Release Notes
Label: LEITER
Release: vision of contentment
Date: July 19th, 2024
Mastered By: Zino Mikorey
Mixed By: Nils Frahm
Artwork By: Alex Coma
I want to open up this track premiere with a quick acknowledgement of the platform behind it. LEITER is a Berlin-based production company and a label founded by the composer and pianist Nils Frahm and his manager Felix Grimm. Although initially appearing to be reserved for his solo output and collaborations (with F.S. Blumm), a few years ago, Frahm began to invite others to publish on the imprint, including Tiny Vipers, Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and the most recently covered Otto A. Totland [see the track premiere here]. For many of the albums released by this imprint, including this one, the artists utilise the famed studio located in the Fankhaus complex, often involving Frahm behind the mixing board. For this latest release, this powerhouse of contemporary classical music brings together pianist Joep Beving and cellist Maarten Vos for their new album, titled vision of contentment, after Vos appeared on Beving’s release for Deutsche Grammophon, Henosis (2019). The music here is sombre, tender and beautiful, composed as a personal tribute to their friend Mark Brounen, who fought cancer for three years. “… the white heron is a symbol of wisdom, inner-knowing and spiritual growth […] the boat is the vessel that transports us to another realm, and the blue hour symbolises the twilight, the transition from dark to light…” Knowing the background puts the music in context, but even without it, you will be completely transported to the far shores of this heavenly place. I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I do. Highly recommended!
This piano piece begins with a simple melody and gradually unfolds into intricate layers of polyrhythms. This composition uses the night as a metaphor for transition, symbolizing the journey from light to dark and back to light again. The piece reflects a period of introspection and contemplation, where the boat symbolizes reasoning and coming to terms with the events that have transpired. It captures the morning after the storm, where one appraises the tides, accepts what is past, and welcomes the dawn of a new day and a new life.
— Maarten Vos
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The full album is out tomorrow, July 19th, 2024, available on a limited edition 12″ black vinyl, and of course, on all of your favourite digital platforms as a download or a stream.