Nava Dunkelman

DunkelPek: Fire's Hush

by Hrayr Attarian
March 13, 2022

The inventive band DunkelPek consists of Tokyo-born and New York-based percussionist Nava Dunkelman and Canadian American guitarist Jakob Pek. Pek, who lives in Berkeley California, is also an accomplished painter. Perhaps because of Pek's visual artistry, the group's third release, the mesmerizing Fire's Hush, is made up of eight abstract and dynamic sonic images. “Inverse Ontologies," for example, opens with resonant beats and darkly hued chimes and strums. Wave after wave of refrains build a captivating ambience. A ...