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A CD released in May 2023 by Hania Rani, a neo-classical artist from Warsaw, Poland.Includes 5 neo-classical songs produced in a mountain hut in Switzerland in the middle of winter for the documentary film of Alberto Giacometti.Comes with a photo booklet.Below is a commentary by the author himself. "When I was asked to compose the soundtrack for a film about the Giacometti family, I had no hesitation. Alberto Giacometti is a Swiss artist, mainly a painter and sculptor, who has been working for a long time. was one of my favorite artists, and his unique style, aesthetics, and creative process still fascinate me in many ways, so I wanted to delve deeper into his world. , it was an unmissable opportunity for me to get to know him as well as his family.How far this "Jesus" has taken me, not only on a mental and creative level, but also on a physical level. I could never have imagined that they would.Thanks to Susanna Fantun, the director of the documentary, and thanks to some good luck and some additional questions, I spent a few months exploring the place where Giacometti was born and called home even though he didn't live there. I decided to move to the mountains of Switzerland, not far fromSusanna told me about a place near her hometown where she could rent a studio and use it for other projects, not just the soundtrack.It was midwinter that day, and the area was covered with ice and snow.The residence house is located in a valley surrounded by high mountains, and the sun didn't come up very long during the day in winter.I remember her telling me about it and adding, "Not everyone is sick over there, but I want you to be."I did so.Almost detached from reality, away from everything that normally draws my attention, the city, the entertainment, the people in a hurry, I am able to concentrate completely on the music and the soundtrack, spending most of my day with my thoughts. I had enough space to spend time, experiment and be free in the creative process.This soundtrack would probably be very different had it been written where I live.I took this opportunity to go in the opposite direction, to explore something new, both as a composer and as a human being.The album "About Giacometti" contains excerpts of representative songs and songs in which the voice itself has become stronger from the soundtrack.Based on improvisational melodies, simple harmonies, structures and stillness, the work is reminiscent of her debut album Esja, written and recorded in the cold of Iceland.Mentally and physically, these elements led me to my primary instrument, the piano, and I sought to redefine it with the language of the space I was working in.Space is usually the key element that gives me answers about the layout and character of a project.Space seems to come first, and music is the invisible force that transforms the angels.As Alberto Giacometti wrote in a letter, living surrounded by mountains changes your perspective and your understanding of scale.Things that are far away, like mountains, feel closer, and things that aren't far away, like people, seem smaller from a distance.Touching the top of a mountain with your fingers feels like touching the tip of your nose.The snow protects the whole from noise, and each sound lands softly on the ground, accompanied by immeasurable spatial resonance.Each scratch and whisper becomes an autonomous entity, opening the door to a world of ghosts and lost children.At first glance, it is easy to think that nothing is moving, that nothing has changed, that time has stopped.However, ice and snow reveal the passage of time, and the frozen waterways morph into raging streams of water day by day, hour by hour, second by second.It melts and disappears, white powder and noise covering the surface, clearing the space.It's invisible to overnight travelers, but it's a painfully real process for those staying longer.Time flows with new waves of sound flowing down the river, reminding us that we are part of an endlessly repeating cycle.I left this valley with the first breath of spring. " Labels and other works here /// Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available at...
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This is a two-disc set released by Matthew Halsall, a trumpet player in Manchester, England, on his own label, Goddwana Records, in 2014.Contains 2 spiritual jazz songs.Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available at Tobira ....
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A double record set released in 2020 by trumpet player Matthew Halsall from Manchester, England, on his own label Gondwana Records.Contains 2 spiritual jazz songs.See more Gondwana Records releases available at Tobira....
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 This is the debut record released by the post-new age ambient jazz band Forgiveness in London, England in June 2022 on Goddwana Records in Manchester, England.Contains 6 songs that slip through genres such as jazz and new age, and ambient and electronica.It is a clear board. DL code included.Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available at Tobira. ------------------------------ ---...
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This record was released in May 2021 by Portico Quartet, a minimal neo-classical duo in London, England.Includes 5 ambient jazz songs that make you feel American minimalism.Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available at Tobira. ------------------------------ ---...
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This is a record released by multiplayer Jack Wyllie on the label Goddwana Records in Manchester, England in October 2020.Includes 10 ambient jazz songs with the tribal percussion of Sengal percussionist Khadim Mbaye and Tons Sambe.Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available ...
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This is a 2019-disc set released by the British Manchester trumpet player Matthew Halsall on his own label, Goddwana Records, in 3. Contains 2008 unreleased spiritual jazz-ambient jazz songs produced in 7.Click here to see more Gondwana Records releases available at Tobira ....
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