Jeff Greinke - Before Sunrise '2018

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	       Rich with harmonic texture and delicate detail, sound-sculptor Jeff
Greinke’s BEFORE SUNRISE presents an exquisite arrangement of ambient chamber
music. The album follows a natural progression from the composer's previous
works, featuring abstract soundscapes and emotive passages of effortless beauty,
created with an abundance of acoustic instruments. Piano, cello, viola, winds,
brass, and vibraphone, all blend fluently with Greinke's own sampled textures,
synthesizers, and other electronic elements, resulting in an expansive palette
of rich timbres that underscore a nuanced display of ambient impressionism. 

Spanning the genres of modern classical, electronic, and ambient, BEFORE SUNRISE
gently evolves, flowing through a predominately non-linear structure. The music
is characteristically slow-moving, and the balance between composition and
improvisation reveals an organic sound that is vital for a dynamic listening
experience. The string instruments are recorded in such a way as to highlight
the sound of the bow moving across the strings, and this attention to both
acoustic details and performance techniques feeds the music's natural quality.
Greinke explains, "I instructed the musicians not to shy away from squeaks and
scrapes that sometimes happen while playing such instruments. It’s the first
time I’ve really paid attention to those sounds and I made sure to bring those
qualities into the mix when appropriate. I find that those sounds evoke a
lonely, abandoned landscape that appeals to me." Indeed, the recordings conjure
a desolate, and at times melancholy terrain, while the warmth and depth of the
electronic textures offer a lush, comforting blanket of sound. 

Greinke takes deep inspiration from the sights, sounds, sensations, and
atmosphere of his natural surroundings, and as a result BEFORE SUNRISE is an
intimate and spacious work that unfolds with the majestic subtlety of a pre-dawn
sky. 

Tracklist:
9:46 | 01. Jeff Greinke - High Flyers of the Night Sky
7:07 | 02. Jeff Greinke - Slow Train on an Open Plain
6:10 | 03. Jeff Greinke - Night Watch
5:31 | 04. Jeff Greinke - The River
4:50 | 05. Jeff Greinke - Under Falling Stars
5:45 | 06. Jeff Greinke - Mountains and Clouds
6:12 | 07. Jeff Greinke - Rain, Then Snow
11:59 | 08. Jeff Greinke - Before Sunrise 

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