Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Murmuration (Official Video)

PURCHASE EMPYREAN: https://raphaelweinroth-browne.bandca... STREAM EMPYREAN: https://open.spotify.com/album/2pg9rg... Murmuration was originally composed for the contemporary dance production BACH Reimagined with UK-based company James Wilton Dance. Both Bach and trailblazing saxophonist Colin Stetson were an initial inspiration for the cyclical arpeggios that form the backbone of the piece. A murmuration is a large flock of birds that soar and swoop together in synchrony, forming one unified ever-changing shape. When I play this piece I am reminded of birds diving and ascending over ocean waves, always in motion, with many individual parts moving as one collective whole. The way in which my compositions come together with live looping feels very similar, with multiple voices interweaving, forming a movement trail with sound. In this piece, insistent rhythms pulse with unrelenting drive while soaring lines reach ever higher, as if to touch the untouchable. At the end, the rhythms fall away and all the voices are unified, fading into an endless horizon. All music composed and performed by Raphael Weinroth-Browne Produced by Raphael Weinroth-Browne Recorded and engineered by Darren McGill at Union Sound Company in Toronto, Canada  Mixed by Adam Noble  Mastered by Robin Schmidt Video by Ben Kissner (Monscene Studios) Filmed at allsaints event space in Ottawa, Canada