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Following Hugo Race’s recent excursions into world electronica (Dirtmusic’s ‘Bu Bir Ruya’ and ‘Gemini 4’) meets 21st century blues (‘John Lee Hooker’s World Today’), the former Bad Seed is back with a new album of modern folk songs. Hugo Race Fatalists' ‘Taken By The Dream’ is a cinematic tapestry of complex emotional states illuminated by mercurial moments of dazzling light and grace.

“(This is) a profound and intimate journey, accompanied by an experienced guide who investigates every dark corner of the human soul, an author who should not be missing in any respectable discography.” - Paolo Dordi, Rockerilla

Recorded in Sicily in collaboration with Diego Sapignoli and Francesco Giampaoli from one of Italy’s most popular and influential instrumental bands, Sacri Cuori, studio guests include Chris Brokaw (Lemonheads, Come, Codeine), Bryan Colechin (The True Spirit), violinist Vicki Brown (Calexico), New Zealand pop songstress Lisa Crawley, Giovanni Ferrario (Scisma, Micevice), and cameo appearances from Race’s long-time musical partner Michelangelo Russo.

“Race puts into play his deep timbre, Sacri Cuori throw down their sure card of desert folk from another era and from the sowing of these arid lands are born ballads suspended in time.” (Luca Minutolo, Rumore, Italy). Following Hugo’s 2010 solo album, ‘Fatalists’, a unique mix of alt-country and electronica recorded in Italy with Sacri Cuori, the band took on the name of Fatalists and toured extensively in Italy, consolidating their unique sound on 2012’s ‘We Never Had Control’. A 5-track EP ‘Orphans’ followed in 2014, along with tours in greater Europe and Australia. In 2016 Hugo Race Fatalists’ released ’24 Hours to Nowhere’ with Glitterhouse Records to international critical acclaim: “’24 .......
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Po ostatnich wycieczkach artystycznych w nieco inne rejony muzyki - world ("Bu Bir Ruya" Dirtmusic) i elektroniczne (Gemini 4 i John Lee Hooker’s World Today) globtrotter z Melbourne w końcu wraca z nowym albumem Fatalists.

Hugo Race, dawniej The Wreckery i członek-założyciel Bad Seeds, jest znany ze swoich dźwiękowych pejzaży, które łączą folk, blues, muzykę eksperymentalną, electro i rock.
"Robił blues rocka, robił punk, world music, a teraz folk: W każdym razie, w jakimkolwiek środowisku muzycznym Hugo Race obecnie się porusza, zawsze pozostawał wierny sobie. Uwielbia ciemne dźwięki" - pisze Carsten Beyer z Deutschlandfunk Kultur o australijskim muzyku.

„Taken By The Dream” został nagrany i wyprodukowany na Sycylii wraz z Diego Sapignoli i Francesco Giampaoli z Sacri Cuori, czyli stały człon formacji Fatalists. Gościnnie pojawili się Chris Brokaw (Lemonheads, Come, Codeine), Bryan Colechin (The True Spirit), skrzypaczka Vicki Brown (m.in. Calexico), piosenkarka i autorka tekstów Lisa Crawley, Giovanni Ferrario (Scisma, Micevice) i oczywiście jego towarzysz z Gemini 4, płyty z piosenkami Johna Lee Hookera i z The True Spirit: Michelangelo Russo.

Paolo Dordi z włoskiego magazynu Rockerilla mówi z wyprzedzeniem o nowym albumie: "(This is) a profound and intimate journey, accompanied by an experienced guide who investigates every dark corner of the human soul, an author who should not be missing in any respectable discography"