Aarktica - We Will Find the Light '2022

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       "A beautiful and dynamic ride between ambient electric symphony and
intimate human song." - Alan Sparkhawk, Low

Aarktica is vocalist/guitarist Jon DeRosa. Jon has created a diverse catalog of
music beginning in 1999, with the ambient guitar opus No Solace In Sleep
(Silber). Since then DeRosa has traversed many musical styles in his primary
vehicle, Aarktica and released several albums of darkly orchestral chamber pop
under his own name, as well as two countrypolitan folk albums as Pale Horse and
Rider.

We Will Find the Light finds DeRosa at an intersection of influences and
experience, and perhaps sounding the most at ease he’s ever been,
blending his affinity for ambient guitar soundscapes and understated dark folk
into a cohesive work, which moves seamlessly through both melancholia and
optimism. Within these songs we hear the influences of Leonard Cohen, This
Mortal Coil and Nick Cave intermingling with those of minimalist composers like
Ingram Marshall and ambient artists like Juliana Barwick and Steve Roach.

We Will Find the Light is comprised of a balance of both vocal and instrumental
songs. DeRosa covers two vocal songs that are known in shamanic circles, one by
Portugese singer Mariana Root, “Olha o Sol Que Vai Nascendo”, the
other by Peruvian songwriter Artur Mena, "Sirenita Bobinsana”. This is
because, for the past decade, DeRosa has worked in shamanic healing and somatic
healing, disciplines which often involve exploring the shadow elements of our
nature in order to heal wounds and resolve traumas. It is in this shadow place
that DeRosa seems to have grown most comfortable, not necessarily indulging in
the darkness, but rather observing and moving through it, into places of peace
and beauty. In many ways, this album is a musical metaphor for this healing
work.

This album also marks the first collaboration between DeRosa and
Grammy-nominated producer Lewis Pesacov. Notable contributors also include
cellist/violist Henrik Meierkord, keyboardist Charles Newman and vocalist Nicole
LaLiberté.

In addition to his work in Aarktica, DeRosa is also currently the vocalist for
veteran ethereal-goth band Black Tape for a Blue Girl.

We Will Find the Light is Aarktica's most ambitious and sublime album to date.
It is the first physical release since 2009's In Sea and the first full-length
since 2019's Mareación. It follows Aarktica's three full length albums on
Darla: Matchless Years (2007), Bleeding Light (2005), ...Or You Could Just Go
Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway: Bliss Out Vol. 18 (2002) and two of
our all-time favorite ambient albums No Solace in Sleep (2000) and Pure Tone
Audiometry (2003), which were released on Silber Records. 

Tracklist:
1 01. Aarktica - Like Embers (03:49)
1 02. Aarktica - Can't Say I've Missed You (07:23)
1 03. Aarktica - Celestial Transmission (02:27)
1 04. Aarktica - Olha o Sol Que Vai Nascendo (06:39)
1 05. Aarktica - Goodnight (06:13)
1 06. Aarktica - A Quiet Place (04:03)
1 07. Aarktica - Bridge of Fire (04:54)
1 08. Aarktica - May It Be So (07:02)
1 09. Aarktica - Delicate Waltz of Shadows (03:34)
1 10. Aarktica - Sirenita Bobinsana (04:50)
1 11. Aarktica - We Will Find the Light (06:41) 

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