Desiderata

Track Listing / Listen The Departure The Eye The Mirror The Future Indefinite The Tower (Part 1) The Tower (Part 2) The Passage The Other Being The Past Continuous The Return Credits: Ben Shemie and the Molinari String QuartetOlga Ranzenhofer - ViolinAntoine Bareil - ViolinFrédéric Lambert - ViolaPierre-Alain Bouvrette - CelloAll songs written and produced by Ben ShemieRecorded by Shae Brossard at Hotel2Tango, Montreal 2021Mixed by Ben ShemieMastered by James PlotkinArtwork by Haruhisa NakataLayout by Brian Case   Description   Along the outer limits of the universe, where no path forward can be found, what else remains but the self? Desiderata, the third solo offering from Ben Shemie (of SUUNS), grapples with this question. Over the course of ten tracks, Shemie chronicles a wandering soul tangled in its own dark orbit, searching for meaning in a world of stardust and astral mirages. “It’s a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist,” Shemie said of the album’s themes and st