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Prelude and Decay

by Michael Amos

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Decay Stage 5: Just because I'm quiet, it does not mean I have nothing to say 06:16
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Prelude No 1: Path 1 04:07
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Decay Stage 1: Through your ears, she has whispered of herself 04:25
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Prelude No 1 in C Major 02:07
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Decay Stage 3: Melisma 06:42
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Prelude No 1: Path 3 05:02
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Decay Stage 2: The Earth smiles with flowers 04:21
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Prelude No 1: Path 2 06:23
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Decay Stage 4: The collected perspectives of The Norrington Room 06:09
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J.S. Bach's Prelude No 1 in C Major is, to my ears, one of the most beautiful pieces of classical piano music.It's also one of the few pieces by Bach that I can actually play.

During the Covid 19 lockdown, I took it on myself to see if I could make arrangements of the prelude as ambient pieces. I was keen to avoid things sounding too cheesey, as I find often happens when classical pieces are given a "modern" makeover. As I experimented with the arrangements, I found myself going off on tangents and creating new pieces, inspired by the arrangement of the prelude that I was working on.

At the same time, my friend and artist Jane Beinart (www.janebeinart.co.uk) was producing some artwork exploring decay and she kindly allowed me to use these as artwork for the album. I felt that my spinoff pieces represented a degradation and decay of the prelude that had inspired them.

Hence, I settled on Preludes and Decay as the title of the project.

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released January 1, 2024

Performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Amos between 2020 and 2023.

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The KIVA Band are a British recording indie/folk band based in Oxfordshire.

They write original material that draws on traditions as diverse as folk, pop, indie-rock, and classical music. Their songs twist and turn in unexpected directions yet always keep melody at their heart. Their words explore life and love, by turns funny, sad, lost, and found. ... more

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