scintillations by Maciej Klim and steven leak

Long, long ago I met Ottmar Soulier (a shining star who lives in the city of Maastricht, Holland). Ottmar and I met through our mutual Love of the music of Jon Hassell. Through Ottmar I met Maciej. Maciej is a similarly shining star who lives on the south-coast of England in the city of Bournemouth.

Maciej and I had exchanged thoughts on a musical collaboration and so when in one of those chats we established that we each had Kalimba's we decided to find a way to use the kalimbas as the foundation of our bringing music here.

When I asked Maciej what he wanted to say, he brought these wonderful words ,. . . "the last piece was inspired by the late Jack DeJohnette. He passed away when we were already working on our album. Mention Ottmar and Jon Hassell. Again - we probably would’t have met without them. So many people around to be grateful for their contributions. Dead and alive are helping us."

This album emerged over the course of more than half a year. Maciej works for a living and I am retired. He gave what he could bring to our music when he could bring it and I was constantly astonished as each layer of this music emerged from his home. I am deeply grateful for the music he brought to this collaboration and for the precious time he devoted to its creation.

We hope that you enjoy our music as much as we enjoyed welcoming it here . . .


steven and Maciej

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.