Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman - Music for the Moon and the Trees [CD]

Blackford Hill

£9.90

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: BH007CD
Barcode: 5050580795488
Release Date: 16 Dec 2022
Genre: Ambient

01: Moonrise (Luna de la Rosa) - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
02: The Road to the Cottage - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
03: Danza del Fuego - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
04: Canción de la Luna (Homage to Debussy) - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
05: In the Pines - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
06: Fibonacci Dusk - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
07: Pipistrellus - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
08: Dance of the Trees - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
09: Sarabande for the Souls - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
10: Moonset (Pine Spectrals) - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
11: Mémento (Homage to Lorca) - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman
12: Down by Paddy's Burn - Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman

Music for the Moon and the Trees by classical guitarist Morgan Szymanski and experimental musician Tommy Perman is the result of a long-held wish that the two childhood friends would get the chance to create an album together. It's a meditative album; a gentle thing of serene beauty and quiet innovation.

All of the sounds heard on the album were recorded in the woodland surrounding the cottage. There was a childlike sense of wonder as the duo recorded the sounds of the trees, birds, bats and an assortment of found percussion. Convolution reverbs were created by snapping twigs and pinging spruce branches. Much of the music was improvised with live single-take performances by Morgan combined with Tommy's computer generative improvisations.

Limited edition of 300 copies pressed on12" eco-mix vinyl (each copy is unique)

/// Morgan Szymanksi ///

Born in Mexico City in 1979, Morgan was a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London and Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He was the first solo guitarist to be selected by the Young Classical Artist Trust and the first guitarist to be awarded a Junior Fellowship at the RCM, where he completed his Masters with distinction.

Morgan regularly broadcasts live on TV and radio worldwide. He can often be heard on BBC Radio 3 and has recorded to critical acclaim for Sarabande Records and Signum labels.

/// Tommy Perman ///

Tommy is an artist, designer and musician with an interest in the spaces where these three disciplines meet. He has exhibited and released lots of records. His visual work has been projected onto the Sydney Opera House and permanently installed in Edinburgh World Heritage Site historic closes and the National Museum of Scotland.

His recent projects include Emergent Slow Arcs (2019), an audio-visual reimagining of Modern Studies' Welcome Strangers LP for Fire Records, Sing The Gloaming (2020), a collaborative project by Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St John and Positive Interactions, an album made entirely from happy sounds sent to Tommy by 50 friends from all over the world.

“Tommy Perman and Morgan Szymanski met 25 years ago when the latter came from his native Mexico to finish his education at Broughton High School in Edinburgh. In that time they have both carved out distinguished creative careers: Morgan as one of his country’s most renowned classical guitarists and Tommy as arguably Scotland’s most innovative artists, combining music and inspiriting conceptional art (his Cybraphon is displayed in the National Museum).”
The Scotsman —

“Track played on 'Unclassified' on Thursday 14th July 2022”
Elizabeth Alker — BBC Radio 3