David Fielding - Northern Star - CD

Instrumental ‘soundscapes’ album by The Chameleons guitarist and songwriter David Fielding. A hypnotic, ambient collection of 13 beautifully crafted compositions spanning the latter half of his 40-year career.

His first solo album is a compelling glimpse into the heart, soul, and psyche of one of Manchester’s most influential post-punk musicians.

Conveying the emotional and physical extremities of human experience, Northern Star is a shimmering exploration of existence and interconnectedness.

From synth and strings- bathed ‘Starlight’, ‘Northern Lights’ and ‘Polar Bears’ to rhythmic, repetitive equatorial beats and ‘Elephants’, this is a sonic journey that dances between hemispheres immersed in ‘Betrayal’, ‘Love, Knowingness and Bliss’, ‘Euphoria’ and ‘PTSD’.

Intensely personal yet infinitely relatable, Fielding opens the door to this effortless flow of soundscapes with footsteps and a disembodied ‘hello’ and the listener is immediately welcomed into his limitless world of instrumentation, from box guitar to the title track’s mesmerising combination of didge and dulcimer.

The distinctive, echo-laden guitar glides and floats in, out and above the mix – evocative, melancholy and achingly beautiful - a constant reminder of why you fell in love with The Chameleons, kept the faith with The Reegs and relished collaborations with The Red Sided Garter Snakes and Black Swan Lane.

‘Northern Star’ is an ethereal album that transcends space and time but is firmly rooted in personal experience – pack it in a rucksack, head out to your favourite hill and wrap yourself in its sheer humanity while contemplating how day turns to night and the stars revolve eternally - ‘Love is the Law’.

Tracklist:
Starlight
Betrayal
Northern Star
Northern Lights
Love, Knowingness & Bliss
The Stone
Brother John
ooshka
Cathedral john
Euphoria
P.T.S.D.
Polar Bears
Elephants