Sakebi - Initial Dusk (2018) EN

A solo project by Simona Navašinskienė who appears on the Lithuanian music stage in such projects as Popietės Mergiotė or Seagull Overseas. This time, she released an album as Sakebi meaning music that you may try to label as shoegazing trip-hop. Initial Dusk is worth looking into.

The album is full of ballads written for airy electronics and keys. Synth backgrounds and the electronic music go well together with the dreamy ambiance and create some brilliant compositions, such as II. But most of the time, it is just an accompaniment for the Lithuanian's vocals telling some tear-jerking stories. In other context, less airy and awe-inspiring, they'd be mundane here, they fit like nothing else.

There are also clear inspirations drawn from folk music (even the first sounds of the album in Farewell give this impression) and Navašinskienė's voice colour reminding me of some female-vocal Nightwish-ish metal projects. To me, this is Sakebi's weakest part but it's only a matter of taste.

Initial Dusk costs 5 EUR.

Check: Evening With You

Country: Lithuania

Genre: ethereal trip-hop

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