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2024 studio album by Kavus Torabi
The Banishing
Released 3 May 2024 (2024-05-03 )
Genre
Length 42 :18
Label
Believers Roast
"Snake Humanis" Released: 6 March 2024
"Heart the Same" Released: 5 April 2024
The Banishing is the second solo album by multi-instrumentalist and composer
Kavus Torabi .
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Background
Torabi, known as the frontman of the
Canterbury scene band
Gong and as a member of
Cardiacs , released his first solo album,
Hip to the Jag , in 2020; 2023 saw the release of
Heaven's Sun , an album he made in collaboration with Richard Wileman of Karda Estra.
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Track listing
"The Horizontal Man" – 5:04
"Snake Humanis" – 3:29
"Heart the Same" – 7:44
"A Thousand Blazing Chariots" – 3:58
"The Sweetest Demon" – 5:53
"Push the Faders" – 3:55
"Mountains of Glass" – 7:51
"Untethered" – 4:24
Personnel
Musicians
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Kavus Torabi – guitars (with
guitar pedals ,
ebow ,
gliss and other modifications), bass,
Fender Rhodes ,
Prophet synthesiser ,
santoor ,
vichitra veena ,
harmonium ,
snare ,
tambourine ,
ride cymbal ,
bass drum ,
autoharp ,
hand claps ,
double bass ,
guzheng ,
shakers , prayer
bells ,
glockenspiel
With:
Kate Davis – flute (track 2)
References
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^ Marszalek, Julian (4 May 2024).
" "A plaintive joy throughout, informed by painful experiences… not an album that feels sorry for itself": Kavus Torabi's The Banishing" .
Prog . Retrieved 4 May 2024 .
^ Ewing, Jerry (6 March 2024).
" "My idea of a pop tune!" Kavus Torabi launches new solo album with video for Snake Humanis" .
Prog . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .
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"Kavus Torabi – The Banishing" . Echoes and Dust . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .
^ Ewing, Jerry (5 April 2024).
"Kavus Torabi shares video for new single, the epic, trippy Heart The Same" .
Prog . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .
^ Wright, Jonathan (5 April 2024).
"Features | A Quietus Interview | Banishing Point: An Interview With Kavus Torabi" .
The Quietus . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .
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"Kavus Torabi New Single" . Maximum Volume Music . 5 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024 .
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