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Impressions
I'm putting my
classical pants on for this one, as Aron Bergen knocks it out of the
park with his piano-focused neoclassical Hide My Soul,
a five track EP of original compositions that hit on all the right,
ahem, notes for me at the right time. It might be in part due to how
shitty the weather has been here for the past month, but the somber
mood Bergen's piano melodies create really connected with me from the
get go, and the song titles would lead me to believe that might not
be just a coincidence. These songs are low key affairs, with the
piano (or violin) doing just enough to get you on board, but never
demanding a laser-like focus on each note. Hide My Soul
displays what I feel is quite the talent for composition and
musicianship on Bergen's part, as well as production skills. The
music doesn't seem exceedingly complex (to someone who knows nothing
of the piano or violin I admit), though the strings are more involved
than the piano most of the time. Bergen works within this walled
garden extremely effectively. Single notes held just long enough
often carry as much weight as entire songs would elsewhere. That
Bergen also plays in some strange time signatures makes sure certain
elements of these tracks stand out in your mind well after you've
turned it off. Of the tracks, “Cold Hands” is the closest thing
to a true “surprise”, with the piano taking a backseat to the
synths and strings for a short change of pace (and it's probably my
favourite track of the bunch). That I still dive right into these a
week on from my initial depressing interaction with them also speaks
to just how versatile Soul's
classical is. A piano for every occasion.
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