Piano Works, by hior chronik

Piano Works

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1.	A Piece of a Living Heart 01:59	buy track
2.	As I Was Moving Backwards 02:40	buy track
3.	Dissolving Heart 02:18	buy track
4.	Find Your Place Among the Stars 02:50	buy track
5.	Float on 02:33	buy track
6.	The Withering Ghost 02:16	buy track
7.	Forgiveness Is Not for Us 01:44	buy track
8.	Burden of a Fall 04:18	buy track
9.	Ashes of a Sad World 01:39	buy track
10.	I Count More on the Things You Ignore 02:53	buy track
11.	Nowhere Is the Place 02:43	buy track
12.	Beyond Words 02:12	buy track
13.	When It All Comes Back to You 02:25	buy track
14.	Together 02:03	buy track
15.	Walking Around Without Purpose 04:23	buy track
16.	Krakow 02:27	buy track

about

Athens-born and Berlin-based producer Hior Chronik has been with KITCHEN. LABEL since 2012 and has recorded two albums under the label, namely "Vanishing Mirror" (2012) as part of the duo Pill-Oh and "Taking The Veil" (2015). Hior Chronik, whose real name is George Papadopoulos, returns to the piano, an instrument that shaped many of his best-loved compositions.

"Piano Works" is a suite of sixteen piano miniatures defined by stark simplicity and quiet majesty, with the velvet textures of Aaron Martin's cello; the perfect foil for Hior Chronik's piano and electronic subtleties. The seeds for this album were sown in 2016 after Hior moved to Berlin from his hometown in Athens. Finding himself in unfamiliar circumstances, the artist sought solace in composing short piano pieces at the day's end as a personal musical remembrance. Valuing the purity of every note, he never seems compelled to speak more than necessary. This is Hior Chronik at his most intimate and minimal.

An oceanic piano sustain opens the first track in the deep yearning "A Piece of a Living Heart," a prelude to the soul-tugging piano melodies that will follow throughout the album. Hior Chronik coaxes a climatic range of coloristic temperaments that make the scores come alive. The gloaming piano ballad of "Float on"; the emotionally hard-hitting "As I Was Moving Backwards"; the waltz of piano and pizzicato cello of "I Count More on the Things You Ignore" to the dark-hued atmosphere of "When It All Comes Back to You." Closing the album is "Krakow," a serene and hopeful elegy reminiscent of the promise of a new dawn. Hior Chronik's sketching of life collected in "Piano Works" helps us make sense of emotions and provide peace amidst these unprecedented times of uncertainty.

"Piano Works" will be released across all digital formats and as a limited run of 200 cassettes on July 3rd via KITCHEN. LABEL. Chihei Hatakeyama mastered this recording in Tokyo, Japan.

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released July 3, 2020

Produced by Hior Chronik
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama at WPM Mastering, Japan

Hior Chronik: Piano
Aaron Martin: Cello

Design by Ricks Ang
Photo by Hior Chronik

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