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The moment she enters the room ...
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Cover: Engin Akyurt - Pixabay

She comes in

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Diamond Soul

Ideas have to become reality sometimes. This is an example. 

Induced by JPL.

Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-raising-their-hands-2078071/

66 - Jorghinho's Dream - The Whole World Mix - Second State

Desert Reverie

Autumn Beauty

Epic Medieval orchestral Instrumental prod. and composed by Nomax

Age of Kings prod. and composed by Nomax

Ellesmera prod. and composed by Nomax

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Lofi - Transition

I think I have seldom been so optimistic about something I created, so free of doubt and worry - which is coincidentally a feeling I want to convey with this new piece and project / album.

I dearly love the OST for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and always wanted to do something in a similar fashion, but up until now lacked the means to do it. The means being a library (I'm not big on collaborations of such an interconnected nature and am quite the control freak, so outsourcing performances isn't yet my forte) that could portray solo strings in this very specifically rustic and imperfect, soft and brittle form that is so iconic to Warren Ellis' style of playing.

Well, along come Orchestral Tools and break my mind with the unbelievably authentic and brilliant "Peteris Vasks' Strings", forcing me to make this!
I gotta say, I've never been more happy about any kind of enslavement.

But jokes aside, this really is one of the best purchases I have ever made, and one of the best pieces of music I have ever made - maybe not because of some brilliant melodical structure or a perfect arrangement (which this obviously doesn't have :P), but because of this unbelievably authentic and iconic sound, and the atmosphere it creates.

I did have to do quite a bit of EQ adjustments and automation to iron out some of the more resonant moments (didn't quite achieve a perfect balance, but I'm gonna get better the more I use it), plus making my own mic-mix cause the library was recorded in a bloody huge church - but the close mics are, despite this, bone dry and together with some of the other options able to have this up-close, intimate feeling that I wouldn't have thought possible.
One or two samples are a little borked sometimes, but with a bit of imagination one can circumvent these small errors.
All in all, this product is nigh perfect - for me, obviously :)

But enough about this - what Revalescence is about, is a journey. As always. I need to wander, both in reality as in my fantasy so this kind of theme will never go away, most likely :P
Anyhow, the term describes the process or rather state of getting better, healing. And since that is such a loose concept, you could apply it to really anything : a struggle with mental health, a physical injury or other avenues of trouble that open themselves up to you. 
This time, I will not describe an actual story, but rather a more metaphoric path to betterment, whatever that might entail for you specifically.
I love placing things into the setting of an Arizona desert, cause it's just so relentlessly beautiful to me, but feel free to wander off to anywhere you would like to go with it. Sometimes, I'll be more setting-specific, other times it'll be more ambiguous - whatever I feel like at any given moment.
You can expect ups and downs, but at the end I will try to weave it all together into a calming, reassuring and hopeful outlook and reflection on things past, present and future.

All of this sounds terribly pretentious and usually I would refrain from writing bloated nonsense like that - but I think this time, I'll try being more conscious about creating music, with a broad, human theme in mind that one can read into if one chooses to. Don't know whether or not it's gonna work out, but what the hell - I'll try anyway :D

If you did, thank you very much for reading through all of this and I hope you'll find a connection to Revalescence, as have I.

Cheerio,
Cedric

Revalescence

Leaving Home

Revalescence - Leaving Home

I wrote this short work a while back and recently had the opportunity to re-record the solo cello part (I am the cellist and pianist in the recording)with a full string section for Clockwork Sessions in Glasgow. The work itself was written during lockdown with a view to expressing the brittle nature of our planet and society during that time. Not much seems to have changed...
Thank you for listening!!

Solace solo cello

Solace Cello and strings stem

Photo by Christopher Sardegna on Unsplash

Inner Peace

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What Made Us

Time is running out [Sleepless Recordings]

These tracks are a mix of hip hop and R&B new sounds mixed with hip hop drums and hard-hitting drums.

UP DOWN

Happiness In Darkness

Piano, metal sounds and string textures were created with Soundpaint. Interesting sampler VST. 

111 - Klangmeer's Rest - State One

"Hymen Amen” a bold exploration of breaking social taboos and revealing hidden truths. 

Their unique music composition, lyrics, and melodies empower and resonate with our inner wildness and freedom, breathing new life into old traditions. "Hymen Amen" is a poetic testament to their commitment to promoting love, interconnectedness, and change.

HYMEN AMEN

Ambient Signs

Harmony

Dystopic

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Dystopic-Remix

Hi... Im a professional cellist and enthusiastic and committed composer writing, performing and producing the majority of my work. I love creating and I find inspiration in everything I hear or experience. Thanks in advance for listening!

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