Nightwishin Tuomas Holopainen uuden projektin kimpussa: AURI julkaisemassa debyyttialbumia keväällä 2018
Nightwishista tutut Tuomas Holopainen sekä Troy Donockley ovat aloittaneet yhteistyössä laulaja Johanna Kurkelan kanssa uuden projektin nimeltä AURI. Projektilta on ilmestymässä debyyttialbumi keväällä 2018 ja siitä on kerrottu virallisessa tiedotteessa seuraavaa:
”a voice behind the mirror
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeen Mainos päättyyEchoes of another world resound from the depths of the legendary rabbit hole. Music diffused with moments of silence and escapist dream sequences, freed from time and earthly presence.
AURI begun its life with three people, united through their shared need to hear a kind of a music which can’t be described by words alone. A magical kind of sound to be heard whilst falling down Alice’s rabbit hole.
The first song born of this mindset, ’Aphrodite Rising’, appeared in 2011. And slowly the earth has cracked open again and ten more tracks have emerged out of the soil’s dust.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenMainos päättyy
Thus the trio was formed. The Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela lent her unique voice, while Troy Donockley and Tuomas Holopainen [both NIGHTWISH] cast their spells with various other instruments. Using selected guest musicians and friends, the album finally takes its ultimate form under the direction of sound engineer Tim Oliver, all within the pastoral splendor of ’Real World’ studios in Southern England.
AURI put the ’drink me potion’ to its lips, grew to full size, and is now ready to slay the Jabberwocky. Hand in hand with Nuclear Blast, they lead their listeners into the shadows behind the mirror, and in spring 2018 their debut album will evoke ghosts of an ethereal sphere.”
AURI 2017:
Johanna Kurkela: Voices & viola
Tuomas Holopainen: Keys & backing voices
Troy Donockley: Acoustic and electric guitars, bouzouki, uilleann pipes, low whistles, aerophone, bodhran, keys, voices