{"product_id":"4582561405754","title":"David Moore Graze the Bell [ARTPL-249] Japan Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description\u003cbr\u003e\nContents Introduction After a long ensemble career, David Moore returns to the \"roots\" of the piano. This is a collection of soul-stirring and captivating solo piano pieces, and the most condensed work of David Moore's artistry. David Moore, known as a member of Bing \u0026amp; Ruth and more recently for his collaborations with Steve Gunn, has completed a piano solo work in which he confronts \"his purest self.\" Bing \u0026amp; Ruth has often changed its form and sound in its many works to date. At times it has expanded to a maximum of 15 members, and at other times it has finally arrived at being a trio. In their latest work, \"Species,\" Moore's farfisa technique is brought to the forefront, and in the EP of the same name he reinterprets the songs as a solo. At the heart of this long \"refining\" process has always been Moore's composition and understanding of the piano. \"Graze the Bell,\" which has appeared after 20 years of ensemble work, can be said to be a \"return\" for Moore. It's not a return to a specific place or time, but rather a moment of returning to a deeper, inner core of light, beyond them. Some of the tracks on \"Graze the Bell\" were originally conceived as part of a Bing \u0026amp; Ruth album, but were ultimately restructured as a solo work. Moore uses only piano, attempting to expand on the techniques he has cultivated over many years. \"I want to keep growing, and I want to challenge fixed ways of thinking,\" he says. Embracing an experimental spirit, he re-examined his relationship with the piano, and life itself, in order to imbue his performances with a deeper \"presence.\" Moore's music is based on sheet music and incorporates experiences from life, but the source of his inspiration lies in a more elusive realm. He consciously cultivates this \"something elusive,\" and says he has developed the ability to naturally enter a trance-like state. Moore says that when he sits down at the piano with that intention, \"I can get there completely in seconds.\" This work is based on the breathtaking sound of a \"beastly\" 1987 Hamburg Steinway Model D, recorded at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon, New York, from the first note to the last. It stems in part from his delicate playing style, which at times \"touches silence.\" Moore's graceful approach gives space to the sound, bringing to light the piano's nuances that many players overlook. These nuances were further enhanced by the recording and production by Grammy Award-winning engineer Ben Kane and assistant Owen Mulholland, who, in order to support Moore's experimental approach, deliberately \"misused\" pitch correction software and orchestrated the timbre of each register of the piano. The phrase \"graze the bell\" suddenly came to Moore's mind a few years ago and has remained with him with its poetic resonance. He had long believed in the idea that life is a journey toward a \"peak\" where one day one reaches something, but he gradually began to doubt it. Now, he finds a profound sense of reality in simply \"being here and now.\" \"There is no mountaintop, and no path leading to it. It's just that, if you're lucky, you might occasionally touch the bell?that's all there is to it,\" he writes. This realization is also reflected in his piano playing. In this work, he embraces his own habits, as well as the quirks of the instrument itself, cherishing subtle sounds, simple gestures, and fortunate coincidences. The embroidery used on the cover depicts his wife flying a kite on the coast of North Carolina. It was sewn stitch by stitch over approximately 10 months, in parallel with the album's mixing process, and personal events that occurred during that time?both sadness and hope?are woven into the handiwork. Moore is also grappling with bipolar disorder, and the creation of this album and the embroidery work were meditative and healing activities for him. Moore's piano playing is like a \"hidden map\" of his own experiences, and the repetitive melodies guide him and the listener through the space of the scale. Moore's music stirs slumbering emotions within us, drawing us back to our shared core. In an age where humanity is routinely shaken and damaged, 'Graze the Bell' awakens the resonance of the heart that we know is our true \"home.\" Media reviews and more. After a long career in ensembles, David Moore returns to the \"roots\" of the piano. This solo album by David Moore, known as a member of Bing \u0026amp; Ruth and more recently for his collaborations with Steve Gunn, is a soul-stirring and captivating collection of solo piano pieces, and the most condensed expression of David Moore's artistry. (C)RS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53225166995765,"sku":"4582561405754","price":3800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/5966\/5973\/files\/51_6m4DnECL._AC.jpg?v=1785327878","url":"https:\/\/tokyojapancdshop.com\/products\/4582561405754","provider":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}