What exactly is “cinematic folk”? A good way to answer that question would be to have a listen to Landscapes, the latest solo release by Oakland-based composer, producer, & multi-instrumentalist Jacob Montague. The album, which flows more like a suite than a collection of songs, oozes pastoral charm with scene-setting atmospheres and a strong narrative flow propelled…
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Dear Avalanche – Lights & Motion [Deep Elm]
Four years ago Christoffer Franzen released his debut album as Lights & Motion. Reanimation was the culmination of many months of long Scandinavian nights spent in the studio composing, performing, and engineering an uplifting and distinctly cinematic style of post rock to the delight of a close-knit group of fans gathered on social media who knew they…
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A Sense of Place: Grasscut – Everyone Was A Bird [Lo Recordings]
Everyone Was A Bird is the third outing for the duo of Andrew Phillips and Marcus O’Dair recording as Grasscut. Each has an extensive musical CV – Phillips as a producer and composer of over 200 scores for film and television and O’Dair as a journalist, author, lecturer and broadcaster not to mention session musician – and their…
Read MoreLights & Motion – Chronicle [Deep Elm]
“Cinematic” is an adjective we see being applied to more music than ever before, perhaps to the point of overuse. But there simply is no other word that better describes the music of Lights & Motion, the amazing solo project of Christoffer Franzen who is the conceptualizer, composer, musician, and recording engineer behind it’s every sound.…
Read MoreAlbum review: Adrift by Steve Gibbs
Adrift by Steve Gibbs Adrift is the debut solo album from UK based composer & musician Steve Gibbs due out on August 1. It follows the release of the collaborative EP In Passing with Cyrus Reynolds in 2013, which was warmly received for its elegant and affecting fusion of modern classical and ambient and subtle electronic elements.…
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Stationary Travels 