LUKE HOWARD & NADJE NOORDHUIS – Ten Sails

Description

Ten exquisite miniatures written by Australian pianist/composer Luke Howard and Brooklyn-based trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis, recorded on Nils Frahm’s piano in a Berlin apartment in the summer of 2014.

Combining cinematic sweep, transportive emotion, and rich melodic grandeur. Noordhuis politely suggests: “If you will, choose a perfect time to take a listen. A cloudy day, a wistful moment, a contemplative stare out the window, mooning over a lost love or your tax bill.“

1. 1. Bluebird
   2. Mess Hall
   3. First Harvest
   4. Signs from the Sea
   5. Mina-no-ie
   6. North House
   7. Mercy Dance
   8. Oversky
   9. Ten Sails
   10. Interlace

Luke Howard piano, harmonium
Nadje Noordhuis trumpet, flugelhorn
Daniel Farrugia percussion

Recorded July 2014 Lichte Studio, Berlin
Engineered by Martyn Heyne Additional engineering by Dustin McLean and Niko Schäuble
Mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug Mastered by Martyn Heyne

Artwork by Luci Everett