Ragni creates a North Sea Epoch.

Subtle and emotive. Melancholic and poignant. The music of Ragni is all that and more. Ragni consists of Jakub Zapotoczny on keyboards / vocals and Brenden Fletcher on vocals / guitar. They describe themselves as indie-mood music and they pride themselves in being blatantly non-commercial. Their debut EP is perfect for playing in your headphones at the end of a long hard day with the lights off. It has a very ambient feel to it as the songs are made strong by the inclusion of cello, strings, and even some faint echoes of old family recordings and the creaking of Brenden’s grandparents house in which the CD was recorded. The last two songs, “The North Sea Epoch” and “Kolysanka” are tracks that I find particularly captivating. For me they paint a picture of the calm that takes place after a storm at sea, when the clouds part and you can still smell the preceding chaos in the air.

Another highly impressive thing about this release is the CD packaging. Unfortunately we’re living in an mp3 age where artists are devoting less and less effort into how to package the product. (Does anybody else get annoyed when they dish out the $$$ for a CD and get nothing but the single fold case containing a few thank-yous and your CD?) The Ragni EP comes with a full 72-page wordless graphic novel that was illustrated by Karl Kerschl of DC Comics fame. The artwork acts as a narrative for the music and the two complement each other very well. If you enjoy the music of Sigur Rós or even Canadian acts like A Northern Chorus, this EP would be a good one to add to the collection.

Ragni means ‘melody’ in Hindi, ‘spider’ in Italian and ‘lovely goddess’ in Norse languages.

Sorry for the short notice but Ragni will be playing at Rockford's in St. Catherines on Sunday February 18th with Jaded & Fiord Rowboat for only $4.

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The North Sea Epoch (edit) mp3

Most of their music can be heard over on their myspace page.
You can watch sort of a video type thing for “The North Sea Epoch” here.
You can purchase the CD and book for only $12.99 here.