK dates this November to meet the demand for what has been a profoundly moving and effective model in delivering grassroots music directly to audience members.
Pillow
"The music captures the richness of a classical tone, whilst retaining the freedom of improvisation and the storytelling of folk like melodies. Sighting influence from artists such as Nick Drake, Jonny Greenwood, and Max Richter to name a few, Pillow embarks on telling their own story of how sounds can emerge and give meaning to life’s experiences"
Samana
"Samana's music is centred around an emotionally raw and magnetic delivery of a shamanic and cinematic proportion, offering a passage to transcend into worlds unseen. Evolving along multi-disciplinary lines, Samana possess a unique spirit born from a nomadic lifestyle, a participation in Celtic ceremonies and their deep affiliation with the natural world. The duo own a creative, analogue production house born from their Georgian small-holding in the deep corners of the Welsh Countryside, from which is born their anthropological excavations, conjuring layered narratives that address concepts of dreamtime, death, transcendence and collective consciousness."
“The spiritual grounding between Rebecca Rose Harris and Franklin Mockett drives this strident blend of slowcorre, blues and yacht rock, with melodic surprises and ghostly vocal. Morricone meets Cowboy Junkies on ‘Into The Blue’, while ‘The Knife’ feels like a lost goth classic”
MOJO Magazine
★★★★
“Musically, the duo cleave to a gothic-leaning, string-infused spectacle blurring the boundaries between Dead Can Dance, Mazzy Star, Nico and sigur ros at the point of their international breakthrough. Then, add in dashes of freak-folk, John Martyn, the intensity of Judee Sill’s “The Donor” and Led Zeppelin’s folk-inclined explorations c. Led Zeppelin III.The nine tracks of Samana beckon you into their world in the same way tendrils of fog surround, and then lead astray, an unsuspecting traveller. Samana sound as entranced as the cast Werner Herzog hypnotised while directing Heart of Glass”
The Arts Desk
★★★★
Expressive, mysteries and creative, this self-titled album defies categorisation. Startingly beautiful, these songs have a driven intensity. SAMANA It has a vivid impact thats impossible to ignore. Bold and innovative, it’s a fine album!
Record Collector
★★★★
Here is what some of the audience members had to say about the performances:
"By far the most powerful musical experience I have ever witnessed"
"Rebecca possesses shamanic qualities which reached deep into my core and have profoundly changed my perspectives on life"
"A deeply moving, visceral experience. I cried throughout the whole performance; it was one of the greatest catharsis I have experienced in releasing grief I never knew was there."
Support the beating heart of independent arts and join us for what we promise to be a truly unforgettable evening!
Only a limited number of tickets are on offer, so be sure to purchase them in advance to avoid disappointment.
Advance tickets - £15
On the door tickets - £17
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Newport Memorial Hall Neuadd Goffa Trefdraeth, Newport Memorial Hall, West Street, Newport, SA42 0, United Kingdom,Newport, Pembrokeshire, Narberth
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