Abandoned Pianos II, by Michael Gary Dean

Abandoned Pianos II

by Michael Gary Dean

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1.	My Heart Is Pried Open as the Tide Goes Out 02:42		buy track
2.	I'll See You at the Bottom of the Ocean 04:48		buy track
3.	How to Disappear 02:43		buy track
4.	Your Song Is a Black Jaguar 03:08	lyrics	buy track
(excerpt) We meet in the digital Your skin tastes like fresh pixels The incus inside our ears Cocoons in the stereo Your song is a black jaguar Traversing the arctic pole The burning of paws on snow Hot fur in an ancient cold
5.	The Frustration of Being Stuck in Just One Body 05:00		buy track
6.	There Is Still Kindness in This World 02:37		buy track
7.	My Body Will Atrophy 02:17		buy track
8.	We Will Become Birds 03:39		buy track
9.	The Sky Is Sweeter Than the Earth 04:31		buy track

about

Michael Gary Dean arrives with the second edition of the "Abandoned Pianos" project, composed after his departure to live in Europe in 2019.

This next chapter investigates new feelings of nostalgia and a longing for familiarity while flirting with themes of death and loss. Each composition carefully balances moments of mental endurance intertwined with a certain peace and stillness. Certainly, this is a collection for solo listening, echoing darker feelings that accompany uncomfortable moments.

Due to Dean's life circumstances, many of the pieces were only completed during long periods without speaking to anyone else, sometimes for weeks at a time. Though some of the initial piano ideas were composed in the final days (and even hours) before a departure from Canada, this collection of works fully emerged from a particularly challenging year that followed.

"In a new environment, I felt obligated to take a new and honest look at certain anxieties and fears I have been dragging around, and to start to dig some of the dirt out of the cracks. 'Abandoned Pianos II' is strongly influenced by that process, by being unexpectedly faced with past traumas I've neglected to address or that I've refused to acknowledge that have now built up over time.

Overall, these pieces further adopt influences from my experience in electronic music, embracing atmosphere and extra-imaginary listening spaces. The result is something dark, airy and sometimes 'free', swinging back and forth between anxiety and ecstasy while experiencing a rediscovery of the self". -- Michael Gary Dean

"Abandoned Pianos" is a collection of music for computer-controlled pianos, composed for the Yamaha Disklavier player pianos.

More about this project:
michaeldean.ca/releases/abandoned-pianos/

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released September 21, 2021

Composed by Michael Gary Dean [ michaelgarydean.com ]
Recorded at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity 2020

Track 4 - Your Song Is a Black Jaguar
The Voice of Bernard Clarke
Based on the poem "Jaguar" written by Neil Surkan [2012]

Mastered by Taylor Deupree @ 12k Mastering [ 12kmastering.com ]
Released by Reclusive Strategies [ reclusivestrategies.com ]

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Michael Gary Dean Montreal, Québec

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Michael Gary Dean is a Canadian composer and media artist who straddles both the avant-garde edges of digital art and the more traditional veins of classical music.

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