Allister Thompson – A New Horizon (Allister Thompson, 2015)
Canadian singer-songwriter and ambient musician released this album in 2015. It is a collection of progressive folk songs and mesmerizing instrumentals around the theme of mourning.
“The inspiration for A New Horizon came to me when I realized that many of the songs I had found most moving throughout my life were on this subject,” said Thompson. “However, the songs that really touched me were not actually about death itself: they were in fact about true, unconditional love expressed through mourning and loss but also through a celebration of the life of a loved one.
“I compiled a list of such songs and narrowed it down to the three here: “New Horizons” by progressive rock band The Moody Blues, “Summer of My Life” by Australian singer-songwriter Archie Roach, and “Internal Landscapes” by atmospheric rock band Anathema. I then created instrumentals to link the songs, based on the particular emotions each song inspired. And finally, I composed an original song, “All Is One”, to tie together the spiritual themes of the recording. Nature field recordings emphasize our ties to the earth, in life and death.”
Allister Thompson’s discography includes Infinities (2006), Shadowlands (2009), Larkrise (2011), Xinjiang (2012), Heikan No Setsu (2013), Germania (2014), Near North (2014) and Sibir (2014).
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