My new album the night is dark, the night is silent, the night is bright, the night is loud is out on the 12th of October via Art As Catharsis, and I'm going to be launching it at Venue 505 on Cleveland St in Sydney. Get your tickets here!
Support will come from my wonderful & talented friends / cohorts Sophie Hutchings playing a solo piano set, and Alon Ilsar playing a solo set with his mind-boggling Air Sticks.
When I collaborated with pleq (see here) on his remix of Ben Lukas Boysen, there was also some beautiful additional piano contributed by French pianist Julien Marchal. We vowed to work together more in the future, and Julien kindly invited me to remix one of his pieces from his album INSIGHT II (and prodded me when I dragged my feet).
So here it finally is! There is also a Q&A available at Julien's site with some, er, "insight" into the creative process behind this remix, and my work more broadly.
Very pleased to have been reviewed by Richard Allen at a closer listen. He outlines the positives and negatives of his listening experience and is very generous.
Now that we’ve gotten the hard stuff out of the way, we’re free to talk about the heart of the matter: the beguiling 36-minute mini-album hidden within New resolution. This album strikes at just the right time, as the market has become flooded with similar-sounding cello albums as of late. raven’s wise combination of “live looped, acoustic and processed cello” possesses a timbre unique to the artist; after hearing this album, one would be able to identify other tracks by raven as well…
New resolution has been reviewed by French music blog/site Indie Rock Mag. My French is pretty rusty, especially for somewhat colloquial French like this, but it seems pretty positive :)
Read:
Le streaming du hour #638: Raven – 'New Resolution' | Indie Rock Mag