D.K. - The Goddess Is Dancing (2020)

Pivotal Parisian producer D.K. pays sublime tribute to ancient Vietnamese spirit possession ritual, Hau Dong, on a fresh first vinyl edition of his 2019 cassette for Good Morning Tapes Arriving in the wake of GMT’s prized vinyl editions from Jonnine (HTRK), XVARR, Tapes and more, he Goddess Is Dancing’ is a 40 minute trip that revolves around a handful of pieces of lilting, thmelodic percussion and aqueous atmosphere expressing D.K.’s imaginary interpretation
of music used in Vietnamese ritual music. It unfolds as a ceremony in five parts honouring the mystical goddesses of Forest, Water and Heaven, with music both relaxing and energising in a way that’s intended to aid dancers’ transmogrification from human vessels into spirited beings.
The results are some of D.K.’s lushest in a catalogue that now stretches back to 2014 and takes in a clutch of albums, EPs and singles spanning mystic club music and sanguine home listening for everyone from Antinote to Melody As Truth and 12th Isle. In careful progression, the EP progresses from the deliquescent shimmers and breathy choral synth spirits of ‘The Three Realms’ to the exquisitely poised dream motion of the title song and the hypnotic percolations of ‘Going Into Trance’ on the A-side, before stretching out on the B-side into slow, balmy elegance of ‘Forest
Palace’, and ultimately dissolving any remaining tensions with the dematerialised design of ’Summoning The Spirits’.
In a current field awash with new age ambient references and a searching sense of spirituality, D.K.’s offering is exceptional for the execution of its never cloying, timelessly enchanted appeal.

Tracklist:
01. D.K. - The Three Realms (6:12)
02. D.K. - The Goddess is Dancing (5:09)
03. D.K. - Going Into Trance (6:03)
04. D.K. - Forest Palace (8:38)
05. D.K. - Summoning The Spirits (12:00)