On their first full-length album, Hamburg based outfit Angels Of Libra teamed up with Irish singer-songwriter Nathan Johnston to create a soulful & atmospheric journey, painting old-school soundscapes with a modern grooving twist. Remarkable, funky vocals are accompanied by a strong rhythm section and heavenly horns/strings arrangements, while the lyrics throw a bridge between old mythologies and various themes of the contemporary world.

Born out of a recording session in a house in Denmark, where producer & guitarist Dennis Rux, keyboard player Chris Haertel, bassist David Nesselhauf and drummer Lucas Kochbeck spent two weeks writing and recording instrumental songs onto a 1980’s TASCAM 388 8-track tape recorder, the project was originally intended to be a soul revue featuring various singers throughout the record. In a search for new voices, Rux remembered Nathan Johnston from a session at Clouds Hill studios where both were working on their own separate projects. He asked him if he would like to feature as a vocalist on one of the songs from those recordings. As a challenge to his own songwriting abilities (with no instruction as to the lyrical content or vocal melodies and complete freedom of expression) Johnston accepted the offer and a few months later sent a demo...  more
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released November 4, 2022
©Waterfall Records

Nathan Johnston: Vocals
David Nesselhauf: Bass
Dennis Rux: Guitar, Tape Loops
Chris Haertel: Philicorda, Hammond, Wurlitzer, Synth
Lucas Kochbeck: Drums, Space Percussions
Friedrich Paravicini: Strings, Celeste, Ondes Martenot, Vibraphone Kimo Eiserbeck: Tenor & Baritone Saxophone, Flute Hans-Christian Stephan: Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Backing Vocals by The Librettes (Maiiah, Jean Cortis, Gosia Jasinska) & Vitor Lopes
Percussions by Pablo Escaloya
Additional Vibraphone by André Wittmann
Additional Guitars by Philip Bradatsch & Legbo Uebertriber
String Arrangements by Friedrich Paravicini
Horn Arrangements by Hans-Christian Stephan & Dennis Rux

Recorded, mixed & produced by Dennis Rux at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios, Hamburg
Additional Overdub Recordings by Friedrich Paravicini & Analogika Hamburg
Artwork by Chrispop