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ESBE
COMPOSER PRODUCER MUSICIAN VOCALIST
Two singles have been released ahead of 'Mountain Aires', Esbe's milestone tenth album. The album presents nine multi-track recorded compositions for guitar inspired by mountain views from around the world. Album release date 11 February 2025.
'Mount Iwaki, Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle', is a serene musical view of the picturesque castle in early Spring.
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'Passing Storm in Yosemite' is a little bit of Americana for a stormy day in Yosemite. A single guitar riff peaks with a bracing melody, accompanied by muffled percussive knocks on the guitar bridge like thunderclaps.
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'Mountain Aires' will be released on February 11th 2025, National Guitar Day. Composed and multi-track recorded with Esbe's first love, the classical guitar, each piece is layered with up to twenty rhythmic riffs and melodies. Seven original works, plus a contemporary arrangement of the Sarabande from Bach's Third Lute Suite and an imaginative reworking of 'Sweet Child of Mine' by Guns N' Roses and 'Only You' by Alison Moyet.
Mountain Aires. Nine views from around the world featuring my first musical love, the classical guitar.
Breathing the fresh clean mountain air gave me a clear head simply to enjoy and contemplate. And so these views all inspired me to compose pieces reflecting those special moments, alone with the natural sounds, the birds, the breeze, stretching my eyes, so far away from the speed and noise of the human world. And back at home, remembering each place and how I'd like to take the listener to there, I created a series of compositions. Recorded by multi-tracking my beautiful guitar and interweaving phrases reflecting the scales, rhythms and harmonies I'd heard drifting up from the valleys below, I hope I've captured the essence of each view.
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