12/11/2023
Please have a listnen to The Star of Išhtar !
And yes, its already in our Ironwood Pagan Radio playlists :-)
https://band.link/venusinvictasingle
The Star of Išhtar consists of Ada Sargatis (vocals, songwriting, production, synthesizers) and Andrei Ushakov (production, guitars) featuring session musicians.
Dark aesthetics, the powerful archetypal roots of our past and the heritage of ancient cultures are likely to be the key elements of the project’s DNA.
In many ways, The Star of Išhtar project follows the path of Ada Sargatis’ previous solo works, bringing it to the next level.
Driven by feeling and meaning, they constantly experiment with sound and form, moving freely between genres and worlds. “Lyrically, I draw inspiration from the unspoken things”, Ada Sargatis says. “They are always there, they’ve always been, just half a second away from us. At the border. Between the cracks in a fabric of time.”
Their debut single Venus Invicta is inspired by ancient Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar and her development into later images of Aphrodite and Venus. Ishtar (Inanna) is not only known as a goddess of love and beauty. Her darker aspects connected with power, war and destruction, can strike fear into the hearts of humans, gods and demons alike.
Written in Cyprus and recorded in St. Petersburg, Russia, in a historical building with natural acoustics, the song is an homage to ancient hymns; but it also depicts the continuous devastation of the Cradle of Civilization.
The project members metaphorically refer to their style as “tamed insanity”, and this free and authentic nature defines the sound of the track. Desert blues-inspired guitars are framed with the dusty sound of a double bass. A dark tribal groove blends with elegant gothic sensuality in the vocals and lyrics.
Preceding an album's release, Venus Invicta creates an anxious yet exquisitely romantic atmosphere. By combining the power of the past with modern sound techniques, it immerses the listener in a special space ‘beyond place and time’.
The song will be introduced on online radio stations that stream dark, pagan and rock music. Bittersweet and poetic, Venus Invicta is released together with a short music video (reels) and will be supported with an atmospheric 3d lyric video.
https://band.link/venusinvictasingle
https://the-star-of-ishtar.com/
https://instagram.com/the.star.of.ishtar
https://www.facebook.com/the.star.of.ishtar/
https://vk.com/thestarofishtar
https://the-star-of-ishtar.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/reel/316296481156938
