SONDER - ALBUM
UPC 5056628015686
Released: 09/09/2022
Tracks: 13
Time: 39:45
Format: Digital only
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Tracks: 13
Time: 39:45
Format: Digital only
Stream now on:
︎Apple Music
︎Spotify
“We live in strange times. The pandemic altered the way we relate to the world, nature and everything around us. Our lives slowed down and the noise of daily life faded out. Wild animals started strolling through the streets of our towns and cities. Perhaps, this period of isolation allowed many of us to self-reflect. Yet, the age of communication removed boundaries and let us passively absorb other people’s lives and be influenced by them in a positive or negative way. People live much more interesting lives than we think, their lives are different than it seems, and they do not realise how much we know about them and how real our interpretation actually is. So, it becomes easier to understand others when you realise how vivid and complex our lives are for each and every one of us.”
This is the story behind Greg’s solo piano album composed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 21/22.
The title of the album speaks for itself. Sonder is a neologism, a newly coined word referring to the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Sonder is also the name of the first track, and the essence can be traced throughout the entire album. Each track name hints at another piece of the journey; some of them philosophical concepts and others, very personal experiences which we can only make guesses about. Meaningful, sentimental and profound, the music in the album is capable of triggering a moment or memory. It is subtle enough to be background music to your daily routine, yet bursting with emotion to augment the meaning of the moment, and genuinely sincere to feel connected. Sonder is Greg’s realm where you find yourself reflecting on emotions through ambient piano tones.
This is the story behind Greg’s solo piano album composed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 21/22.
The title of the album speaks for itself. Sonder is a neologism, a newly coined word referring to the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Sonder is also the name of the first track, and the essence can be traced throughout the entire album. Each track name hints at another piece of the journey; some of them philosophical concepts and others, very personal experiences which we can only make guesses about. Meaningful, sentimental and profound, the music in the album is capable of triggering a moment or memory. It is subtle enough to be background music to your daily routine, yet bursting with emotion to augment the meaning of the moment, and genuinely sincere to feel connected. Sonder is Greg’s realm where you find yourself reflecting on emotions through ambient piano tones.
Driven by his influences, inspirations and his personal experience with the creativity of others, with this album, Greg tries to convince us that we can feel connected wherever we are. In essence, we all suffer; the pain we feel is the same and so are our hopes. Sonder is like a whisper telling us that there is light at the end of the tunnel as we fumble forward in the darkness during these strange times.
Tracks: 1. Sonder, 2. Rhizome, 3. Petitio principii, 4. Whin, 5. Yillen, 6. Lucy, 7. Spindrift, 8. Silent Sirens, 9. Stravaig, 10. Campbell Road, 11. Earasaid, 12. 3AM, 13. Goodbye Scotland
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Album details
Released: 9 September 2022
Length: 39:45
Tracks: 13
Recorded: Scotland
Photography: Paul Stewart