{"title":"Snow Palms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnow Palms is an artist known for their mesmerizing and ethereal soundscapes. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of genres, including ambient, classical, and electronic music, Snow Palms creates immersive compositions that transport listeners to otherworldly realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a unique blend of organic instrumentation and intricate electronic production, Snow Palms crafts sonic landscapes that are both captivating and introspective. 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Over ten minutes in length, this is an undulating, inexorably unfurling odyssey, oscillating seamlessly between passages of mesmeric electronic pulse, choral-enhanced minimalism and immersive, gamelan-like ambience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there may be echoes of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Steve Reich and Midori Takada’s Mkwaju Ensemble along the way, ultimately, \u003ci\u003eEverything Ascending\u003c\/i\u003e proffers a uniquely rapturous sonic realm that is pure Snow Palms. AA-side \u003ci\u003eCircling\u003c\/i\u003e, meanwhile, is a bold orchestral reimagining of one of the highlights from Origin and Echo. A response to their own remix of \u003ci\u003eCycle 12\u003c\/i\u003e by fellow Village Green artist and renowned film music arranger \/ orchestrator Matt Dunkley, this is a brilliant repositioning of Snow Palms’ music in the emotion-soaked cinematic idiom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Village Green","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50498028863819,"sku":"1047865","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9be606f1-6019-45e6-9515-00c89fd4b224_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727737269"},{"product_id":"land-waves","title":"Land Waves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLand Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, the third album by new minimalists Snow Palms, is the project’s first full length since becoming a duo. At times it is like Terry Riley with Lex Baxter in Japan, at others it could be the soundtrack to a meditation centre in neo-Tokyo dreamed up by William Gibson and Brian Eno. Its patterns and textures accelerate and resolve with drama and intent, its abstractions rendered by a distinctive kinetic sound world of mallets and synthesizers conjuring real and imaginary landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album’s opener \u003ci\u003eAtom Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, which is like Martin Denny’s orchestra reinterpreting Steve Reich, crescendos to heart-stirring finale. \u003ci\u003eEverything Ascending\u003c\/i\u003e counts out a human heartbeat before reaching for the stars in glittering synths and galaxies of soaring vocals; \u003ci\u003eEvening Rain Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e is soothing music for a meditation centre from the future. Title track \u003ci\u003eLand Waves\u003c\/i\u003e is a restrained epic, equal parts vast panorama and decorous motif. The graceful woodwinds of \u003ci\u003eThought Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e express the album’s more reflective moments, while the shifting rhythmic patterns of \u003ci\u003eKojo Yakei \u003c\/i\u003eevoke the concept it’s named for – a Japanese trend for night-time visits to factories and refineries decorated in lights. Inexorably enveloping closing track \u003ci\u003eWhite Cranes Return \u003c\/i\u003eis a requiem for twilight, when soft shadows are drawn over a landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLand Waves is hallmarked by the voice of Matt Gooderson’s partner Megan, who was pregnant with their son during recording sessions. 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