I had the honor to compose music for and with Koshi’s brandnew Earth Symphony collection — OCEAN, FOREST, RIVER and MOUNTAIN — four individual neoclassical pieces, each inspired by the essence behind its name.
STREAMING
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4iAf5LH6LsMqhkOEtsyy2m
Applemusic:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/earth-symphony-koshi-ep/6815457833
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/de/album/1102977942
youtubemusic:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iQDkzdNYGxc
download
itunes-store:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/earth-symphony-koshi-ep/6815457833
bandcamp:
https://mitschkohn.bandcamp.com/album/earth-symphony
As Koshi´s sound already is deeply connected to sound healing, meditation, yoga and many other forms of conscious listening, I wanted to open another door… to explore what happens when this familiar sound enters a larger musical landscape of piano, cello, resonance and additional acoustic textures in a neoclassical context.
A Koshi cannot be controlled in the same way as a piano or cello —
and I didn't want it to be. Its movement and slight unpredictability are part of its beauty. So instead of forcing the chimes into the compositions, I tried to compose around their character — creating places in the music where they could simply emerge… and interact with the instruments.
The four pieces became four different worlds:
MOUNTAIN — perspective, elevation, openness and sky.
FOREST — earth, mystery, magic and unseen life.
RIVER — movement, dynamic, change, story and flow.
OCEAN — vastness, depth and interconnectedness.
The wonderful Sascha Kid joins me on cello throughout the project, and Joseph Pepe Danza brings the breath and ancient voice of the Shakuhachi and Bansuri into FOREST.
I hope EARTH SYMPHONY allows you to hear Koshi in a way you may not have experienced before. Not as something different.
Simply within a different space.
KOSHI:
www.koshi.fr