January 2025

"Hovering Mists" takes its name from the unclear voices that hover in the almost audible zone. In courageously walking forward through each layer of the veil, the voices gradually become solid and we hear ourself.
“Hovering Mists” is a recording based on “Filigree Fugue” with an additional octave separating the high and low register voices. I wanted to make this recording after hearing the lingering sweet nature of the upper register on an acoustic piano.  I think that the greater separation between the registers makes the various voices easier to hear and captures a sweetness that I had not planned to introduce with “Filigree Fugue”. I changed my mind. I hope you enjoy it! <3

Hovering Mists

Mossy Road

The end extract from Eos and Tithonus for chamber orchestra by Coreen Morsink, played by the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Bruno Mantovani, September 13, 2024, Recording produced for France Musique, at the Auditorium Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines, Toulouse, France as part of the Finals of the Unanimes! Composition Competition. 

Full Score available from the Canadian Music Centre at: https://cmccanada.org/shop/81836/
Full Recording of the work and the Unanimes! Concert at: https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/le-concert-du-soir/finales-du-concours-unanimes-et-du-concours-prix-elan-2024-6161552


Eos and Tithonus for Chamber Orchestra (extract) by Coreen Morsink L'orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Bruno Mantovani

01 Marching With Lydian 1

A quick recording of a song I've been working on since the spring.

This is the third of six tracks on the EP I'm releasing on December 31, 2024.

Also available on bandcamp: https://camille-kiku-belair.bandcamp.com/album/demos-2024

Songwriting, performance, recording, audio mixing and cover art (ink on paper) by Camille Kiku Belair.

out on a walk (Demo)

Roblin reminds us of her skill, not only as a pianist, but as a new music composer” Leslie Mitchell-Clarke, The Whole Note ”This much anticipated recording proves once again Diane Roblin has something unique to offer jazz fans. Fascinating compositions with a virtuosic ensemble of Canadian hotshots.” Jaymz Bee, JAZZFM91Diane Roblin is a composer,  pianist/ keyboardist, improviser and band leader.   Living in Toronto Canada, Classically trained, Diane is a student of world, electronic and jazz music; her studies also took her to NYC’s Karl Berger workshop at Ornette Coleman’s studio as well as to the Dutch Improv Academy in Amsterdam with Hans Bennick and others.   From rockin' Rough Trade to free improvisation with avant garde musician Charles Gayle, her performance experiences have been eclectic.  Her current "Life Force" album with a six piece horn band playing her funk-jazz-impressionistic compositions has been well received here and abroad.It was on All That Jazz's Top10 list. and her earlier Reconnect record was on Jaymz Bee's Top10 2019.  Diane performs with many groups and is a member of Glen Hall's Ossingtones, the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra, and the internatiional telematic NowNetArts and Say That Again ensembles. Diane has performed at diverse venues domestic and abroad: Kensington Market Jazz Festival, Hugh’s Room, Jazz Bistro, Lula Lounge, TDJazz, The Pilot Tavern, Alliance Francaise,Harbourfront, Array Space, Toronto 416 Improvisers Festival,Somewhere There Festival, Toronto Improvisers Orchestra,Tennessee Plum Festival, Cannes, Antibes/ Juan les Pins;Goro Merida Mexico, Smalls NYC, Ronnie Scotts,and London UK,Amsterdam’s Bimhaus, "Chris Spector of midwestrecords.com reviews Life Force saying,“This all field hitter does a great job of delivering the goods again without repeating herself. A genuine wild ride you wish wouldn’t end.”