music.titles.faceoff
This album comprises most of my finished compositions from 2022-2023, the other belonging to other albums. Initially I planned to create at least two albums (calm piano, electric pieces) but the caesura formed in summer 2023 (lots of research on theory & sound as well as several other events) caused me to put it together into one album of loosely composed works.
Woodland Explorers
Started at the end of 2021, it's a very calm piece I'd always wanted to complete. Even though I was never fully satisfied finding the right piano to fit it, I find the rhythms in the second half especially cool.
Depths of Shallow
One out of many reflecting piano pieces I came up with in January 2022, which I initially wanted to make into their own album, but too many were left unevolved. Even though I find the melody rather unusual, and most of the piece generally soothing, it may become boring by the end which I struggled with for four months.
Yet Another Elevator Music
On 30 November 2021, I had a brief idea to try making my own "elevator music" for fun, and it gave birth to this piece. The repetitive rhythm, made on purpose as it was a piece for fun, ended up providing the whole character and coolness to this piece. Having trouble expanding it in the end, I quite accidentally came up with a crazy idea to add some orchestral instruments, which ended up bringing this piece on an entire new level of coolness. Already before its completion, I set it as my ringtone and keep it to this day.
A Faceoff with the Past
This piece had one of the funniest beginnings. The day before retrying a failed exam from a subject I was sick of in my first university which turned out to be absolutely terrible, I was trying to forget about it trying some new music, and I found the initial sound to be a perfect representation of how tired and fed up I felt. The name was derived exactly from that exam which I'd normally already have behind, but ended up amplifying itself to the whole university. Later I struggled for a prolonged time to complete the piece. The ending, already inspired by different circumstances, is something I find one of my most beautiful passages.
Lost Spirit
A very emotional piece created in a period of reflections. Even with all of its expressiveness, I'm afraid the bass at 0:53 is a little too strong but couldn't do anything about it.
Yarn of the Universe
A piece that was first intended for a quickly canceled Bitrium game provisionally called "Space Explorers". It was one of those rare pieces that I started without expecting any great result, but ended up making a great mix of melody and rhythm in the second half. I hope the first half doesn't discourage reaching it.
Mount the Mist
A work I began in 2022, improvised over 2 minutes on one day and then left unfinished for over a year. In the end, because it's decently good, I decided to find my way to its end and include it here. Even so, I'm afraid the guitar doesn't fit well especially at the beginning, but couldn't find any substitute for it.
Leap of Placidity
One of my reflective piano pieces from January 2022 which I couldn't continue until almost 1,5 year later. Even so, I'm afraid I couldn't provide an ideal continuation to the great initial melody, and the whole thing is rather dull.
A Gaze at the Glass Ceiling
A calm yet very distinctive piece right from the beginning. It constantly goes on harmonic travels, visiting the major scale in 0:47, moving over great dissonances past 1:22, seventh chords following 1:44, and then even hanging out a bit with the theme from "A Faceoff with the Past"! Despite my ambitions to finally compose something beyond the fifth minute, or even pass the sixth, my initial ending idea turned out to be a complete failure and I had to limit myself to something rather unsatisfying.
Prophets of Reweaving
My first and so far only piece that was fully improvised in one go, with only some tempo issues adjusted later. I especially like the unexpected dissonance in 1:45, and also the rather unexpected minor chord at the end.