The debut Chasing The Monsoon album was beautifully mastered recently by Pete Maher who’s music CV features some great artists including U2, Rolling Stones, Snow Patrol and Depeche Mode. We’ll announce pre-order details soon.
It’s a great honour to announce that Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell will be a special guest on the new ILLUMINAE album, my new collaboration with vocalist Agnieszka Swita.
I spent a great day at Limefiield Studio in Manchester recently where John recorded some great sax and clarinet parts for a track on the forthcoming album.
I’ve been in the studio with Sertari and Gonzalo working on new Karnataka material.
We have a lot of new ideas which I’m really excited about. We’ll be bringing you regular studio updates on the Karnataka website as we continue to write and work on new material.
More exciting news for Karnataka this week when we announced our new lead vocalist ~ Sertari.
Anglo-Cypriot singer-songwriter Sertari entranced us with her beautiful vocals in the audition; there was an immediate chemistry and it was clear we all shared the same musical vision. We loved the way she interpreted the songs, respecting the original versions whilst adding her own feel and emotion, sprinkling the sound with that extra bit of magic. It was very obvious to us that she was a perfect match for the band. Sertari’s own diverse musical influences include Nightwish, Kate Bush, Led Zeppelin and Florence + the Machine to name a few, so we already shared the same musical DNA. .
Sertari’s successful solo career has seen her charting in both the UK and Europe and winning the Akademia “Singer/Songwriter” award for her Unplugged EP. She recently released her new EP “Bright Star” featuring Grammy award winner J- Ivy.
Sertari is an Official Ableton artist.
It’s the start of an exciting new chapter for the band, a spark that ignites a new flame.
“I am so excited to be part of Karnataka, I became an instant fan listening to all the songs. It was great to sing some of the songs for the group and really happy that they liked what I did on the day. I am looking forward to the future and being part of Karnataka and journey ahead”. Sertari
It was great to announce this week that guitarist Luke Machin has teamed up with Karnataka as a special guest for future tours and recording. Luke’s stunning playing recently elevated him into the Prog Magazine Best Guitarist poll top ten alongside guitar legends Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery and Guthrie Govan. He’s also shared the stage with Jeff Beck, Francis Dunnery, Pain of Salvation and Robert Plant. Luke’s own band Maschine were winners of Prog Magazines ‘Best New Band’ readers’ poll and The Classic Rock Society‘s ‘Best New Band’ award’.
Luke has been working with Agnieszka and myself on our debut Illuminae album. He’s a superb player who combines great muscianship with a sympathetic ear for the song arrangement and production and has really helped add an extra dimension to the album. I’m really looking forward to working with Luke in Karnataka.
It’s been a very busy summer recording and producing the debut Illuminae album – the new project featuring myself and Agnieszka Swita. All the recording is now finished and I’m currently working on some post production before we start mixing the album. You’ll have read in previous news items that we have some amazing special guests playing on the album – Steve Hackett, Craig Blundell, Troy Donockley, Luke Machin and Gonzalo Carrera. The album is set for release in early 2019 and we’ll be announcing further details towards the end of the year. In the meantime I’ll keep you posted on the mixing.
Some of you may be aware I’ve been working on a project for some time called Chasing The Monsoon. It features myself, Steve Evans (producer of Karnataka’s Delicate Flame of Desire), Lisa Fury (Karnataka vocalist on The Gathering Light), guitarist Ian Simmons and some special guest appearances including Troy Donockley (Nightwish) and Enrico Pinna (Karnataka guitarist on The Gathering Light and Secrets of Angels).
We recently finished recording the debut album and will be mastering it at award winning Loud Mastering Taunton next week. We’ll be announcing the album release and pre-order details soon.
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We’ve been making great progress on the debut Illuminae album. Most of the vocals are now recorded and I’m continuing to work on keys and the production.
Great to hear the tracks developing and we’ll be aiming to start mixing in the Autumn.
It was lovely to find out I’d been featured in the top ten bass players at the recent Classic Rock Society Awards! Very humbled and honoured to be named alongside some great players. A big thank you to everyone who voted… very much appreciated! ))
