{"id":7753,"date":"2019-12-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=7753"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:56:48","slug":"award-winning-iamthemorning-singer-songwriter-marjana-semkina-releases-her-debut-solo-album-sleepwalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/12\/01\/award-winning-iamthemorning-singer-songwriter-marjana-semkina-releases-her-debut-solo-album-sleepwalking\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARD-WINNING IAMTHEMORNING SINGER-SONGWRITER \u2013 MARJANA SEMKINA RELEASES HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM SLEEPWALKING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following the success of four highly praised albums with Iamthemorning<\/strong>, the lyricist, singer and co-songwriter Marjana Semkina<\/strong> releases her spellbinding debut solo album, Sleepwalking<\/em><\/strong> on 14th<\/sup> February 2020 through Kscope. The album will be released under an alternative spelling ? Mariana Semkina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Characterised by her composed and unique voice, complex melodic lines and poetic lyrics with literary references, Semkina has often compared favourably with Kate Bush. The new material draws from the Iamthemorning soundscape but exists fully in Marjana’s world; a compelling mixture of alternative folk, pop, drama, beauty and emotionally purging lyrics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marjana explains the motivation behind releasing a solo album  It wasn\u2019t my plan to ascribe any profound meaning or concept to creating Sleepwalking, it\u2019s purpose was more personally therapeutic, it was supposed just to help me get through some dark times, and at the end of that period in my life I found myself, not only renewed but with a collection of songs that were too personal to release under any other name other than my own. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She continues  I wanted to use Sleepwalking as a way to translate emotions in the most sincere and unrefined way. No sugarcoating, no filters, just creative, honest thought caught in the moment. Turning those dark times and feelings into pure creative energy, something beautiful, something that has purpose <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleepwalking<\/em> is a musical blend akin to the darker folk of Aldous Harding, Marissa Nadler, Sumie and Florist. To aid her vision for Sleepwalking<\/em>, Marjana invited renowned keyboardist, drummer and bassist Jordan Rudess<\/strong> (Dream Theater), Craig Blundell<\/strong> and Nick Beggs<\/strong> (Steven Wilson), as well as the St. Petersburg Orchestra “1703”<\/strong> and frequent collaborator Vlad Avy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marjana is teasing fans with a glimpse into what to expect with this trailer featuring four songs from Sleepwalking<\/em><\/strong> – Am I Sleeping Or Am I Dead, Invisible, Turn Back Time, Mermaid Song and Still Life. WATCH & LISTEN HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stunning album artwork makes reference to Semkina’s love for classical art, unifying photography with the 17th-Century Vanitas movement; I am a big lover of classical art, and with this cover I wanted to create some sort of a unity between medium of photography and the Vanitas  art movement, a genre of still life painting. The paintings of the genre usually contain collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures; it exhorts the viewer to consider mortality, which is extremely close to where this album came from. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleepwalking <\/em>will be available on CD \/ LP and digitally and is available to PRE-ORDER HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleepwalking tracklisting <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Dark Matter [03:12] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Am I Sleeping Or Am I Dead [04:27] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Turn Back Time [04:06] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Ars Longa Vita Brevis [03:03] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Invisible [03:07] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Lost At Sea [04:59] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Skin [04:52] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. How To Be Alone [02:50] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Everything Burns [03:14] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Mermaid Song [04:32] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Still Life [04:08] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marjana Semkina will be performing as Iamthemorning in support to The Flower Kings in December, in promotion of the band\u2019s recent album The Bell<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

01\/12 \u2013 Bahnhof Pauli, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

02\/12? Musik Zentrum, Hannover, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

03\/12 \u2013 OK Andaluzia, Piekary Slaskie, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04\/12 \u2013 Klub U Bazyla, Poznan, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06\/12 \u2013 Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

07\/12 \u2013 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08\/12 \u2013 Scala, London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09\/12 \u2013 Piano, Dortmund, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/12 \u2013 Columbia Theater, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\/12 \u2013 Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\/12 \u2013 Brewhouse, Gothenburg, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14\/12 -? Kraken, Stockholm, Sweden
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