
“Taking cues from film soundtracks and contemporary classical music, the story is woven using a myriad of instrumentation. Dulcet piano tones are backed by string and horn arrangements, unidentifiable plucked instruments and the sound of the Welsh harp; often heavily processed, Retold is an album that has as much in common with experimental electronic music as it does with modern classical composition.”
Imagine Jonsi & Alex, Craig Armstrong and Jon Hopkins combining on an ambient film score, and you get somewhere close…
Here’s ‘The Twelve’ taken from the album.
Nest – The Twelve by serein
Listen to the mp3 previews, order the CD and download from the Serein label website.
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