Soundwalk Collective with Jesse Paris Smith (feat Patti Smith) - Killer Road (2016)

Bella Union announce 'Killer Road', a collaborative project between Soundwalk Collective, Patti Smith and Jesse Paris Smith. A shimmering ambient tone, an electronic underlay to the lulling chatter of crickets, makes way for the unmistakeable voice of Patti Smith, quietly intoning, ominously, "The killer road is waiting for you / like a finger, pointing in the night." 'Killer Road' is a deep, dark, illuminating and meditative journey into mortality and motion, into fear and doubt and, eventually, death. Behind the music and concept of 'Killer Road' is international trio Soundwalk Collective - Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli and Kamran Sadeghi - plus Patti Smith's daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, who conceived an immersive exploration of the tragic death of Christa Päffgen. Better known as Nico, the Velvet Underground chanteuse and solo pioneer, Päffgen died while riding her bike on the island of Ibiza in the summer of 1988.