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Wind and Wire

by Alan Brown

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1.
Unsilent Treatment 05:43
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2.
Around Again 05:38
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3.
Above The City 04:23
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4.
Cathedral 07:39
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5.
Entropy 04:53
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6.
Snowfall at Day's End 05:08
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7.
Letting Go 06:43
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8.
Insufficient Data 06:02
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9.
Wind and Wire 05:49
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10.
Heliosphere 04:38
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Following on from the piano-based improvisations of Silent Observer and Composure, Wind and Wire has a similar ambient focus, but delves more heavily into electronica and industrial-tinged soundscapes. Many of the pieces developed from sonic explorations and improvisations partly inspired by these textures.

"This time out ... he creates somewhat more disturbing aural textures which are nominally ambient but more commanding as they arrive delivered by synths with sometimes disconcerting sonic sweeps.

This is a project which has been worked on for a while ... and it sounds it as there is a wonderful sense of space (the multilayered Snowfall at Day's End) and atmosphere (Unsilent Treatment).

The elegant refinement he brought to those previous releases is still here, as on the poised and almost romantic languor of Around Again with piano.

Somewhat closer to Eno's Music For Films in its edginess and areas of discomfort (as on Entropy and the scratchy Insufficient Data), this collection again proves what a thoughtful and considered composer/player Brown is.

This gives meaning to the phrase “sound design”."

Graham Reid - Elsewhere.co.nz

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released May 15, 2020

Written, recorded and produced by Alan Brown
© and ℗ Alan Brown 2020

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Alan Brown Auckland, New Zealand

Alan Brown is an established pianist/keyboardist in New Zealand, from having led a highly successful jazz-funk band in the 90’s – Blue Train (1996 Jazz Album of the Year winner), through to The Grand Central Band, plus regular work with Nathan Haines.

Alan's latest projects draw upon his early ambient/classical/electronic influences combined with his love of improvisation. ... more

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