Jonathan Coleclough – Period

Using a grand piano as source material, it was put through processing equipment real time to produce long, convoluted, and articulate manipulations of the piano strikes and fades. The periodic key strikes bear little melodic or tempo relationship, yet it is probably one of the most beautiful piano pieces I have ever heard outside of the classics. Beneath these is a tide of tonal fluctuations, the ends if the key strikes stretched out for scores of minutes until they become the accompaniment for the strikes. These grow and diminish in intensity throughout the piece, at some points reminding me of Coil's brilliant tonal study, Time Machines.

The second track has a much more digital treatment than the original. But this shouldn't be viewed as a negative. It is a very haunting and emotional piece; ethereal elements appear throughout, and strange non-existent sounds find themselves in your head, but when inspected consciously, fleet away like ghosts.

A brilliant abstract/minimal addition to any enthusiast's library.