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Andrey Klimkovsky is a Russian composer working in the electronic music space. Musical images he created — «Music of Celestial Spheres», «Starry Sky», «ALEALA» and «DreamOcean» have become classics of the genre, gaining fame both in Russia and abroad. The musician regularly gives spectacular live concerts and collaborates with many other representatives of the Russian electronic scene, leads a popular community about synthesizers and workstations, participates in astronomical expeditions and practices a healthy lifestyle.

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Monday, August 14, 2023

Song of the setting sun (version 2023 — with James Hill, trumpeter)

«Song of the setting sun» is an updated version, albeit based entirely on the one piece from maxi-single of 2005 year.

I and James Hill — American jazz trumpeter — spent some time choosing a piece for our next recording together. It must be said that electronic music is specific, and classical jazz instrumentation cannot be easily used everywhere. But the «Song of the Setting Sun», it would seem, itself asked for the brass section - its leading timbre was an electronic imitation of brass, and the trumpet is very much in tune with brass. In addition, this work is marine, and the trumpet is probably the most marine instrument in terms of its energy.

James recorded the trumpet part very quickly and accurately in his TCAB Studio, and sent me the record. I, as usual, could not refuse to make some adjustments to the overall mix, and suddenly realized that the work needed to be completely remixed — it's 2023, and you can't leave the sound of 20 years ago.

I disassembled the composition into parts, digitized them again, even added another new one part to them, and connected everything in a way that I could not do before. And besides, a completely new Sea now sounds here.

You can compare versions. In the Youtube channel of James Hill sounds the very first — traditional — version of the «Song of the Setting Sun»:

And there is a completely different video.

There is a new version of the work on my channel, and a slightly different sounding trumpet. And the video was created with the participation of the BlueWillow neural network.

Friends, you can subscribe to James Hill's Youtube channel:

There is exceptionally beautiful music, and excellent videos.

And subscribe to my channel too, if someone has not already done so.



Music / Synthesizers by Andrey Klimkovsky
Trumpet by James Hill
Recorded at TCAB Studio in 2023 @tcabstudio

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