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It's #BandcampFriday. Go forth and buy something that makes you whole. I've been helping care for a family member, so Henrik Meierkord came through for me this time.
Falling, by Henrik Meierkord
Falling by Henrik Meierkord, released 16 August 2024 1. Tonalitet I 2. SpelemaĢn 3. Vi Faller 4. Sonneri de Viola et Violincell 5. Ambient Dreams 6. Tonalitet II 7. Tonalitet III 8. Tonalitet IV 9. OĢvergaĢng I 10. OĢvergaĢng II 11. Sarabandesque Streicher 12. Summerbreeze Bandcampās Album of the Day. āThe Stockholm-based musicianās latest comes across sharp and brainy, baroque stringwork framed by dynamic composition. Steeped in pensive drama, FALLING plays like the aural equivalent of a provocative photo captured with a cutting-edge lens.ā https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/henrik-meierkord-falling-review ā ā ā ā Stockholm-based composer and cellist Henrik Meierkord returns to Projekt for his second album of forlorn yet iridescent ambient soundscapes. Utilizing cello and violin with and without pedals and effects, the styles range from drone and ambient to classical baroque. Where most ambient music is made with electronics and synthesizers, Meierkordās melancholic soundscapes arise from the organic sound of strings. The music, as EXPOSĆ has written, āfeatures a lustrous shimmering character within which all the various instruments can weave in and out at will, much like a tapestry of soft metallic colors and shaded nuances." As Meierkord explains it, āWe are all falling, sometimes we are not aware of it and sometimes we just fall into the warm deep sea and we like it. I make music especially when I have anxiety or feel bad or even when the weather is bad. Creativity works as medicine for my brain and soul; I grow calm. For me, the warm sea is like a harmonic creative ocean where I accept the light insanity ā or letās say: the creative āinsanityā ā that takes over. I fall into the musical ocean, and I canāt control what appears. I play and create what comes to mind within the flow. Itās a range between light and darkness where sorrow is sometimes simultaneous with creativity. To create, one sometimes needs to go inside your inner darkness and embrace it. I think the ocean could be about acceptance: that all people let their control go and just fall." AVANT MUSIC NEWS wrote (about a previous release): "Meierkordās modus operandi is to employ cello, other stringed instruments, and effects to create ambient soundscapes. Beginning with brief overlapping melodies he builds these into larger, denser structures. But Meierkord also offers up several minimalist improvisations that are airy and atmospheric. While melancholy, the tone is not consistently dark. Brighter moments light up these pieces, like the sun peeking out on a cloudy day." ARTIST BIO: Based in Sweden, Henrik Meierkord's cello is his main instrument, though he also masters viola, double bass, & guitar. Bringing a neoclassical approach to his stringed instruments and effects, he has released 15 solo albums and 16 collaborations since 2018; his work also includes his performances on Black Tape For A Blue Girlās THE CLEFT SERPENT (2021) and Aarktica's PAEANS (2023).
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