The Pillars of New Amsterdam

Started in early 2024, the album was supposed to be an EP consisting of several tracks, but after going through multiple transformations, during which original piano pieces were turning into crossover electronic versions with full arrangement and back, spinning in interrupted rehearsal cycles, becoming closer to recording and then drifting away from it as Jan was moving between continents, countries and towns and the world was precipitating toward the disaster to then shy away from it.

While the left-hand figures and time signatures, as well as the task of finding a tittle for every piece, were getting ever more intricate, the choice of the instrument that could convey at least the unwordable part was, on the contrary, getting increasingly clear.

Et voilà, here it is: a perfectionist's take on imperfection, a long-exposure shot of a world pulling itself out of the catastrophe, graffiti on a Berlin subway wall, grand piano take B, an apartment in the centre of Madrid with a view on the sea of chimneys and antennas, the desperate lack of words somehow masked with the noise of the Pacific.

All songs composed, played and mixed by Jan Vaschuk
Recorded at the Black Hole Piano Studio in 2025 

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Sleepless

Leanne Kelly - Vocals, Keyboards, Synths 
Jacob Frautschi - Drums 
Max Savage - Piano, Additional Synths, Bass

Music & Lyrics by Leanne Kelly & New Spell 
Produced & Mixed by Max Savage & New Spell 

Recorded at Pyramind Studios 
Mastered by RD at Twin Peaks Studios

Like Water

Miguel M To Be Free

Metropole - Opening Theme - OP2 Full (Render 20170927 - Paulo Boher)

Our Time Will Come

a little something to help get through the dark of winter.

spotify: https://spoti.fi/2qECpJ8
apple music: https://apple.co/2OxoMER
bandcamp: http://bit.ly/thefall_bc
youtube: https://youtu.be/YK0_dACQLdk

production + songwriting by haak
vocals + songwriting by @siddhantbhosleofficial
additional songwriting assistance by Chris Cortez

// lyrics //

i close my eyes nothing inside my head
distance and stars echoes of what you said
i'm drifting in the waves

floating free
feeling lost
i'm so far from grounded
gravity
pulling me
past the edge of reason

fractures in space
echoes fade away
i'm falling to the ground

i'm breathing
clouds part light floods the dark
embracing
the fall

dancing like fire flies inside my head
a web of thoughts that I can't translate
my words tumble into

entropy
feeling crossed
i'm a maze of logic
atrophy
failing me
words reach no one out here

fractures in space
echoes fade away
i'm falling to the ground

i'm breathing
clouds part light floods the dark
embracing
the fall

The Fall (feat. Siddhant Bhosle)

Russian winter song by Vladimir Erin (ERIN) and his wife singer-songwriter Natalie.

Снежная музыка

A desert soundscape with a Hungarian twist.

Soleil | Piano Waltz

Variations on the GameCube startup theme composed by Toru Minegishi

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GameCube Variations

Hi, my name is Jan, I’m composer, music producer and California-bred sound design hooligan. I grew up in a small northern town that disappeared from the maps soon after the fact, reached puberty in San Francisco, CA, and got thrown back into my teens in Leipzig, Germany. Yes, I do prefer talking about myself in first person, although some people in the industry say it doesn't sound cool and serious. I am a very unserious person. But I guess I'm cool, still. But let's not focus on this.

Part of my material is an instrumental blend of neoclassical and IDM kinda thing, another part is vocal-driven Electro Pop influenced by such artists as Damon Albarn, James Blake and my sister Lizzy to name a few. Everything here is free, although if you'd like to support me, you can buy my releases on Bandcamp. Thanks for stopping by!

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