Jeff McLeod
Long-time fan of Jeff's work. Another beautiful, moody journey that is just lovely to listen to. My mind simply travels when listening!
Favorite track: A Thousand Year Flood.
Paul Asbury Seaman
Greinke never achieved the broader recognition, or success, of his peers Steve Roach and Robert Rich, but his explorations in sonic atmospheres have been similarly deep and engaging. Much of his musical focus has literally been on the weather. Moving more into electroacoustic textures, his last several albums have been masterpieces of tone and reflective emotions. A Thousand Year Flood continues this trend, and with the addition of cello, is one of his most appealingly melodic albums yet.
Favorite track: The Forest.
Dave Aftandilian
I have been transfixed by Jeff Greinke’s moody gray-sky keyboards for decades, so it’s a real treat to hear him return to Projekt. In his music I feel the ebb and flow of deep emotions drifting just beneath the surface like briny ocean waves surging in one’s heart. Heather Bentley’s lovely cello adds warmth and texture: sunlight bathing the surface of these deep waters. Chamber music ambience for melancholy wide-eyed explorers of inner and outer weather.
Genres: Neo-Classical, Ambient, Minimal, Post-Classical
For fans of: Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Johann Johannsson, Max Richter, Hania Rani
Turning shadows into sonic emotional rivers, synthesist and composer Jeff Greinke’s A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD skirts the edges where modern classical, electronic and ambient music converge. Working with cellist/violist Heather Bentley, Greinke’s first record for Projekt in 36 years is a hybrid of ambient chamber music and electroacoustic beauty. Throughout the near-hour-long set, atmosphere is critical to the impact as Greinke locates his paired-back minimalism within a setting of spaciousness and sensitivity.
"A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD,” Greinke explains, "represents further explorations in composing electroacoustic music which I began over a decade ago. This time rather than working with an ensemble I focus on one instrumentalist – cellist/violist Heather Bentley. It became clear early on in the process that Heather's understanding of my approach, sound, and sensibilities had deepened since we recorded together on OTHER WEATHER back in 2021. Whether working with scored parts, improvising under my direction, or freely exploring her own ideas over my sketched out sections, Heather’s thoughtful expressions fit seamlessly within my own. Heather’s voice is unique, lending a more expansive breadth of harmonic richness and emotional body to these compositions.”
“I am greatly fascinated by the mixing of synthetic and acoustic sounds, sometimes blurring them to create an hybrid of timbres and textures as evidenced in the title track, 'The Forest,' and 'Upon a River that Still Flows,' whereas other times keeping them very distinct yet cohesive as in 'Earth and Sky.'"
"Although in the last four-plus decades my work has veered in a few different directions, the exploration of raw sound itself and the treating and layering of such sounds to create complex and interesting textures, moods and atmospheres, has always been my primary focus. With A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD, there's a richness and evocativeness I achieve by utilizing less sonic material, paring back the amount of instrumental layering which is something I’ve strived towards for a long time. It’s a pleasure hearing it come together like this. It’s quite rewarding and exciting!"
On his 23rd release, Jeff Greinke realizes an engaging balance between consonance and dissonance, timbre and shade, ambience and aura. His impressionistic ambient chamber music shimmers in the passing light of melodic stringed textures and shifting electronic shadow.
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released April 4, 2023
CD Limited edition of 300
Composed, recorded & produced by Jeff Greinke at Another Room, Tucson, AZ November 2020 - September 2022; and at Studio C, Seattle, WA in November 2021 & June 2022. Engineered by Rob Angus. Mastered by Martin Bowes at The Cage, Coventry, England.
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If I wanted to point someone to Steve Roach's music, I'd start them here. This record spans some of Roach's signature styles, like the percolating synths in "Currents of Compassion", the dreamy abstraction of "Prometheus Passage", the tribal rhythms of "The Gone Place", and the elegiac majesty of "What Remains". It's stunning all around and guaranteed to make any day better. fyeahmetal