“My name is Rayne Roberts and I’m a director, producer, and executive at Lucasfilm… Oh, and I LOVE your music.”

This email launched one the highlights of my life, inviting me to work with an incredible team and compose the score for Rayne's stunning short film about love and addiction named "It's Snowing Outside". I then travelled to San Francisco to complete the sound mix at the extravagant Skywalker Ranch with some of the best engineers in the world. The film is currently on the festival circuit, and I am delighted to share this track from the score with you.

Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the music!

P.S. This piece comes before "And she translated into the sky" in the film soundtrack, so you may hear some familiar themes mixed in.

It's Snowing Outside (Original Score)

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Two Years in August

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Artwork by Giana Patel 
Vocal performance by Giana Patel 
Viola performance by Rachel Grimwood 
Mastered by Mike Gibson of Munki Masters at Bonfire Audio, Wellington, NZ. www.munki.co.nz, www.bonfireaudio.com

Special thanks to Jeremy Reid

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And she translated into the sky

Reflection

Two New Zealand artists from completely different musical worlds have combined forces to create a stunning and unique collaboration.

Former Midnight Youth lead vocalist and songwriter Jeremy Redmore possesses one of the most recognised voices in New Zealand music, while Levi Patel is a rising star in the world of modern classical and ambient music.

Written and recorded in a variety of ways over the course of three years - in-person and remote, in bedrooms, studios, cities and wilderness - the Migrations EP is a project of contrasts between sonic worlds, beginnings and endings, intimacy and distance.

“There are places this project took my voice to that it had never been before,” Redmore says.

Worlds Apart comes from the pair's Migrations EP.


Lyrics by Jeremy Redmore
Music by Levi Patel and Jeremy Redmore
Produced by Levi Patel and Jeremy Redmore

Recorded by Levi Patel at LOT9 Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
Cello and drums recorded by Jacob Rush at Drake St Studio, Auckland, New Zealand

Mixed by Nic Manders
Mastered by Taylor Deupree

Performers:
Jeremy Redmore - Vocals
Avya - Backing vocals (1, 2), featured vocals (2)
Jacob Rush - Drums (1, 2)
Martin Roberts - Cello (3)
Levi Patel - Guitars, bass guitars, pianos, keyboards, additional vocals (1, 2)

Artwork hand drawn by Jia Luo

Migrations

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Jeremy Redmore and Levi Patel - Worlds Apart

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The Light Unbalances Her

Opposites of Blindness

A nostalgic piano piece improvised one night on an old, out of tune piano.

From the album 'Forms'

Departure | Anamnesis

[Rest]

I took some time away to write a short collection of piano and string pieces named 'Of Sleep and Time'. This is the opening piece.

Of Sleep and Time is available for free download at https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/

I have recently released an alternate version 'As she passes (nocturne)', included on my album A Shifting Lightness https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/album/a-shifting-lightness

Of Sleep and Time

As she passes

I took some time away to write a short collection of piano and string pieces named 'Of Sleep and Time'. This is the closing piece.

Of Sleep and Time is available for free download at levipatel.bandcamp.com

The clear, empty light

I took some time away to write a short collection of piano and string pieces named 'Of Sleep and Time'. This is the second piece.

This piece began much more complex than it is now and I had been working on it for a long time, struggling to get it right. Eventually I stripped away all of the extra notes and was left with the minimal piece that it is now.

Of Sleep and Time is available for free download at levipatel.bandcamp.com

A careful tearing

After over a decade of releasing instrumental music, I've finally found my voice. This is Gravity, the first single from my upcoming third album. Thank you for listening 🤍

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Gravity

I never intended to expand beyond instrumental music and start writing songs. Perhaps that's why some songs on this album, like Stay Still, have elements that fall somewhere in between.

The song truly came to life when I worked with Matt Gunn to record eight incredible string players, the biggest group I've ever recorded. This bridge was the first time all day I let them fully open up, and their sound soared, all while maintaining a softness. We also captured some haunting double bass, pushing to bring out the "worst" parts of the bow sound.

Breathing even more life into the song was the incredible backing vocalist. She harmonised beautifully as always, but her subtle improvisation over my last line in the song gave me chills the first time I heard it, and the second, and third.

I hope you enjoy it 🤍

Stay Still

After over a decade of creating instrumental music, and three years of work, I've finally found my voice. Doubt About You is from my new album - Sailing on the Light of a Passing Star.

Doubt About You

This track is part of my first proper collaboration, a four track EP called 5/8 made with electronic producer and friend Suren Unka (www.soundcloud.com/surenunka), which is out now.

"The unlikely allies effortlessly blend dance producer Suren’s swirling rhythms and electronic sound design with composer Levi’s slow moving harmonies and delicate textures to create a dynamic ambient house record."

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Levi Patel & Suren Unka - Drift

This is the first single from my upcoming album Affinity.

This album has been at the centre of my life for the past three years and I cannot wait to share it all with you.

Download on Bandcamp - https://goo.gl/rQyeKR

View the music video - https://youtu.be/b-iwfeSCsrc

The piece also serves as the music for the heart-breaking, mini-documentary ‘Last Letters’ by Korean-based Director Nils Clauss. - https://vimeo.com/195284427

Affinity

Since last letters

This piece is from my debut full-length album Affinity.

The album is out now on all major digital platforms, and with a limited run of cassette tapes available on Bandcamp.

Empty calls quiet

As we fall into static

"With wings falling" is the third track from my latest release, A Shifting Lightness I.

A Shifting Lightness is a three-part series exploring the themes of Lightness and Memory.

When writing the music, I was living alone for 18 months near a small town in the North of New Zealand. Every morning I would go downstairs into my half-underground recording space, and from where I was writing I could only see through a single window above ground.

Spending so much time alone allowed me to take things slowly and to reflect on my past. It's strange what isolation can do to your thoughts, but it was rewarding to explore those aspects of myself through my music.

Hear the full release - http://hyperurl.co/qs44zk

A Shifting Lightness I

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With wings falling

"Her angled beauty" is the second track from my latest release, A Shifting Lightness I.

A Shifting Lightness is a three-part series exploring the themes of Lightness and Memory.

Her angled beauty

Through Winter Eyes is an intimate piano and cello duet featuring a breathtaking performance by cellist James Bush. This is the first new track from my upcoming album A Shifting Lightness.

Watch the music video on Youtube - https://youtu.be/KVycUG7h44w

A Shifting Lightness

Through Winter Eyes

Words Like First Light is taken from my album A Shifting Lightness.

Watch the music video on Youtube - https://youtu.be/XtC7Y-tZyuE

Words Like First Light

I am so proud to share with you my album A Shifting Lightness, now available on all digital platforms. A Landscape of Her Own is the ninth track on the album.

A Shifting Lightness is an exploration of lightness and memory, and my second full length album. From beginning the first demos in 2015, through spending 18 months living alone and writing the music, many months of recording and producing with almost 20 of the most talented people I know, and filming three music videos, it feels unreal that I’m finally releasing it today.

Thank you for all of your support and for encouraging me to release it despite the current crisis, and thanks to all of the talented people who contributed to the album. I hope you enjoy the music!

Take care <3

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A Landscape of Her Own

Hello, I love to create beautiful music here in New Zealand, typically combining intimate guitar and piano composition with richly harmonic strings and delicate textures.

Besides my own music, I produce and engineer for other artists, arrange strings, co-write songs, and compose for film and television. I'm also building a robot.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll enjoy what you find :)

Feel free to contact me at
levi@levipatel.com

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