Flatland/Spaceland by Joe Harvey-Whyte - None More Records [NMR008] FLAC download included with physical items

Flatland/Spaceland

Joe Harvey-Whyte

A 2 track contemporary instrumental ep (20m ) — released October 15th 2021 on None More Records

#new-age #contemporary-instrumental

Flatland/Spaceland is the debut solo release from renowned pedal steel player, visual artist and composer Joe Harvey-Whyte, who has worked with the likes of Tony Visconti, The Hanging Stars and Susanne Sundfor. Flatland/Spaceland blurs the borderlines between ambient and neoclassical to create an engaging and meditative listening experience.

The first side of the 2 track EP, titled Flatland is a glacial ambient creation made using pedal steel guitar processed through multiple effects together with field recordings and occasional revelatory sounds from Himalayan singing bowls. Spaceland, on side B, takes the composition and refracts it through an orchestral lens. A 26-piece ensemble delicately creep in to the calming world echoed by side A. As the piece develops the result is something more akin to a film soundtrack. Occupying the space between ambient and neoclassical, Flatland / Spaceland by Joe Harvey-Whyte invites us to take a step back from the busyness of our lives for 20 minutes and reflect. Inspired by Edwin A. Abbott's 1884 novel Flatland, in which a two-dimensional protagonist encounters a three-dimensional world for the first time, and struggles to explain it to his fellow natives of the 2D Flatland, Joe Harvey-Whyte attempts conceptually to give depth to that which appears flat.

This guy is outer space - Tony Visconti David Bowie, T-Rex etc Producer

It’s a real pleasure to take a step back and listen attentively to such soothing music as this - Oli Brunetti Music Is My Sanctuary

Utterly Beautiful - Adam Scrimshire Wah Wah 45s

Supporting as a 'new and notable' release on Bandcamp homepage - Zoe Camp Bandcamp (editor)

Lovely - Zakia Sewell NTS Radio

Unique and otherworldly. What an undertaking...the result is breathtaking - Lara Bennett Petal Motel

Beautiful, immersive ambient experience inspired by the likes of Brian Eno and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Shindig Magazine Shindig Magazine

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