{"id":1046,"date":"2025-05-18T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2025-06-15T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:49:06","slug":"album-the-halls-of-piranesi-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/album-the-halls-of-piranesi-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Album: The Halls of Piranesi &#8211; Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Out-From-The-Clouds.wav\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Out From The Clouds<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This album project was started during the first Covid lockdown and to some extent reflects the deep sense of isolation that prevailed during that period, where we all felt the strain of being alone in our heads and slightly disconnected from reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album explores the fantastic world of <strong>Susanna Clarke\u2019s<\/strong> bestselling novel <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50202953-piranesi\" title=\"\">\u2018Piranesi<\/a>\u2019<\/strong>. Enter a surreal world, seemingly infinite, enigmatic, and mysterious and wander alone through vast empty halls, adorned with marble statues, listen to the surging tides, and cries of seabirds . .<br>. . reality or merely an illusion \u2013 a trick of a mind in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book had such a profound effect on me that I immediately re-read it and the labyrinthine halls and rooms conjoured up not just powerful images but triggered the ideas for a soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight tracks depict specific locations and events in the novel and were conceived as parts of an imagined score were the novel ever to be adapted for television:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The First Vestibule \u2013 The Arrival of the Albatrosses \u2013 The Drowned Halls \u2013 Room of the Gulls \u2013<br>Out from the Clouds \u2013 Room of the Giant Statues \u2013The Ninth Vestibule &#8211; The Day of the Flood<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured instruments include Eurorack Modular (especially my Klee sequencer), Korg ARP2600M, Moog Subharmonicon, Roland SE-02, Doepfer Dark Energy, recorded into Pro Tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps my favourite track is the one featured above, but the whole album is available on 12&#8243; vinyl and CD from my <a href=\"https:\/\/williegibson.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-halls-of-piranesi-extended-version\" title=\"\">Bandcamp<\/a> site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Piranesi-comp-image-1024x641.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Piranesi-comp-image-1024x641.avif 1024w, https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Piranesi-comp-image-300x188.avif 300w, https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Piranesi-comp-image-768x481.avif 768w, https:\/\/williegeemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Piranesi-comp-image.avif 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Piranesi Album + ES Magazine review<\/em> <em>&#8211; Isue 107<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This album project was started during the first Covid lockdown and to some extent reflects the deep sense of isolation that prevailed during that period, where we all felt the strain of being alone in our heads and slightly disconnected from reality. 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