Songs From Before[LP]

Songs From Before[LP]

• 180 Gram LPBeautifully recorded and cinematic in scope, Songs From Before carries a pensive, emotionally resonant tone

Pressings by OPTIMAL on 180 gm vinyl stock.<br><br>The Vinyl includes a voucher with a unique code to a free download of the digital audio files (MP3).<br><br>Beautifully recorded and cinematic in scope, Songs From Before once again carries a pensive, emotionally resonant tone. Punctuated by Robert Wyatts distinctive, understated readings of Haruki Murakamis text, the music evokes forgotten memories or lost histories, a series of bittersweet articulations that seem suspended somewhere between a dreamy sense of awe and melancholia. <br><br>The title refers to the fact that, as well as this being a kind of specimen case of music written over a long period, the album carries other music inside it - with the sources ranging from music between 5 and 300 years old - either used as starting points for Maxs own writing, or submerged deep within.<br><br>ABOUT THE ARTIST<br>Born in Germany and brought to Britain as a small boy, the composer, pianist, producer and remixer, began taking piano lessons at a young age. His fast-growing knowledge of classical music was tempered by his discovery of punk rock: a voyage of discovery that continued through Stockhausen and the American minimalists.<br><br>Inspired equally by The Beatles and Bach, punk rock and ambient electronica, Richter blends baroque beauty with minimalist methodology, classical orchestration with modern technology. The result: numerous extraordinaire benchmark works, encompassing concert music, operas, ballets, art and video installations, multiple film, theatre and television scores, also incorporating poetry and literature.<br><br>Max Richters many awards include the European Film Award for Best Composer (for Waltz With Bashir) and further prizes for his scores for Lore and Die Fremde (When We Leave).<br><br>He has also recently won Germanys prestigious ECHO Klassik award for the album that resulted from a 2012 invitation from Deutsche Grammophon to recompose Vivaldis Four Seasons: a widely acclaimed success that has just been re-released with additional remixes and ambient interpretations that Max calls Shadows, as well as a live concert DVD.