Opaque Lights by Fluidian & Arve Henriksen

"Opaque Lights, featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Emil Gherasim (Fluidian), is an evocative musical journey blending emotional moments and colourful sound textures with abstract chamber orchestral elements, where the stories behind the sounds could be an unique source of imagination for listener."

"...its stately pace, often ominous soundscapes, and sonic ingenuity conjuring up a wealth of cloudy, opaque visions...often dreamy, allowing the listener to indulge their thoughts and let their imaginations run wild."
- Simon Adams - Jazz Journal, UK -

"Ambiguous and open to the unknown, Opaque Lights gradually unfolds through Fluidian’s profound, intense vision and Arve Henriksen’s familiar calligraphy of sound."
- Cristina Frunză - pendul.art -

"Opaque Lights is an album of thoughts and musings / reflection and contemplation. ...it is a kind of 'musical painting' that is becoming, or could become, a style and a creative concept in a wider sense."
- Ferenc Sinkovics - jazz.hu -

"Amazingly beautiful, captivating, impressive."
- László Gőz, Budapest Music Center (BMC) -

"It is a beautiful album and I enjoyed working on it."
- Helge Sten - (mastering engineer of the album,
member of legendary Norwegian band Supersilent)

"Mysterious and foggy like an autumnal walk through empty night streets in some unknown city."
- Sound and Silence, Bandcamp -

Tracklist

1.	Blurred Eyes I	3:18

2.	Spikes Corridor	3:59

3.	Blurred Eyes II	4:56

4.	Opaque Lights	6:04

5.	Breath Waves	3:22

6.	Flageostrings I	3:29

7.	Corridors	3:10

8.	Texturaural I	2:33

9.	Opaque Lights Variation	3:42

10.	Introvertal	2:11

11.	Texturaural II	2:32

12.	Blurred Eyes III	4:48

13.	Flageostrings II	2:53

14.	Shapes	1:50

15.	Outer Lane	2:07

16.	Flow Away	3:26

Credits

released November 5, 2021

Music composed, orchestrated and performed by Emil Gherasim (Fluidian)
[EXCEPT] All trumpets, voice (track 3, 5), additional solo synths (track 3, 4, 7, 10), piano (track 9), sound treatment/manipulation & electronics (track 7, 9), additional sounds (4, 7, 12) composed and performed by Arve Henriksen.

Recorded and produced by Emil Gherasim and Arve Henriksen in 2021

Mixed by Emil Gherasim

Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab (Oslo, Norway)

Cover artwork by Emil Gherasim

Musicians:
Arve Henriksen: trumpets, piano, voice, synths & electronics
Emil Gherasim (Fluidian): synths, piano, chamber orchestral elements, guitar & electronics

FLUIDIAN - is a musical project initiated by composer and musician Emil Gherasim, known for his work in the fields of film and theatre music, and also known for his ambient-minimalist textural solo performances created under the same stage name Fluidian.

fluidian.ro
arvehenriksen.com

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