Laura Rafetseder 
New Album out soon - Release date: October 21 / 2016
SWIMMERS  IN THE ARCTIC SEA
CD Launch Party & Exhibition "Swimmers in the Arctic Sea":
​October 21, AU (Brunnengasse 76)

Swimmers in the Arctic Sea - Release date: October 21
There is an island called Loneliness (остров Уединения, or Ensomheden) amidst the cold of the Kara Sea, which is part of the Arctic Sea. The island and its surrounding waters are background to "Swimmers in the Arctic Sea", second album of singer songwriter Laura Rafetseder. 

A major theme of the album is the contradiction of being seperate and one at the same time, both on a personal level as well as on a political and social level. As far as society is concerned, it is solidarity and isolation that form the two antipodes. All of us are "Swimmers in the Arctic Sea", lost in the isolating chill of our times, headed for our very own island called Loneliness. Yet, there is also the longing for unity and a tendency towards solidarity in the global struggles of a crisis ridden world.
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The Cover depicting the island was designed by artist Angela Dorrer, for whom maps have been a constant artistic theme. As an exclusive feature for the album launch she has created 33 unique handmade covers in a limited edition, numbered and handsigned. They can be purchased as part of the cd and viewed as part of the exhibition at AU. 

Pre-Single beating hearts, key song of the album, was released in Febuary 2016 and made it to the top ten of this years "protest song contest" of Austrian Broadcaster FM4. 

​"Die wunderbare Sängerin Laura Rafetseder hat sich zu einer der authentischsten  & stärksten Songwriterinnen des Landes entwickelt." / "One of the strongest and most authentic songwriters of the country" - Freizeit Kurier, Vienna 

​purchase/download/listen to single "Beating Hearts": 
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/beating-hearts-single/id1082130258
http://www.deezer.com/album/12359486
http://www.amazon.de/Laura-Rafetseder-Musik-Downloads/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A77195031%2Ck%3ALaura%20Rafetseder
also look up laura @ spotify!

(c) background photo: Angela Dorrer  www.andorrer.de
(c) Cover Swimmers in the Arctic Sea: lindo records / artwork and handwriting: Angela Dorrer www.andorrer.de / layout: Peter Rüpschl
Copyright details: Use of Cover free of charge as part of album review  or feature if credits are quoted correctly