It has been two years since their last release and now Lonely Drifter Karen are back, stronger than ever before, with a new song cycle which shatters many preconceived notions of their music. The colors have morphed: analog electronics, Asiatic arpeggios, sliding bass-synths, sinuous guitar riffs and funky grooves abound, while Tanja Frinta’s voice is wilder, more vibrant than it ever was, and seems to have acquired unsuspected new dimensions.

With these new shades and brushes, the band have painted an alternate version of their own, unmistakable world: dreamy, poetic, and slightly surreal, overflowing with those lush arrangements and irresistible melodies which have become the band’s trademark.

The core duet of the group – Austrian singer/guitarist Tanja Frinta & Spanish keyboardist/arranger Marc Melià Sobrevias – are now firmly located in Brussels, Belgium. Following the amicable departure of their long time drummer, they have enlisted the help of young French guitarist & multi-instrumentalist Clément Marion, and of several percussionists (both of the human and the machine kind) to launch into sound explorations and create these songs which take the listener on an enticing journey through sound & space, to the outer reaches of LDK’s universe.

Aside from the birth of this formidable new album, 2011 also saw LDK’s first foray into China (with a successful 10-date tour), and the use of their music in a growing number of films and commercials around Europe.