Sonic Graffiti

An instrumental album

Idea for a surrealist movie: a piano and a Spanish guitar become best buddies and decide to travel from Spain to Ireland. On their scenic journey, they forge strong friendships with a motley crew of other instruments and make merry in the streets, town squares, narrow alleys (and pubs) of Europe.

So far so good, and although we still need to actually sit down and write the screenplay, we've got the soundtrack already: an album of gentle and uplifting European folklore with a natural, organic sound and a broad mix of styles. With some new age piano (and guitar) music thrown in for good measure.

 

Let's recap the last 3 instrumental albums:  "4" album neoclassical + ambient new agey type stuff; "The Story of What Happened..." with a thematic thread, soundscapes and piano "songs" at times to tell a coherent story; "How About Now?" with hefty piano work somewhere between Easy Listening and ... Listening.

 

Pleased to say that this one here is different in that I'll be keeping the piano to myself for the time being (unless a temptation specfically calls).  So only a small sprinkling of piano, replaced by a variety of instruments. Not sure what bit me but I've been dying to record some sad accordeon pieces (which I did), some Latin instrumentals (ditto), and some Irish Folk (likewise).  The outcome is all over the shop as usual, so for those of you who incline towards the recognition and need of consistency I would offer "World Music" as a label.  There you go, that was easy.

 

Ben