Name: Refuge
Brand: Devendra Banhart

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DOC262lp-C1

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Blue Seaglass Wave Translucent

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-08-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656606156230

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

DOC262cd

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Extended format: No

656606156223

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Devendra Banhart

Genre US

Ambient

Label US

Dead Oceans

Staff Picks of the Year 2021

Devendra Banhart is a Venezuelan American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Born on May 30, 1981 in Texas, USA, he has established himself as a unique and influential figure in the music industry. With his captivating vocals and poetic lyrics, Banhart's music resonates with audiences around the world. In addition to his musical talents, he also expresses his creativity through visual art. His diverse artistic abilities have earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.

Last spring, Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson started to make a record that was like nothing they had made before — an ambient album that would be both a haven from a suddenly terrified world and a heartfelt musical dialogue between two artists who have been friends and collaborators for over two decades. Refuge is an album of profound meditative beauty which offers the listener a much-needed sense of peace and renewal. But while it was recorded in 2020 its roots go back much further — all the way to the start of their friendship and, beyond that, to the shared sounds and ethics of their childhoods.

Devendra grew up in Venezuela while Noah, six years older, is a native of Nevada City, California. But as they got to know each other, they realized that they had a similar history in the New Age subculture of the 1980s: a world of meditation, Eastern music, the Bhagavad Gita and The Whole Earth Catalog. Childhood memories were colored by the aromas of health food stores and the sound of New Age labels like Windham Hill Records. Noah, whose production and mixing credits include Joanna Newsom and the Strokes, came on board as co-producer of Devendra’s 2005 album Cripple Crow and they have been working together ever since.

It was while making Devendra’s 2019 album Ma that the pair finally decided to make their ambient record. Despite complicating logistics, 2020 created an emotional craving for music with this contemplative, therapeutic quality. Inspired by both memories of the past and the needs of the present, Refuge is an act of companionship and generosity which gives the listener room to breathe. “We’re hoping to create a sense of comfort and coming back to the moment,” Devendra says. “It’s really important to have a little bit of space between us and our anxieties and impulses. What you do with that space is up to you.”

Refuge

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