Stratos is a series of 5 compositions based around completely improvised piano parts. I recorded my 5 compositions and made small adjustments to certain sections which maybe needed more structural integrity, or perhaps the timing was slightly off or the occasional harmonic shift that didn’t work for me.
The next step was to incorporate some synthesised spacial accompaniment. The sounds I generated and the nature of the compositions themselves conjured up images of space (a subject which fascinates and boggles my mind) in my mind.
MARTIN JACOBY 