Suite Botanique

Cherry Blossom (Reinvented)

This piece was inspired by taking a walk during a snowfall. You hear wind and you might also hear the quiet sound of snowflakes falling, but snow tames down most other sounds. That creates a peaceful and dreamlike feeling.

Snowflakes

This came out after some relaxing days in Christmas holiday.

I'm here

EchoSkyling was an experimental side project of mine a few years ago.
In 2019 I was diagnosed with Autism. 
In hindsight, this song is about that - feeling alienated and lost 
most of my life, without knowing or understanding why. 
This song will always be special to me. Thank you for listening.

A huge thanks to Legacy of Thought label for releasing it. 

Release date: 16-02-2018 on Legacy of Thought label.

I Am Scarecrow by Echoskyling 
is about being lost among shadows of oneself, 
hiding in the darkness, clinging on to hope 
that someone out there may see through the disguise, 
move closer and reach out their heart.

Lyrics:

blue glass take me away
i am scarecrow
standing in the dark
waiting for you to
but you never do and 
i'm still alone, holding on to
these words that mean nothing
it's still the same but i feel
nothing
it's like everyone left
and i'm alone
'cause no one cares to show
trying so hard to be someone
i'm done trying
hoping so much they will see me
i'm done hoping
all i am is no one
in the dark playing hide and seek
but no one is looking for me
i am done hoping for this
i stay in my dusty corner
singing to the void
no one hears what's really 
going on inside
sees the cracks in the wall


The artwork:
Roberto Sass: https://soundcloud.com/dj-rubberman

Mastering:
Chris Held: https://soundcloud.com/timeaway

The links:

Legacy of Thought label

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/legacyofthought
X: https://twitter.com/legacyofthought
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2DTssJsiRCxHhLeXB3rjA4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMxdVM6Yc5lMao_kVGYODw
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/label/legacy-of-thought/56466
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/legacy-of-thought

Also on iTunes, Apple Music and Amazon

I Am Scarecrow

EchoSkyling - I Am Scarecrow [Released by Legacy of Thought in 2018]

Silent is an emotional piece with great dynamics. Don't tell anyone about it, because it has to stay secret.....
Update: The attempt to keep it secret didn't work, it's now on spotify ...

Silent

From my album "Modular One", available to download on Bandcamp:

https://soundbymark.bandcamp.com/album/modular-one

Modular One

Bandcamp

508B

Endless Embrace

wait and see

I had a long break from work for the end of 2023 and was mostly at home with a piano, my daughter, partner, some synths, a notebook and a lot more time than I was used to. I was finding it hard to do anything except play the piano basically. The surface level simplicity of it and the immediacy made it easy to become embroiled in and over those couple of months I wrote the 6 piano pieces. At the same time over those months I was also writing heavily in my notebook, something I hadn’t done consistently for years. It was towards the end of the projects I noticed the two things had been created side by side but without interaction. Looking back through the notes I’d noticed that I'd been writing about things I was thinking and feeling which to me was interesting because I was doing the same thing with the piano. 

Of course I'm really into film and drama so the thought of combining the words and music felt completely natural and interesting. Originally I recorded them myself just as voice notes and it felt like something. It was interesting but to me it felt too close and maybe too self-involved. This is when I thought about getting someone else to read them. I watched Alan Clarke’s “Road” (1987) a few years back at a screening and was blown away by it but also by Jane Horrocks. Her performance in that and also in Mike Leigh’s “Life Is Sweet” I was completely captivated. With “Road” I hadn’t encountered that much writing that dealt with the frustrations, tragedy and beauty of growing up in a working class part of the UK, it really resonated with me. Having someone else read the notes did two things for me. I wanted someone who was a good actor who would bring something to it but also I wanted a northern, Greater Manchester or close to, accent and a woman. I grew up mostly around women and I like to hear those accents and rhythms represented. It feels a bit like home. But thinking about it now my Grandma especially, would have loved to hear an accent like Jane’s speak those words that are close to a diary, poetry and prose. The second thing, having someone else read it, to me, made it more interesting and a bit safer. It made it feel more like theater or a film. I could detach from my own words that i didn’t ever really plan to share and experience them in a slightly more removed way, maybe it made it easier to assess them or incorporate them thoroughly. Also simply, it was more fun and interesting to do.

Using them to almost frame the piano pieces and add context but not too explicitly is a pretty interesting idea too. Usually you don’t get context with music. You can read the press release or the liner notes but you don’t get an expansion on it as part of the work itself in the form or some prose. Even with the words people add those two things together, the music and words and still get something I don't expect or I didn’t mean, like music, art, they project themselves on it still a lot, the words just mix that pot a bit more.


Leave Beneath Your Feet (Longer Version)

This song is a reminder that a lot of the things that are considered bad, were once good

Before The Fall

Solitude

Listening to Peruvian pianist and composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas feels like waking up with soft sunlight on your face. His songs are raw and soft, like terracotta and honey, and flow through the world like a tranquil river. 

With over twenty million streams worldwide, several concerts around Europe and South America, and collaborations with record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, 7K!, and LEITER Verlag, Sergio’s second full-length album Muerte en una tarde de verano was released on the 10th of March, 2023, via Nettwerk Music Group. The release was accompanied by a forty-minute-long film, two handcrafted vinyl editions, an exclusive CD edition for Japan, a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Lo-Fang, and a European release tour.

Cherry Blossom (Reinvented)

Sergio Díaz De Rojas

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