The trance icon opens a brand new chapter with a deeply private assortment of piano-driven compositions.
Armin van Buuren has all the time recognized the way to transfer a crowd, however on Piano, he invitations listeners to embrace the calm.
Along with his first-ever acoustic album, the trance icon reveals a dimension that’s lengthy existed beneath his stadium-filling units. “This challenge exhibits one other aspect of me: intimate, sincere, direct,” van Buuren stated in a press launch shared with EDM.com.
The ensuing compositions transfer with a cinematic sense of pacing and goal. He rehearsed every bit intensely earlier than committing it to tape in a single take, in accordance with a press launch.
Somewhat than grandiose orchestration, the power of the album lies in its melodies unfolding patiently, drawing affect from Satie, Chopin and the ambient aspect of digital music that formed van Buuren’s early listening habits.
“Creating melodies behind the piano has all the time been the muse of my music,” van Buuren defined. This time, nonetheless, these sketches have remained uncooked and reflective, formed by the help of composer and mentor Geronimo Snijtsheuvel, who guided him via the album’s inventive periods.
Captured over the course of seven days at Utrecht’s ConcertLab, the album’s arc started creatively with “Fathers and Sons,” a young composition impressed by van Buuren’s relationship along with his father and his personal journey via parenthood. To that finish, every composition attracts from private relationships and formative musical influences.
The 15-track album arrived completely through Apple Music on October thirty first and can hit different main platforms on November seventh. You’ll be able to hearken to Piano beneath.
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