Transcript for the Piece Audio version of Karda Estra: Gothic images in chamber rock music

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WHEN ENGLISH COMPOSER RICHARD WILEMAN WAS SEEKING A NAME FOR HIS GOTHIC CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT, HE LOOKED TO THE MOVIES HE WATCHED AS A KID.

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RW: ....there is a Hammer horror film called “Plague of the zombies” and there was a voodoo chant in that goes Karda Estra or Karda Nostra or something along those lines.

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And, it kind of stuck with me that I was looking for a project name that hopefully nobody else had thought of. And I thought “yeah, nobody has thought about that one” so I used that.

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KARDA ESTRA IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF GOTHIC MUSIC. RICHARD WILEMAN HE'S MADE ALBUMS BASED ON DRACULA, WRITTEN HOMAGES TO HORROR ACTOR PETER CUSHING AND HIS NEW ALBUM IS CALLED "WEIRD TALES," AFTER THE PULP HORROR MAGAZINE. BUT THE MUSIC OF KARDA ESTRA ISN'T MACABRE.

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IN KARDA ESTRA, RICHARD WILEMAN COMBINES ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS, STACKED CHOIRS AND HIS FIRST INSTRUMENT, THE ELECTRIC GUITAR. HE SPENT HIS YOUTH AS A HEADBANGER.

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RW: I learned to play guitar to Black Sabbath. I think I was in the Iron Maiden fan club when I was 14. Practically a lot of people who listen to Karda Estra probably can imagine that

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NOW IN HIS MID FORTIES, RICHARD WILEMAN IS A GENIAL LOOKING MAN WHO LOOKS MORE LIKE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR THAN METAL MONSTER. EVEN THOUGH HE'S LEFT THE HEAVY METAL BEHIND, ITS GOTHIC HORROR IMAGERY REMAINS IN HIS MUSIC WHERE HE FINDS A CERTAIN BEAUTY.

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RW: I try not to deal in what I'd say is kind of overtly cheesy way of doing it for a scary or spooky kind of effect. There is a lot of beauty, mystery, all these kind of delicate themes that are also present in something like a Mary Shelley in Frankenstein or Stoker, and kind of not just in the horror genre. There are themes that we all can think about, love, life and death and all these kind of stuff.

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RICHARD WILEMAN IS AN ECLECTIC MUSIC AND HE TRIES TO BRING ALL OF HIS INFLUENCES TO BEAR ON KARDA ESTRA. THE RESULT IS, THAT LIKE MANY OF HIS INSPIRATIONS THAT COME FROM THE NETHERWORLD,. KARDA ESTRA'S MUSIC LIVES BETWEEN WORLDS.

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RW:..... I needed to create a world for myself where all my influences could be encompassed, ... I am interested in soundtrack music; I am interested in classical music, experimental music, all these different things.” including I really like lounge music and a lot of library stuff. So, really I created this musical project where any influence and anything that inspired me went.

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THE LATEST ALBUM FROM RICHARD WILEMAN'S KARDA ESTRA IS CALLED WEIRD TALES ON THE CYCLOPS RECORD LABEL. I'M JOHN DILIBERTO AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ECHO LOCATION, SOUNDINGS FOR NEW MUSIC.

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