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Spirit of Gaia

by Nikita Rafaelov

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Beautiful black tapes in plastic boxes. Cover art by Malwa Grabowska/Hipermania. Edition limited to 100 copies.

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Beautiful transparent vinyl with an exclusive, nowhere else published track. Cover art by Malwa Grabowska/Hipermania. Exclusive edition limited to 20 copies.

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1.
Spirit of Gaia 09:32
2.
Gnaw 03:52
3.
Places Oblivious 05:53
4.
First Wind 05:03
5.
Kiertorata 02:55
6.
Second Wind 03:52
7.
Subtle Approach 02:56
8.
Third Wind 04:01
9.
The Gift of Moral Clarity 02:59

about

This is a solo piano album, but a different kind than you might think. Finn, Nikita Rafaelov improvises his way forward through multilayered piano tracks to create minimalistic yet dense structures he calls 'songs'. Goethe once said architecture is frozen music - this record is fluid architecture.

credits

released August 28, 2018

All music by Nikita Rafaelov - songs #4, #6 & #8 are free improvisations

Recorded by Matias Kiiveri/Hollywood House (except #5) on August 7, 2017 at Felix Krohn -hall (#1, partly #3, #4, #6, partly #7, #8 & #9), and in August, 2017 at the family house (#2, partly #3 & #7) in Lahti, Finland.
Song #5 recorded by Aleksi Villberg on March 16, 2016 at the Arabia Studio in Helsinki.
Mixed by Matias Kiiveri/Hollywood House
Mastered by Michał Kupicz

Cover art by Malwa Grabowska aka. Hipermania
Layout by Tomo Jacobson & Malwa Grabowska

Executive producing by Tomo Jacobson / Gotta Let It Out

GLIO23LP/MC
Released by Gotta Let It Out in 2018

www.gottaletitout.com

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Album reviews:

">>Spirit Of Gaia<< is a very successful, versatile and interesting debut album."
Included in TOP 5 BEST OF 2018 list
(Kulttuurii - Finland)

"Few first recordings have the depth of vision or the grasp of the big story of Spirit Of Gaia. A marvellous debut."
Included in BEST RELEASES OF 2018
(Dan McClenaghan - All About Jazz - USA)

'Tune of the day' : Aug 13, 2018
(Dave Foxal - a Jazz Noise - USA)

"Certainly Nikita Rafaelov will not be accused of sounding like anyone else."
(Scott Yanow - L.A. Jazz Scene - USA)

“The whole record feels like a whole. As if it was a suite. (...) All the way the music is almost unspeakably beautiful. And not that it is entirely lyrical in the Nordic way, but more that we have to do with a pianist who walks his own paths, and these paths are often leading us through the deep Finnish forests, and are very exciting to follow.”
(Jan Granile - Salt Peanuts - Norway)

“A very personal statement. (...) It is an album full of contrasts.”
(Frans de Waard - Vital Weekly #1150 - The Netherlands)

“Here the solo piano generates multiple components and allows them to intermingle in a manner that reflects the esthetics of Rafaelov. Some of the pieces possess a gradual, deliberate pace, as in the title track, while many others display a faster tempo. All of them have a common likability. We enjoyed this record.”
(David Keffer - Poison Pie Publishing House - USA)

“Spirit of Gaia is a successful solo piano album with a big palette and a wide-ranging minimalistic outlook.”
(Pasi Virtanen - Jazzrytmit & Jazz Possu - Finland)

"Beautiful, contemplative melodies that give us room to reflect. (...) 'Spirit of Gaia' is well worth spending time on."
(Tor Hammerø - Nettavisen - Norway)

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Gotta Let It Out Copenhagen, Denmark

Gotta Let It Out is an independent music label and a publishing house.
It was established in 2017 in Copenhagen by the musician Tomo Jacobson and the photo/video artist Malwa Grabowska aka. Hipermania.

We are proudly genre-less. We leave full creative control to the artists. What binds our releases is genuity, true expression, and freedom to explore. Our artists say, they simply Gotta Let It Out. ... more

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