Label: Equilibrium Music
Catalog#: EQM031
Country: -
Genre, Style: Ambient / Ethnic / World Music
Release Date: 30 Apr 2010
Format: MP3, VBR kbps
Size: 53 mb

The French tribal folk / neo-classical duo Rajna is back with a new album entitled Offering. Four years have passed since the latest album and now Fabrice and Jeanne LeFebvre are finally back with a new opus on the Portuguese Equilibrium Music. What immediately stands out is the crystal clear production which makes every sound and detail audible which adds to the overall atmosphere on this album. The instrumentation consists of various instruments and the musical influences are very diverse, with abundant plundering of World Music from various regions of Southern Europe and the Middle East. The vocals of Jeanne can still be characterized as Heavenly Voices. The arrangements mostly have a symphonic basis and this gives the music a serious and almost ethereal undercurrent. Yet Offering doesn't sound depressing and is accessible enough for an audience which for instance is also familiar with the work of Dead Can Dance.

Tracklist:

01. The Arrival [1:54]
02. Ephesus [3:40]
03. Cycleades [5:25]
04. Offering [3:14]
05. Eleusis [4:51]
06. Illa Salde [3:21]
07. Epidauros [5:46]
08. The Dance of Cleomene [4:44]
09. Never Land [2:54]
10. Quiet Hour [4:44]