Brooklyn, NY based musician Cullen Gallagher is on the fence between avant-garde and neo-classical on his new album Passages XXII–XXXII (for Solo Piano). His one-man project Modern Silent Cinema originated as an outlet for his soundtrack music for films that never got made (with a few exceptions that actually made it to the screen).
He is always searching for sounds and motifs that can be found outside the beaten tracks, sometimes pushing the piano off a cliff as it where, and capture its final notes before it gives out completely (Passage XXVI). He can be gentle as well, serving up incidental music a la Zbigniew Preisner or Erik Satie (Passage XXIX). As a guitarist Gallagher's love for post-rock and jazz can be found in the rougher vignets (Passage XXIII).
Channeling the modus operandi of film making the album peruses both gentle segues and hard cuts to move the album forward. It is up to the listeners to use their imagination to conjure up the footage, which is a fun exercise that can be repeated ad infinitum.
Passages XXII–XXXII (for Solo Piano)Bad Channels Records (vinyl, CD, digital). Buy it from his website. Release date: February 24.
Tracks:- Passage XXII
- Passage XXIII
- Passage XXIV
- Passage XXV
- Passage XXVI
- Passage XXVII
- Passage XXVIII
- Passage XXIX
- Passage XXX
- Passage XXXI
- Passage XXXII
