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"Although once again the piano is the engine of Lane's inspiration, in the pieces of "Slow Autumn At My Window" it often assumes a secluded position, as a discreet thread on which a variety of real sounds are grafted, originating from the vibrations of the bow (not only on the violin, but also on guitar and psaltery)" - Music Won't Save You
The third instalment of my Lekko Sketches series. As with the others the tracks are based around the warm sound of a felted upright piano, with lo-fi electronics and this album also includes electric guitar. The electronics are more prominent on this album with overdriven synths taking the lead at times.
The first 'Lekko Sketches' was produced during lockdown in spring 2020. At the time of writing many of us are again finding ourselves facing increasing restrictions, so it seemed appropriate to revisit the approach, with intimate warm upright piano and lo-fi electronics, this time with the addition of the sound of brass and wind instruments on many tracks.
Drifting Almost Falling - "Lane’s pieces have this ability to play with light and shade and notions of romance in music. The move away from piano to more string based instruments or sounds is an inspired one as the music is quite magical."
UK-based visual artist and musician Adrian Lane here offers a collection of ten compositions and vignettes on piano & electronics with several pieces featuring vocals from multi-instrumentalist and singer Ozlem Simsek. Evocative and quite charming in a melancholic vein." - Stationary Travels
"With this album, I wanted the music to be intimate and to sound like it was recorded at home and focused on a warm sounding upright piano with tape saturated electronics and field recordings."
"It’s quite amazing to experience the diverse piano melodies that Lane is able to create throughout a 53 minute masterpiece of works," writes Ambiance Glitters
Badd Press: 'Albums as innovative as this one – that challenge its listeners from start to finish – are rarely this calming. That may be what’s best about this self-titled disc. There’s enough here to fully immerse yourself in the work, and that won’t be in the least bit difficult.'
"British composer Adrian Lane uses 100-year-old cylinder recordings as the starting point for his new album Playing With Ghosts."
" Beautiful sounds like a magic rain of crystals over us, zithars evolving like angels pirouettes and subtile touches in keyboards...enough to get us out of all this everyday for a while...be happy one more time. " - Manuel Jesus Diaz
A Closer Listen: "Adrian Lane‘s second album for Poland’s Preserved Sound inspires a sense of admiration. The music is as thick as that of a small orchestra, yet Lane plays all of the instruments himself: bowed psaltery, mandolin, zither, violin, acoustic guitar and more. "
Music Won't Save You: "A work of melancholic minimal piano fragments. Working in gaps between the notes, the English composer does not just fill them with electronic debris and occasional movements of strings, but exploits the gaps to give depth and perspective specific weight to each single note."
Some of my pieces, together with lots of other great tracks, can also be found on these FREE download compilations
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