Artist : Kin Leonn Album : Commune Year : 2018 Genre : Ambient Quality : 236kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo Source : Webshop / FLAC Playtime : 0h 42m Size : 75.71mb Label : Kitchen Label Catalognr : KL-023 Tracklist: 01. Skin 2:19 02. Shinrin-Yoku (Part I) 4:22 03. Shinrin-Yoku (Part II) 4:38 04. Desire #9 3:48 05. Somewhere 5:35 06. Visionary 5:35 07. Detached 4:00 08. There Were Days 4:56 09. Noumenal 4:34 10. Nightlight 2:17 Releasenotes: "In endless patience, the days abide. They write themselves: blue flourish and tender instinct. They are haunts and reveries and all manner of dwelling. They are seconds; they are years. They are forevermore." "Commune" is the debut full-length album by Singapore born, London-based producer, composer, electronic artist and pianist, Kin Leonn. Heralding a new era of accomplished young musicians in Singapore, Kin Leonn's transportive music projects as founding member of electronic act 'midst', and his genre-melding solo DJ sets, have instituted him as an in-demand music presence in the city's thriving electronic underground. Affectionately known by peers as the "ambient boy from Singapore", Kin Leonn's arresting dream-music in "Commune" is sourced from a well of preconscious phrases, an evocative meditation of sorts - perhaps one that transmutes the city dross into a peaceful self-discovery in search of spiritual unity. "Commune" is an atmospheric work mostly recorded using upright piano, reverb-soaked guitar, and synthesisers, with altered virtual instruments and other digital elements added later to create a tension between the organic and the synthetic. The moods are contemplative and the melancholy, almost all- pervasive. However, within this framework, Kin Leonn explores as much ground as he can, from sweeping ambient bliss to understated piano etudes. Illustrative song titles like "Shinrin-yoku" and "Somewhere" evoke inviting landscapes of reflection and resonance. The more electronic, rhythm-oriented cuts - particularly twin centerpieces "Visionary" and "There were days" - find common cause with the producer's approach of balancing programmed and improvised music, before dissolving into a liberating resolution of harmonics and noise. Quieter moments in "Desire #9" and "Detached" also stun with their hypnotic beauty and spaciousness, revealing the artist's cinematically-attuned approach. This very sense of fluidity and non-structure gives the record its shape-shifting identity, but across 10 songs and 43 minutes, "Commune" still functions as a single, cohesive piece of music. It's easy to get lost in the album and it's a pleasantly disorienting sensation. In the closing piano track, "Nightlight" serves as the coda for the whole album, showing that Kin Leonn's strength as a musician isn't all about production complexity, but in the emotional nuance he is able to coax from his instruments with sure instinct and enormous sensitivity. Mastered by Francesco Donadello at Calyx Mastering in Berlin Cover Art by Jonathan Yong-Ern Lim Photography by Christopher Sim Design by Ricks Ang http://kinleonn.bandcamp.com/album/commune