Designed to play as music for contemplation or relaxation this collection of musical musings works beautifully as background music yet rewards careful attention.

Evocative soundclouds in the opening track, "Sky is Underwater", suggest a dark, atmospheric journey till the gentle songlike quality of the follow up offers a playful antidote and hints that this is an album of unexpected treasures. Each piece states simple themes that give way to subtle improvisations, using jazz scales and chords, creating deceptively complex musical journeys. Several tracks, like the epic "Shifting Sands", use minimalist strategies, of ostinato and repetition, to lay a sonic foundation for a circling cascade of thematic variations.

The result is both mesmerising yet surprisingly energetic.

1. The Sky is Underwater
2. By the Sea
3. Song for my Father
4. Happy Song
5. Blue House
6. This Door Opens (after you)
7. Shifting Sands
8. Falling
9. Circles
10. Earth Angel
11. Rain
12. Night on Coogee Bay
13. Sea of Glass

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 2/21/2013
Geoff Cawthorn lives in Auckland New Zealand

Tagged as: New Age, Neoclassical, Instrumental New Age, Contemporary Piano, Daydreaming

1. Lines Build Walls by Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
2. White Whale by Michael Travisano: Modern alternative piano to feel in your gut
3. The Water is Wide by David Modica: layers of lush acoustic guitar
4. Waves of Freedom Have Bored the Sea by Mogilalia: surrealist, modern classical ambient with tranquil trascendence
5. My Old Black Radio Sings the Blues by Mogilalia: surrealist, modern classical ambient with tranquil trascendence
6. Sun by Dejan Ilijic: piano landscapes meet electronic, jazz, Balkans
7. Meditative Guitar by Jeff Wahl: acoustic new age and jazz guitar.
8. The Dogs of Rome by Michael Travisano: Modern alternative piano to feel in your gut
9. Acoustic Earth - Electric Sky by David Modica: layers of lush acoustic guitar
10. After the Rain by Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
11. The Depths of a Year by Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
12. Looking for a Way Out by Paolo Pavan: Urban funky jazz piano, in a sober and straightforward style
13. Live At Bliss Gardens by Kourosh Dini: minimalist piano with slashes of ambient electronics
14. Reconstruction by Rob Costlow: melodic piano pieces
15. Sophomore Jinx by Rob Costlow: melodic piano pieces
16. Bootstrap Physics by Timothy Vajda: viola da gamba in a contemporary context
17. Fairy Peace by Dmitry Krasnoukhov: New age romantic piano music

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