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Corollaries

His Erased Tapes debut, recorded in Berlin with Peter Broderick producing and Nils Frahm mixing.
Lubomyr Melnyk, 2013

Erased Tapes catalogs it as ERATP048. Broderick produced; mixing and mastering were shared among Frahm, Martyn Heyne, the Vox-Ton studio owner Francesco Donadello and Broderick, and Broderick plays violin and sings on four of five pieces. Label-mates co-wrote and performed, bringing electronic touches, hints of guitar and sung fragments that were new to his sound. A tenth-anniversary edition in 2023 added three bonus tracks, among them "Autumn Window", an early version of "Pockets of Light" recorded live for a small audience in Frahm's former Berlin bedroom studio. The Skinny's Bram Gieben gave it 5 of 5 and called it a delight from start to finish; Textura wrote that the return of the violin in the last moments closes the circle effectively.

Track listing

  1. Pockets of Light19:00
  2. A Warmer Place
  3. Nightrail from the Sun
  4. Le Miroir d'amour
  5. The Six Day Moment11:00

More from Lubomyr Melnyk

Lubomyr Melnyk Performs KMH (1979), The Lund - St. Petri Symphony (1981), Poslaniye: "To The Living, The Dead, And To Those Yet Unborn; My Epistle." (1983), The Song Of Galadriel (1985), A Portrait Of Petlura On The Day He Was Killed (1989), Swallows (2004), Windmills (2013), Three Solo Pieces (2013), Butterfly (For Solo And Double Pianos) (Four Test Recordings) (2013), Rivers And Streams (2015), Piano Music (2015), Illirion (2016), Fallen Trees (2018), Windmills: Solo Piano (2022)

Sources

  1. Corollaries, 10th anniversary special edition, Erased Tapes (2023-04-14)
  2. Lubomyr Melnyk, Corollaries, The Skinny (2013-03-29)
  3. Lubomyr Melnyk, Corollaries, Textura (2013-02)