Thus, he organically stepped into the role of vocalist, a role he had not pursued since the early days of his musical career. This caused a creational chain reaction, forcefully spreading across the group.ĭuring this second phase, Jan Bang, while meditating upon the possibilities and reach of the improvised material, felt a strong urge to give additional shape and colour to it by singing. They were driven to dig deeper, to attentively examine and manipulate the material, in order to discover what it had to offer.
The group did not settle for just the outcome of the initial open improvisation. This meeting opened the door for something larger to emerge. The session was run under the imaginative craftsmanship of sound engineer Ingo Krauss, who worked in the famous Conny Plank studio, and its recording and mixing employed sophisticated use of vintage analogue equipment alongside cutting edge digital processes. The groundwork of the album’s music originates from a session initiated by Samuel Rohrer, who invited Jan Bang and Eivind Aarset to the renowned Candy Bomber studio in Berlin. The music of the 10 songs resulted from a two-stage process: an initial phase of free flowing open improvisation, and a subsequent exploratory phase where hidden potentials were discovered and nurtured.
Key to their collaboration is an organic freedom that enables the music “to fill itself in”, to be self-actualizing via the musicians as medium. These songs conjure shadows of memory, clouds of dreaming and silhouettes of foreboding through the album’s layered, many-textured fabrics and Jan Bang’s silken delivery of Erik Honoré’s acute lyrics.ĭark Star Safari is the work of four kindred spirits, their open modus operandi, and a remarkably interconnected creative nerve system.
Dark Star Safari – Press release by Henning Bolteĭark Star Safari, a newly formed group featuring Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset and Samuel Rohrer, present its eponymous recording debut, an evocative song-driven album.
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