Description

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This is a record that I made really really quickly. As the title suggests, it is an album recorded in little less than one hour: 59 minutes and 54 seconds. Besides being a rather crazy creative challenge, it is also the most personal music I’ve ever made.

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I like the feeling of a shared tension in the music contained in this album – in simple terms, neither the listener nor the performer know what note will be played next. I believe there is something very pure and unique lying beneath the spontaneity of this situation. There are no drafts, no studio trickery and no brainy harmony or virtuous melodies. Just a piano, a room and me. All interacting with each other.

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59:54 was recorded on a Steinway & Sons grand piano in London on 22nd April 2015 and released the day after.

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This album was then re-released as a limited edition cassette, enclosed in a hand-made felt cover. Each copy is numbered and includes an exclusive B-Side called "East of the Sun and West of the Moon". This is a 27-minute long piece of ambient music that is not available anywhere online, meaning there are only 25 copies of this composition.

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Credits

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Written and recorded in London on 22nd April 2015.

Released on 23rd April 2015.

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