ANOUSHKA SHANKAR – Chapter II: How Dark Is It Before Dawn (Maxi-Single) – 12” – Vinyl

12” – Black Vinyl Maxi-Single.

Anoushka Shankar, the acclaimed sitar player, producer and composer, shares the second instalment of the trilogy of mini-albums she began with Chapter I: Forever, For Now in October 2023.

Chapter II: How Dark it Is Before Dawn will be released on vinyl and via all digital platforms on April 5, 2024. The series follows Between Us…, her live album for LEITER, a collaboration with Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest nominated for 2023s Best Global Music Album Grammy. After an Australian and Indian tour in January, Shankar also continues presenting her music live, with further European dates beginning in April.

Chapter II: How Dark it Is Before Dawn was recorded during sessions with British producer and composer Peter Raeburn in his two Soundtree Studios, first in May, 2023 in LA, where Shankar had just performed her father Ravis Sitar Concerto No. 3 with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, then in London in September, 2023 before she set out on her North American tour. It finds Shankar expanding her horizons, both artistically and sonically, exploring a mesmeric, at times almost ambient soundscape.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Pacifica
2. Offering
3. What Dreams Are Made Of

Side B
1. In the End
2. Below the Surface
3. New Dawn