Artist: Persephone
Album: Home

German Import | PERSEPHONE is Sonja Kraushofer and her solo debut, Home, is a beautiful exhibit of musical and lingual nostalgia made palatable to modern listeners. It explores the spiritual, cultural, and other essential paths of existence that we have taken once before, and demonstrates what made them invigorating for some, and excruciating for others. L’AME IMMORTELLE (the name under which Sonja, Thomas and Hannes have recorded for five years) has taken a break for a while to allow them all to do solo albums. For Home Sonja invited Tobias Hahn and Dirk Riegert, the two masterminds behind JANUS and producers for bands like SOPOR AETERNUS and SAMSAS TRAUM.

"The three musicians [Sonja Kraushofer, Tobias Hahn and Dirk Riegert] gracefully move from rhythmically oriented songs with strong medieval leanings to melodically rich, dark neo-classical pieces; at times they fuse these diverse musical influences, and occasionally they rely on Sonja’s voices as the sole instruments. In a sense, “Home” is a dark blend of the best moments of SOPOR AETERNUS or DEAD CAN DANCE, but without being a mere copy. Besides many classical musicians (violin, cello, bassoon, oboe, clarinet and much more) this album features Wim, ex-guitar player of CHRISTIAN DEATH. " -- Nova Media Distribution, www. novamd.de