Make sure to come pay us a visit as we journey through Europe on our Ascension tour. Reflections, emotions, embodiments and transcendance; Expect it all.
Harvest On New Spotify Playlist
Harvest
An exclusive publication is coming out on our music video Harvest this week so keep your eyes peeled!
BBC Radio Wales
Thank you to Adam Walton on BBC Radio Wales for spinning our track ‘Harvest’ on his show last night which you can listen to here
Watch the music video for our single Harvest below
“Harvest is the outcome of a social experiment, filmed over the duration of two hours, designed to explore and capture one of the fundamental concepts behind the album Ascension; the transitioning between one plain of consciousness to another. With dance being one the most primitive forms of human behaviour, we created a musical environment that shifted between five notions. Orchestrated with the intention of removing each individual from their bodies, from time and from their conscious state of awareness, to a state of catharsis and transcendence, we documented the language of movement that became the immediate dialogue of their subconscious, and in turn, witnessed the collective ascension of the group to pass into an altered state; a higher frequency and dimension of being and energy.”
The Hot Tin
We are very excited to be performing at The Hot Ton in Faversham this evening. It will be an intimate evening of poetry, visuals, soundscapes and intimate music all woven into one tapestry.
Glasgow Show
After a beautifully intimate show at Manchester, we are on the road to Glasgow. Come and see us perform at The Hug And Pint from 10pm!
Tonight
Tonight we are supporting Shana Cleveland at The Latest Music Bar in Brighton.
Catch us on at 20:30
The Art Of Revolution Live Performance
This is a live rendition of 'The Art Of Revolution' performed in the ethereal architecture of St Marys Church. Our Autumn tour is an array of intimate performances, filled with poetry, music and soundscapes. We are Looking forwards to sharing these evenings with you.
click here for all ticket links and updates
Samana Tour Dates
London Show
Exclusive Bandcamp Feature
A huge thank you to bandcamp for the wonderful and extensive write up about the conceptual secrets that lie behind the Ascension obelisk and the exclusive vinyl with the 100 maps to take you there!
Click here to read the full piece!
Lyrics As Poetry
My lyrics have been published in Volume. 3 of the beautiful book ‘Lyrics As Poetry’. I am very proud to be a part of this LA based journal, where lyrics can be appreciated on their own aesthetic merit. Catch them at The London Art Book fair from 5-8th September where they will be at The Whitechapel Gallery with copies. Also you can purchase the book on their website here
August Shows
Before the end of this month, when summer falls away into Autumn, we are playing these shows:
23rd August - Stroud, St Laurence Church
25th August - Greenbelt Festival
29th August - Cafe Potrva, Prague
30th August - The Sound Of Bronkow Music Festival, Dresden
Guy Garvey BBC Radio 6
A BIG Thank you to Guy Garvey, lead singer of Elbow for playing our track 'Harvest' on his BBC Radio 6 Music show - 'Guy Garvey's Finest Hour' and for the lovely words! The show is a great one, with tracks from Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison and Antibalas. Click here to listen to the show!
Stroud Fringe
Samana Performing At TRAVERS Festival in France
We are performing at TRAVERS Festival in France, Gréalou on the 22nd September.
A getaway on the paths of Santiago de compostela; a walk winding through the beautiful and holistic amalgamation of nature’s unrivalled beauty and the soul of parallel art over the course of two days.
New Write Up
Thank you to Rob From Ban Ban Ton Ton for his words on Ascension.
Here’s a snippet from the full article: “Sometimes a melancholy tugging on Americana tropes. Epic, aching, forest fires, and explosions of Shoegaze vapor. Sunset resonance. Birds and cattle in its distance. Blues mantras broken out at the golden hour. Barefoot in a sanctuary, somewhere in Wales.”
Les Tombées de la Nuit Festival
We are so excited to be performing at a range of beautiful venues around Rennes for Les Tombées de la Nuit Festival from the 5-7th of July!
Germany Tour Dates Announced!
We are very excited to announce our German Tour dates in November!
Join us for what will be a beautiful series of evenings!
A Beautiful Review Of Our Muelle, Bilbao Concert
Thank you so much to Alfred Villaescusa, for his poignant, attentive and very detailed review featured on 'El Caleidoscopio' of our performance at Muelle, Bilbao earlier this month.
"In a dream territory between Cigarettes After Sex, something by Kate Bush and the ethereal pomposity of Sigur Rós moves this couple with spiritual pretenses that spent a whole year touring Europe and expressed their experiences in a minimalistic and hypnotic debut, whose listening becomes Completely addictive once you get into your roll. A world in black and white far from the shrillness of the current era in which everything moves with a dizzying speed. The attitude of the sparse parish was one of absolute devotion, most of them sitting on the floor as if they were telling a story in the light of the moon. A cockatoo would have been ground to the ground. "The Sky Holds Our Years" rejoiced in the agony, while "Beneath The Ice" for its almost ambient air could easily enter a list of fundamental songs for intercourse. Or to listen at dawn alone, in those moments in which the majority sleep and glimpse the lit light of a room causes conjectures of different fur.
Feel a presence without paying attention to it. A revolution of silence that is taking positions without us noticing."
Photographs by Alfred Villaescusa