Pastoral by Valotihkuu

This album was hugely inspired by the atmosphere of summer vacation, creaking seesaws, and solitude. I tried to transfer all these things in thoughtfusl soundscapes.

It’s like a little journey to the silent countryside. This music was made for people who want to escape reality for some time and come back to the rhythm of a city with focused energy afterward.

I started this recording creating the whole atmosphere and depth of the tracks using field recordings, and other noises of nature. It’s the reason why if you play this album sitting in your room with your eyes closed, you would be transferred to another world, where you feel the fragrances of wheat, cut-grass green and moist air.

After creating the right atmosphere with field recordings, I was improvising with different musical instruments. I think that live improvisations are the key to an organic and textural sound: volume and airy pads play with the sounds of an acoustic guitar and muffled bells, sounding in the background. All these sounds comprise a beautiful symphony praising nature.

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Tracklist

1.	Green and Blue	6:38

2.	Pastoral	4:13

3.	River Symphony	6:20

4.	A Walk	4:29

5.	Return	8:31

Credits

released July 10, 2019

Recorded, produced and mastered by Denis Davydov
Cover art by Ilya Glebov

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