David Karsten Daniels - Fear Of Flying

David Karsten Daniels is a North Carolina-based songwriter with a background of diverse musical experiences. Among them a childhood of hymn singing; a high school jazz band; formal university training in composition, theory, free improvisation and performance art – not to mention the broad range of influences and inspirations that have been naturally embraced over the years.
As with all David’s recordings to date, ‘Fear Of Flying’ was self-recorded at home, aided and augmented by an array of like-minded, mutually supportive musicians from the Chapel Hill based Bu Hanan Collective of which David is a founding member. David’s voice and guitar are always the foundational elements, but can be fleshed out by up to nineteen musicians and at least as many instruments.
There is a rawness prevalent on ‘Fear Of Flying’ that differentiates this album from its predecessor, but David’s natural affinity towards pop music shines through.
‘Fear Of Flying’ gives clear nods to the past but its ambition transcends its influences – somehow this record manages to be both more a pop record and a noise record, a classic rock album that sounds a long way from the 1970s. This album should be of interest to folks into the likes of Vetiver, Iron & Wine, The Band and Will Oldham, amongst others.

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