fortune by steven leak

The idea for the “fortune” project came to me after I created a piece of music that I was really happy with. As I listened to it, I thought on how incredibly fortunate I am and then, how the essence of that fortune came from a decision my parents made 58 years ago to emigrate to Canada.
It was on June 16, 1966 that my Mum and my Brother boarded a plane at Ringway Airport (later Manchester Airport) to fly to Canada to join my Dad who had already been in Canada a year before we arrived.
So, I thought I would share this piece of music on the anniversary of that day. Then I got to thinking, what would happen if I invited a group of musicians scattered across three continents to take that piece of music and reimagine it? No rules just use some part or all of the original track however they wished.
The results of that request are here with music from Holland, Java, America, and Canada. The music is reflective of the various forms of music that I am learning about and creating with. The musicians are reflective of something I have come to associate with the music community I am a part of and that is a community made up of good, kind, generous, highly creative people.
I’mm deeply grateful to each of Mark Cook, Ottmar Soulier, Neal Retke, Pete Swinton and Gordon Way for their support of this project.

Music, (and the people that make it) is one of the more powerful and transformative elements of what I call “fortune”

Thankyou for giving this music a listen!

Steven

I am a Canadian musician who creates soundscapes that are created with Arturia Microfreak and Minifreak synthesizers various electronic devices , pre-recorded loops, field recordings, and found sounds. I am a member of "The Forever Moment" a band where I co-create music with Mark Cook.