Short Stories, by Andrew Heath

Short Stories

by Andrew Heath

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1.	A Delicate Hesitation 04:32	buy track
2.	Lines Below Ground 01:45	buy track
3.	The Trees Seem Closer Today 04:36	buy track
4.	La Tête dans les Nuages 02:51	buy track
5.	Waldeinsamkeit 06:39	buy track
6.	The Ideas Collector 01:22	buy track
7.	Tales of Winter 03:59	buy track
8.	Hylas and the Nymphs 04:36	buy track
9.	Eurydice 02:56	buy track
10.	The Poet's Garden 02:34	buy track
11.	Mapping Tumuli 05:32	buy track
12.	The End of Summer 02:04	buy track
13.	I Miss You 04:45	buy track
14.	You are Number Three 02:07	buy track

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In contrast to the more open sound of recent releases, Short Stories presents a more intimate and inward looking perspective. Originally conceived as a series of piano sketches and experiments, Andrew refined these, adding field recordings and then subtle electronic tonal elements, but always with the intention of keeping the idea of laconic vignettes, of brief glimpses into half crystallised thoughts.

Deliberately keeping the arrangements sparse, his signature piano playing is more delicately melodic than previous recordings. There is a sprinkling of melancholia, just as there is with much of Andrew’s work but here there is also a hope and a quietly observed celebration of the human condition. Andrew has also renewed his love of the work of poet, Maria Stadnika in ‘The Poet’s Garden’, spoken in her native Romanian.

Short Stories reflects those wonderful collections that many of us read as children. It’s narrative includes pieces that are playful ideas or amusing instances of happenstance whilst others are deeply personal and some that touch upon fleeting moments that you can’t quite put your finger on.

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released December 2, 2022

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Andrew Heath Stroud, UK

Ambient, piano based, lower-case music. Quiet and intimate - it explores sounds from both acoustic and electronic sources, along with processed field recordings and gathered, ‘found’ sounds. This music is not static though. It drifts. It constantly shifts and creates new maps that are full of change but listen carefully and you’ll also hear quiet, random glitches or shimmering dissonances. ... more

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