At the end of August last year, my father, who lives with us and is very healthy, mysteriously shut down completely overnight. He was unable to move, talk, eat, or anything. He was in hospital for 10 days, and when he came home I became his full-time carer. I immediately stopped playing gigs, researching my PdD, and teaching. I cared for him for 5
At the end of August last year, my father, who lives with us and is very healthy, mysteriously shut down completely overnight. He was unable to move, talk, eat, or anything. He was in hospital for 10 days, and when he came home I became his full-time carer. I immediately stopped playing gigs, researching my PdD, and teaching. I cared for him for 5 months, in which time he slowly recovered. Strangely and frustratingly, even though he had many tests at the hospital, we still have no diagnosis or reason as to why he got sick or why he got better...
During those 5 months I started playing short solo improvised piano pieces each night just before I would go to sleep. I was too exhausted to do anything else and wanted to keep playing music somehow. I would simply put my hands down on the keys and play.
One night I thought - 'I should record these improvisations.’ So I began recording them from that time, and stopped when I had 100 pieces. I listened back to them all, and then chose some of them that seemed to fit together. I then added other instruments, saxophone, electric bass, and virtual sounds, until I had what sounded like an album.
This album is a series of sonic meditations lovingly dedicated to my dad - barry mason.
I hope the music connects with you 🩵
During those 5 months I started playing short solo improvised piano pieces each night just before I would go to sleep. I was too exhausted to do anything else and wanted to keep playing music somehow. I would simply put my hands down on the keys and play.
One night I thought - 'I should record these improvisations.’ So I began recording them from that time, and stopped when I had 100 pieces. I listened back to them all, and then chose some of them that seemed to fit together. I then added other instruments, saxophone, electric bass, and virtual sounds, until I had what sounded like an album.
This album is a series of sonic meditations lovingly dedicated to my dad - barry mason.
I hope the music connects with you 🩵
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cessation 1:260:00/1:26
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shuffling back 3:460:00/3:46
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lost perspective 2:500:00/2:50
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gazing inwards 4:190:00/4:19
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house of mirrors 2:150:00/2:15
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hallways 2:190:00/2:19
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holding patterns 3:280:00/3:28
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reverie 1:330:00/1:33
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under and over 2:140:00/2:14
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entente 3:440:00/3:44
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theatrical enactment 3:090:00/3:09
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unfolding 2:140:00/2:14
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reclaiming spaces 3:140:00/3:14