By the Sea by Geoff Cawthorn Geoff Cawthorn : By the Sea.
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By the Sea invites the listener into an emotionally evocative yet unsentimental musical journey. There is a refreshing simplicity yet sophistication to these improvised piano pieces that lingers in the air and the ear.

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.

Songs:

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.

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

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

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