RELEASED ON MAY 3, 2024

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TAROUG‘S DEBUT ALBUM DARTS & KITES, RELEASED ON DENOVALI RECORDS, DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE PENROSE TILING AND EXPLORES THEMES OF CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION. FASCINATED BY THE PATTERN‘S UNENDING POSSIBILITIES, TAROUG INCORPORATED ITS INFINITE PERMUTATIONS NOT ONLY INTO THE ALBUM‘S NINE TRACKS, BUT ALSO INTO THE COVER ART DESIGN.

DARTS & KITES SHOWCASES A BLENDING OF GENRES AND STYLES, RESULTING IN A SONIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS BOTH HAUNTING AND BEAUTIFUL. EXPERIMENTAL AND ABSTRACT SOUNDSCAPES ARE ENRICHED BY ORIENTAL INFLUENCES, COLLECTED FIELD RECORDINGS, PULSATING DARK BEATS AND HYPNOTIC VOCALS.

THE ALBUM ALSO FEATURES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHER NOTABLE ARTISTS, INCLUDING BEATE WOLFF‘S CELLO PERFORMANCE ON JEWELS I. BENEDIKT KOCH‘S SAXOPHONE ADDS A SENSE OF CONTROLLED CHAOS WITH DELAYED AND SWELLING NOTES TO THE TRACK DEGUECH, WHILE TIMO SCHIEBER‘S PIANO PROVIDES A CRUCIAL ELEMENT OF THE ALBUM‘S TITLE TRACK, DARTS & KITES. NIKLAS GENSCHEL LENDS HIS VOCALS TO QUEEN OF CARTHAGE.

 

CREDITS

ALL MUSIC WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY TAREK ZARROUG

MIXING BY TAREK ZARROUG

MASTERING BY ANDREAS [LUPO] LUBICH (LOOP-O)

ARTWORK AND DESIGN BY MARIE BROSIUS

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

NIKLAS GENSCHEL:
VOCALS ON QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
PIANO ON DEFRACTION

BEATE WOLFF:
CELLO ON JEWELS I (RE-SAMPLED ON DEFRACTION AND DARTS & KITES)

BENEDIKT KOCH:
SAXOPHONE ON DEGUECH

TIMO SCHIEBER:
PIANO ON PANHARMONIC AND DARTS & KITES

JORIS GEISSELBRECHT:
ELECTRIC GUITAR AND BASS GUITAR ON JEWELS I

ABDALLAH ABOZEKRY:
SAZ ON QUEEN OF CARTHAGE

LYRICS ON QUEEN OF CARTHAGE WRITTEN BY NIKLAS GENSCHEL

LYRICS ON JEWELS I WRITTEN BY MARIE BROSIUS