The one-take journey of our camera sees Douglas move around within the church in one continuous shot. “I really wanted to create a feeling that matched the ‘haunting' and raw feeling of Heavenly Bodies. The video was directed by award-winning documentary film maker Simon Lane who previously worked with the English indie folk trio Daughter and made a short doc about Bob Marley. Released digitally on December 11, the 3-track EP features the London Contemporary Orchestra accompanying Dare’s charismatic voice on both the title track and a mesmerising rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me to the End of Love, whilst the third piece sees a duet with the American composer and fellow Erased Tapes artist Peter Broderick.Īt the beginning of September 2020, between lockdowns, Douglas Dare came together with a string quartet of players from the London Contemporary Orchestra to record an audio- visual performance in the beautiful St John of Jerusalem Church in Hackney, London. Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us aboveĭance me to the children who are asking to be bornĭance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Show me slowly what I only know the limits ofĭance me to the wedding now, dance me on and onĭance me very tenderly and dance me very long Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to your beauty with a burning violinĭance me through the panic til I'm gathered safely in
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