Sunday 5 December 2021

Songs of the year, number 26: Das Beat - "Ariadne" (Official Video)


A lockdown project created in Berlin in 2020 by Agor (Blue Hawaii) and theatre actress Eddie Rabenberger, Das Beat released their EP Identität in May 2021. The title is presumed to be a reference to Ariadne of Naxos who, having provided Theseus with the ball of twine needed to escape the Minotaur's labyrinth, is then unceremoniously abandoned by him on the nearest convenient island. The video to this moody and atmospheric slice of electro pop includes a beguiling choreographed modern dance sequence between Agor and Rabenberger that is absorbing and apt given the themes of love and abandonment. 

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