Echo Theory, by Norvik

Echo Theory

by Norvik

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1.	Suadade 05:23	buy track
2.	Fernweh 03:26	buy track
3.	Ammil 04:04	buy track
4.	Orphic 03:37	buy track
5.	Metanoia 03:15	buy track
6.	Ludic 03:59	buy track
7.	Carpe 03:01	buy track
8.	Kairos 02:47	buy track
9.	Sturmfrei 03:53	buy track
10.	Nepenthe 04:14	buy track
11.	Dapsilis 02:23	buy track
12.	Hiraeth 04:13	buy track
13.	Vorfreude 04:23	buy track

about

Occasionally, we need to realise how tiny we and all our emotions are in the grand scheme of things, such as, perhaps, the Universe? There is value to being humbled. In the end, however, we still feel like the Universe hears and answers us. And perhaps it does, because what are we if not emotional.

Anyway, that is just a theory.

The album was created with the intention of creating something big in scale - metaphorically, and what is bigger than the birth of the Universe? So that was the theme.

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"Chan’s piano melodies are just as precious. Each one lights up like a star, and each one inhabits a lonely world. The ambient atmosphere pulls the piano into an orbit where it’s free to turn and swirl; a radiant ballet, and without the restrictive law of gravity to shackle it." - FLUID RADIO

"Soulful sounds with sweeping spectrum is the premise on the album, which is very dynamic and complex. As usual, the piano on an emotional level is involved, but occurs at times also in the background to make the spherical soundscapes unfold as the colorful wings of a butterfly." - GEZEITENSTROM - MUSIKMAGAZIN

"There is a massive piece of movement with this piece. A shifting and gliding feeling to this piece like a supertanker cutting through calm seas. It’s a beautiful piece of contemplative drone." - TOME TO THE WEATHER MACHINE

"Maybe it’s the textures floating throughout the song or how the swells made me feel like I was drifting - either way, I absolutely loved every second of this cinematic track." - RURAL SOUNDS

"On this album Chan blurs the lines with his music. Is he an Ambient musician or Modern Classical artist? On the evidence of the majestic “Vorfruede” you would suggest the latter with its metronomic piano and swirling strings that capture an emotional intensity. But then when you compare to a track like “Dapsilis” you are firmly in Ambient territory and then there is a piece like “Fernweh” which sees those two elements work together. Whatever the case the pieces on the album are a refreshing listen." - DRIFTING, ALMOST FALLING

"Expect no thrilling action, no horror or creepiness; but a long scene of you being blessed and massaged forever by well-made melodic or floaty or a combo of both – music. It’s nice to have for once a soundtrack that doesn’t please the thrill seekers, or give the ‘allergic to sweetness’ people something they could listen without getting green spots all over; this one is giving you what it says on the label & I think we all should not take it for granted." - YEAH I KNOW IT SUCKS

credits

released June 14, 2019

Produced, recorded and mixed by Gabriel Chan
Mastered by Will Sterling

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Norvik

Norvik is the musical project of Hong Kong-based artist Gabriel Chan.

His favorite thing to do is creating soundtracks to non-existent films.

discography

Lucidus

Jan 2024
Wither

Nov 2023
Asterism

Aug 2023
silver sands

Nov 2022

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