Description
Aventine is the second album release from Berlin-based Danish phenomenon Agnes Obel, the follow up to her critically acclaimed debut Philharmonics of 2010 which has sold close to 500,000 worldwide since release.
Originally from Copenhagen, Agnes has lived in Berlin since 2006, where Aventine was recorded at her Chalk Wood Studios between January and May 2013.
Like Philharmonics, the new album was written, arranged, and produced by Agnes, who provides piano and vocals. The album features a small ensemble including cellist Anne Müller, who has also played with Nils Frahm, along with Mika Posen of Timber Timbre playing the violin and viola on The Curse, Pass Them By and Fivefold. Robert Kondorossi of Budzillus plays guitar on Pass Them By.
Building on the sonic template of her debut, Aventine is a deeper and darker (though none the less elegantly sublime) affair, with songs of genuine heart stopping beauty in the likes of first single The Curse, Dorian and Fuel To Fire.
Agnes will be over for a small tour in October but, prior to that, she will be in the UK to play as support to Ludovico Einaudi at the Roundhouse in London.
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