London-based musician and multidisciplinary artist Natasha Khan, also known as Bat For Lashes, today announces the moving, feminine film 'The Dream Of Delphi – A New Transmission', the visual accompaniment to her upcoming sixth studio album 'The Dream Of Delphi'. will be released on May 31 via acclaimed Mercury KX label, heralding a new era for the three-time Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominee.
While Natasha Khan has always created visual stories and films for her albums, in this new era she takes creativity further than ever with the ambitious release of a counterpart film to the album, expanding the official music videos into an emotional and visceral exploration of the album . . Produced in collaboration with creative director and choreographer Alexandra Green and directed by Freddie Leyden, the film acts as a visual score and accompaniment to the album, punctuated and anchored by the official music videos for the album's singles.
'The Dream of Delphi – A New Transmission' is a visual narrative that accompanies the calling, creation and birth of a child, with an exploration of both the human rawness that surrounds that experience and the mythical and universal realizations that have happened to Natasha. during her maternity trip. The dance pieces include couple work that explores the pressures, bonds and tenderness that occur when lovers become parents, and the dances with the two women hint at Natasha's relationship with midwives, best friends and brotherhood that I needed so much. the birth of her daughter. The choreography, based on the simple and mundane actions of everyday life, highlights the raw beauty within simplicity and mundanity, weaving raw emotions into a series of theatrical dance moments that are emblematic of the way a relationship changes. , it changes and it also breaks. below; moves developed by Khan as part of his new live show, first performed at Meltdown Festival last summer.
Voice notes, old footage, improvised piano, voiceover snippets, and memories weave in and out of the album's tracks, contributing a sometimes surreal and impressionistic collage to the soundtrack. Like a diary, this film covers a period of approximately three years and also encompasses the timeless realms of generational patterns, ancestral connections, universal love and intelligence. The natural world, the ocean, land and forests serve as backdrops and fertile places for the music, connecting us to the raw and wild aspects of Mother Nature and her healing power.
This film is created, like the album, as a maternal balm and document not only for Natasha's daughter Delphi, but for all of us, and hopes to celebrate and validate the power of the Mother for us all.
Watch the trailer for 'Delphi's Dream – A New Transmission' – BELOW:
On new album 'The Dream of Delphi' we meet Motherwitch: the name Khan gives to the armor she dons as she explores the depths and heights of herself in her new capacity as mother and protector. Moments of quiet domesticity lie among flashes of existential wonder in these ten spiral compositions. Lyrics about the breakdown of Natasha's relationship with Delphi's father are intertwined with the mother's place in the endless cycle of life, death and rebirth. Ideas and sounds, both ancient and modern, also intertwine in fascinating ways: pianos, bass flutes and harps mingle with organs, mellotrons and the swirling sound patterns of synthesizers, inspired by his love of female and trans artists like Delia Derbyshire , Constance Demby and Beverly Glenn Copeland. and her long-standing interests in ambient and orchestral film scores.
After presenting new music and live performances last year as part of the Meltdown Festival curated by Christine & The Queens at the Southbank Centre, Bat For Lashes will take to the stage again this summer for their first series of headline concerts in five years with a focus highly conceptual. show that combines movement and elements of performance art along with his virtuoso vocal performance and live band.
'Delphi's Dream' marks a new chapter in the already varied and acclaimed history of Bat For Lashes. Welcome to the domain of 'The Witch Mother'.
Delphi's Dream song list:
1. The dream of Delphi
2. Christmas day
3. Letter to my daughter
4. At your feet
5. The midwives are gone
6. Home (single version)
7. Breaking up
8. Delphi Dance
9. His first morning
10. Wake up
11. The Delphian Dream (additional version with extended strings)
Bat For Lashes Tour Dates:
June 12 O2 Academy 2, Oxford UK (Sold Out)
June 18 Town Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
June 19 Beacon, Bristol, UK
June 24 Barbican, London, United Kingdom
June 25 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion, United Kingdom
June 27 Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
July 6 Beauregard Festival, France
June 29 Siren Song Festival, Luxembourg
July 18 Colors of Ostrava, Czech Republic
August 23 Edinburgh International Festival, United Kingdom
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