DOUBLE VINYL + CD DELUXE EDITION
Album Art & Design: Elle Halley & Dylan Martin
ABOUT PARADOXES
Experience Paradoxes, the newest musical odyssey from Brazilian-American musician Miguel Kertsman. As a multi-hyphenate, Kertsman has composed, produced, arranged, conducted and played keyboards across a diversity of genres such as contemporary classical, jazz, rock, and world music, but Paradoxes is a special affair, a personal foray into the progressive rock styles which inspired him in his youth. “I have always been fascinated by paradoxes — whether as curiosities found in science, astrophysics or math, or in everyday human behavior,” says Kertsman, “Growing up, I was surrounded by classical music and Jazz, and the incredibly rich musical life of Brazil. Moving to New York later introduced me to even more musical languages. But as a child, it was the Progressive Rock bands of the time that truly captivated me.”
Paradoxes is a concept album whose parts are all played live-in-the-space on original vintage instruments, along with drums, bass, guitars, and vocals, captured through only a few microphones. Fans of vintage synths will be delighted to hear the classic, warm tones of a grand piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, Minimoogs, Mellotron, Prophet 10...
An album of keyboards-driven prog rock familiar to fans of Yes, Genesis, and Pink Floyd might seem like an unintuitive move for a composer whose work has been recorded by
the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but Miguel doesn’t necessarily see it that way. "The music of progressive rock paralleled the classical music I knew: it embraced longer forms, told stories across multiple movements and songs, balanced instrumental passages with lyrics, and fearlessly pushed boundaries.”
Paradoxes are worth taking time to disentangle this fall, for those who like their synthesizers warm, their playing virtuosic, and their rock prog.
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“Composer and musician Miguel Kertsman lets us hear music rooted in European classical traditions and Brazilian folklore. Overall, this music remains indescribable and defies categorization.” – Rolling Stone
It’s a fascinating disc, it’s a real melting pot of repertoire. Kertsman’s style is very, very varied. He plunges everything into his music, from jazz to world music influences. It’s sometimes atonal, but it’s never inaccessible.” – BBC Music Magazine, Jeremy Pound, Deputy Editor
“…virtuosic eccentricity…Kertsman’s top-tier compositional skills…always seeking new vantage points, but he also has a keen understanding of the classic prog canon”
JMN, PROG Magazine
“Miguel gives you Prog Rock for the new age and his creativity on the album is off the charts. Come one, come all and enter the realm of Paradoxes”
Jimmy Rae, Skope Magazine
For more info please contact:
North America: david(at)powderfingerpromo.com
UK&EU: amanda(at)musicpromotion.com
General inquiries: press(at)auruasounds.com
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