A treasured musical past-time – a ritual for mental and spiritual health, perhaps – is improvising on the piano. Mainly these personal forays use the “trick” of applying constant sustain pedal. The indeterminate effects produced by frequencies colliding create an ethereal resonance, which emerges effortlessly between the body of the instrument and its hundreds of strings. The ease of performing this technique is both troubling, and an intriguing part of its appeal.
This practice is documented on my solo release on Burnt Seed Records.
Between constant attacks shimmering sounds ring
Stuart Orchard 