Album Review: Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body
“Walker originally had intentions to record in New York, but illness and then the pandemic thwarted that, and instead she ended up recording, engineering and producing everything in her makeshift studio at her home in Tucson, Arizona. This seems to have been a blessing, because Waking the Dreaming Body is an album that consorts with and channels the endless skies and stark landscapes of her home state. Across the eight tracks of the album, she shifts between intimate personal reflections and extensive ambient meditations with the elegance of tides swelling and settling. The guiding lights in the sky above her are the likes of Cat Power, Grouper, and Stars of the Lid, but this album is all about Walker’s own quiet exposure of her soul to the natural world.”
Karima Walker’s gorgeous new record Waking the Dreaming Body is probably my favourite release of 2021 so far. Head over to Beats Per Minute to read my full thoughts.
