Anduni (USA)
URCK 2008

Sikhara exists in a constant state of motion, claiming no land as home.

Just before the dawn of 2007, Sikhara released "Bardos State" on the extreme ethnic label, URCK.   This was the most comprehensive recorded work of the band to date, including material registered on 3 continents.   This included tracks from Seizure's Palace in Brooklyn, NYC, their notorious collaboration set in the ancient Senkoji Temple near Osaka and most importantly, a studio version  of the new live set, captured in Portugal and performed on the subsequent tour.   The Bardos State tour circled the totality of Europe and the USA and even decended into Asia Minor with mutilple performances in Ankara, Turkey.  The duo of Nydegger and Geoffriaud reproduced the content of the Bardos story with a theatrical presentation that still maintained a rigid musicality.

The next wave of Sikhara has began with the cd and tour entitled "Anduni".

Anduni is heavily themed in the music and culture from the countries of Armenia and Georgia.  The name is taken from the title of a tragic Armenian opera, which litteraly means homeless.   A host of engineers and collaborators put a hand into the recordings, which took place in France, Belgium, Portugal and Nashville, TN.

Sikhara performed the complete Anduni cd on thier tour.  The accompanying spectacle is closely linked with the themes behind the music and represents a more refined twist to the savage visual elements of a Sikhara show.  

Available from URCK RECORDS, STICKFIGURE