Hania Rani, a Polish pianist, will release her third album, Ghost, on Gondwana Records.
Ghosts builds on Rani’s her earlier successes Esja and Home with an expanded yet still minimal setup of piano, keyboards, and synths, and it features more of her mysterious, bewitching voice. It features Patrick Watson, Ólafur Arnalds, and Duncan Bellamy of Portico Quartet.
If Rani’s debut, Esja, was about exploiting her principal instrument, and Home saw her take steps towards a fuller expression of her art, Ghosts is where she unites her varied interests on what she describes as her first “real” album. It draws upon her fondness for Enya, The Smile, James Blake, and Pink Floyd. As the name suggests, it’s sometimes eerie, even haunted.
Alongside the announcement, Rani has shared “Dancing with Ghosts.” The lyrics are inspired by a two-month residency in a small studio in Switzerland’s mountains, where Rani was working on a soundtrack, released earlier this year as On Giacometti, for a documentary about Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.
Tracklisting
01. Oltre Terra
02. Hello
03. Don’t Break My Heart feat. Duncan Bellamy
04. 24.03
05. Dancing With Ghosts feat. Patrick Watson
06. A Day in Never
07. Whispering House feat. Olafur Arnalds
08. The Boat
09. Moans
10. Thin Line feat. Duncan Bellamy
11. Komeda
12. Utrata
13. Nostalgia
Ghosts LP is scheduled for October 6 release. Meanwhile, you can stream “Dancing With Ghosts” featuring Patrick Watson in full below and pre-order here.
Photo: Rein Kooyman