Hearts in Darkness Keri Arthur

A fascinating project initiated by Hilliard Ensemble tenorist John Potter with producer Manfred Eicher, which re-examines the beautiful songs of the great sixteenth century composer from a present-day perspective. Potter: "This is the first time anyone's approached Dowland not from an 'early music' angle, but simply as music. We're working with Dowland as though he were still with us." The subject matter of the songs, with despair and 'alienation' uppermost, is entirely pertinent for our times, and the exceptional ensemble ranged around John Potter restores an improvisational flexibility to the music.

It’s created in 2004 with the intention of working in a dark genre, tragic and melodic, with ideologies based in death, solitude, murkiness and nihilism, trying to take our scream of anguish to all nocturnal beings who like Death hymns.Musically, we take back ideas from Doom Metal, Dark Metal and Classic Death Metal.This makes Lost In Darkness sound in a special way and very different compared to traditional genres and bands from the country. Musical elements are simple, from slow and dense riffs to others harder and speeder, besides simple melodic details with atmospheres which takes us to mournful and nocturnal moods.