EMIL FRIIS - Moving Images - LP - Vinyl [SEP 5]

LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl. 

Emil Friis has today (Apr. 28) announced his new album Moving Images and released An Upward Motion, the first track and accompanying video from the album.

Moving Images invites the audience to explore the deep connections between sound and imagery, encouraging an introspective journey where boundaries blur between classical music, cinematic storytelling, and mental imagery.

Through his typically minimalist approach, Friis weaves an intricate tapestry of textures and emotions to create a deeply layered, cinematic sound world. The music is characterised by a delicate interplay between brightness and a somber beauty, with melodies that often seem to converse with each other across the different instruments. At times, the pieces feel lonely and introspective; at others, they soar to magnificent heights, filled with warmth and fervour. Despite their brevity, the compositions resonate with a poignant emotional intensity.

Spanning sombre chamber pieces, ominous yet hopeful and hypnotic ambiances, soft solo piano interludes, poetic and playful flutes, to tension-laced cinematic strings and synths, Moving Images transcends the conventional album release by expanding into a collaboration with a group of filmmakers, exploring how music and film interrelate to provoke our internal narratives.

Each track is paired with a corresponding film, with filmmakers invited to bring their vision to each composition. The filmmakers had the freedom to interpret the music through their own lenses, creating a dialogue between sound and visuals. In the lead-up to the album’s official release, five films will be released alongside the tracks, with the remaining seven films debuting intermittently after the album’s launch. The audience is encouraged to consider how, and why, their own internal imagery is shaped by the music, whilst inadvertently forging a personal connection to each piece.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Through Air
2. For Goodbyes
3. Dancing
4. An Upward Motion
5. Five Corners Of Blue
6. Miscellaneous Trio For Viola
7. Movement Of Dawn

Side B
1. Zero
2. Spirit Of Mind
3. Eternal Daydream
4. Shape Of Solace
5. By The Sea
6. Sunlight On The Beams Of Hollow
7. Dim / Fading
8. Like Leaves