One should never judge a book by its cover, but looking at the album art of Kaskashir but the Australian band Endless Valley may give you a pretty good idea of what is in store musically. For this is colorful music in many (endless) aspects; taking hints from ethno folk, desert blues, fuzz rock, and psychedelic mantra music and creating a incredibly positive vibe that breathes vibrancy and joy.
Singer Luna takes credit for a lot of that vibrancy; presenting herself as a manic shaman, joy bringer, enchantress, and altogether stylish and theatrical frontperson of Endless Valley. Her vocals consist of a mixture of lyrical poetry and wordless chants creating a mystical atmosphere.
Meanwhile the rest of the band weave their musical story around her, never bound to any single genre. Where they need to be fuzzy and heavy they are, where they need to be dreamy they are, and when shit needs to be fired up on the dance floor they deliver too.
The combined mixture is as colorful as the album art promises, and a very enjoyable and inspiring listen on its own, but I suspect that Endless Valley ultimately is a most magical live experience, and one can only. hope they will venture outwardly from their continent soon into the world to spread their songs of joy and dreams. We asked singer Luna to introduce her band and she gladly did so. We talked about the strange language on the album, their influences, and of course their dreams…
Can you introduce yourselves to the Weirdo Shrine audience?
I’m Luna the lead singer and percussionists we have Brad on bass, Cavell rhythm guitar. Joining us for the tour will be Sandro on drums, Leigh on lead guitar and Dylan synth and percussion.
What are your musical backgrounds?
We seem to have a pretty eclectic taste. Mostly take influences from African/middle eastern music. Western rock/folk. I’ve been listening to mostly Afghani funk recently.
Where do you live and how does your geographical situation influence your music?
We are based in Brisbane but Leigh is based in Tasmania which makes it a little limited for us to jam but when we do get together we make the most of it. We also still jam and play live with Seb Ward who plays lead on Kaskashir. Endless Valley is endless so whoever is around is welcome.
Can you explain what Nayavida and Kaskashir mean? What language are they and where does it come from?
Nayivada just like Never Neverland or Narnia is a make believe land I created in my dreams as child and still visit till this day. It’s a portal in the sun where I am at peace, where I feel at home and as one with source. I come from a very pretty magical family where creativity was deeply encouraged as well as music. As a child I would create chants with my sisters and sing them to my parents. That’s when I started chanting and later would chant with my friends in Nayivada wrote them down in the hopes to share them through a musical project when I was older. To be honest I believe it’s light language. If you know what that means then you understand what I’m talking about. Brad came up with the word ‘Kaskashir’ and we gave it meaning ‘eternal’ because we are eternal beings.
What are the most important musical influences to your music?
It would be music with a message that can heal this planet.
What are the most important non-musical influences to your music?
Traveling, connecting with different cultures. There is so much we can learn from one another. Reading, because of course knowledge is power. It awakens the soul and opens a gateway to another realm only one can imagine. We are seekers and deliverers of the truth.
What are your dreams for Endless Valley?
To keep making music together and explore different sounds. Travel across this beautiful planet and connect with musicians from all walks of life to join the endless valley family. We hope to release more music shortly after our tour. But most importantly to keep spreading the message of peace and to do as much as we can to help heal planet earth because that is our mission.
From: https://weirdoshrine.wordpress.com/2024/08/13/review-qa-endless-valley-kaskashir-2024-copperfeast-records/
