Erland Cooper - New Album "Folded Landscapes (Piano Version)"
Scottish composer and conceptual artist releases evocative piano version of his nature-related album "Folded Landscapes".
November 03, 2023
There are very few people who manage to narrate such impressive stories with their music as Erland Cooper. Renowned as ‘nature’s songwriter’ for his work celebrating themes of the natural world, people and time he pushes his musical exploration of the environment into new realms with Folded Landscapes (Piano Version), the companion piano album to “Folded Landscapes”.
The companion version is a minimal solo piano recording that further deepens the environmental musical experience. Cooper mixed the accompanying piano album using the echo captured in the glacial caves of Norway. Scientists working on applied acoustics provided him with impulse responses, allowing him to apply the unique reverb of the caves to the piano recordings in his studio. The result is a subtle yet profound connection to the sense of place, with every reverb and sound design deriving from the essence of the caves.
Additionally, one of the microphones used for recording the piano in his studio was cased deep inside a block of ice. As the ice thawed, Cooper became intrigued by how the ice ‘heard’ the music, creating a unique and experimental recording process that added another layer of depth to the recording.
Speaking on this work of art himself, Cooper explains “I’m interested in the relationship between acoustic spaces, a sense of place, performance and resonance. I hope a listener will enjoy these moments on a walk or perhaps as they work, as it slowly thaws in between things. It is finished if listened to with a window or door open, the natural world playing its part to complete it, particularly at dawn or dusk.”
With his newest work he continues the controverse discussed theme of climate change, that he first started working on with his previous album. A percentage of the copyright share from "Folded Landscapes" will go to Brian Eno's Earth Percent charity, symbolically embedding the planet as a stakeholder in musical creativity and directly funding organizations addressing the climate emergency.
You can listen to the tracks here.
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