ROB COLLIER - TEN SIMPLE PIECES FOR PIANO
auralgami sounds 2016, edition of 100
"Number 1.1 in SERIES, a collection of releases featuring solo compositions and chamber works." - AURALGAMI SOUNDS
LOUISVILLE label AURALGAMI SOUNDS might be on to something big if this inaugural title is any indication of what SERIES has in store -- TEN SIMPLE PIECES FOR PIANO is exactly that, taking cues from the likes of SATIE and RAVEL as well as pure ambient milestones like MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS - simple yet profound compositions of minimal motifs, compelling cycles of subtle yet essential progression and regression, deceptively rigid melodic structures played with stunning elegance and conveyed heartfelt emotion - wistful and pensive yet tinted with an air of playfulness that casts funny shadows on the melancholic mood and betrays deeper themes of isolation, inevitability and mortality which bind these ten fragile slices of life into one of the best tapes i'll hear all year without question, it's an absolute masterpiece that i can't stop playing over and over
highest possible recommendation
