Desolate Horizons 

'hearts of hearts' was created over the course of several short sessions using a variety of sound sources: piano, acoustic guitars, string and wind instruments, vintage synthesiser samples, field recordings of birdsong, the murmur of streams, and the noise of bustling streets. each track was created one after another, merging into a single whole - a sequence of memories and ephemera, moments of introspection, sensory impressions, losses, and discoveries, both real and partly imagined. the cover photo was taken by my father during a family holiday at one of our favourite lakes in either the summer of 1992 or 1993. it shows me sitting on the road. i asked my father why, but he doesn’t remember. that’s the story. but i’ve always liked that photo. and i’ve always loved visiting that lake, that’s where i fell in love with fishing. the water was always crystal clear, and i often found money and all sorts of souvenirs and ephemera while swimming with a diving mask. good times.

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Redeem at https://desolatehorizons.bandcamp.com/yum

Over the years, many people have written to me to tell me how much they love this or that track, what these songs mean to them, when they listen to them, or when they'd like to have this or that track playing. As with any artist, I always enjoy reading such things from people, it's always interesting to learn about people's experiences with my music. When the album ‘Somewhen’ was first released, one person who bought the album left a comment about how much they loved the track 'Imagining Peace', describing the feelings in a rather interesting way and saying that they really would have loved it to be much longer than 3 minutes and 26 seconds. I was reminded of this recently, 18 months after the album came out, while the track itself was originally written back in October 2022, which feels like a lifetime ago. So I opened the project again and made an extended version of the track, as well as an alternative version that is slower, more meditative, and overall kind of enveloping and warm, inspiring memories. Hope you enjoy it! Cheers!

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Hey! I've been away for quite a while (I even managed to grow a mustache (well, sort of, haha!)) - but finally, here's something new. I'm very happy that spring is coming, and I didn't make any blissful noise in a couple of months, so I hope you like this new piece.

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