{"id":138040,"date":"2025-03-16T19:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/ambient-music\/desert-by-lara-somogyi-jean-michel-blais-stationary-travels\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:35:28","slug":"desert-by-lara-somogyi-jean-michel-blais-stationary-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=138040","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9sert\u00a0by Lara Somogyi & Jean-Michel Blais \u2013 Stationary Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Inspired by the passage from dawn to dusk, D\u00e9sert<\/em><\/strong> is a musical journey born out of a chance encounter between award-winning pianist\/composer Jean-Michel Blais <\/em><\/strong>and experimental electronic harpist\u00a0Lara Somogyi<\/strong>\u00a0that led to an invitation to her remote studio amidst the iconic landscape of Joshua Tree, California. Known for her highly improvisational approach to the harp and her enthusiastic embrace of effects pedals, Somogyi had apparently stumbled on an ideal collaborative partner in Jean-Michel as the beautiful interplay of their respective instruments we eventually come to hear on D\u00e9sert<\/em><\/strong> amply demonstrates. <\/p>\n

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Our brief yet profound collaboration unfolded spontaneously \u2014 echoing the enigmatic spirit of the desert. Each piece is entirely improvised, capturing the natural, organic interaction between us, and reflecting both our intuitive musical connection and the true essence of the moment<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, it is in an interview the two artists had with The Line of Best Fit<\/a> (a great read, btw) that we learn that it was actually Lara\u2019s husband producer & composer Cyrus Reynolds who first saw the potential for the result of those early improv sessions to become a full-fledged album and what a beautiful one it turned out to be. It is a polished production, but the joyful spirit of improvisation shines through in the lightness of the music. While one instrument is able to carry the melody line, the other is free to explore a variety of textures and colors and there is a fluid and seamless exchange between them in playing these roles as the songs unfold. Enhancing the experience is a series of atmospheric on-location videos created for each song on the record. <\/p>\n

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