Kyoto Rain - new single out now

‘Kyoto Rain’

Pre-order: 12th February 2021

General release: 19th February 2021

‘Total musical genius’ 
- Nick Luscombe 

Piano-led new single ‘Kyoto Rain’ heralds exploration of new sound for The Laszlo Project

The Laszlo Project (a.k.a Aaron Laszlo Wheeler) is back with a new sound; a beautiful piano-led composition accompanied by traditional instrumentation.

‘Kyoto Rain’ is inspired by the sound of Japanese composers such as Joe Hisashi (who famously created the music for the beautiful Studio Ghibli films) and Nobuo Uematsu (composer of the Final Fantasy video game series) and Hiromi Uehara. 

The resulting composition is gently reflective, with a swelling sense of fantasy and mysticism. The ascending piano arpeggios represent the ‘pitter patter’ sound of the rain on the window - a musical onomatopoeia - looking out upon a gradually-building monsoon. The melody begins with the haunting sound of overlapping flugelhorn parts (played by Simon Joyner), and is later joined by a crescendo of vocals (Phoebe Wright-Spinks) and flute (Michael Underwood). 

In the wake of success with Aaron’s band Lydian Collective, The Laszlo Project rebooted in 2020 after a 5 year hiatus with the ‘Press Start’ EP. With more than 1.8 million Spotify streams already, The Laszlo Project’s music can be found on playlists across a diverse range of genres from jazz fusion to world, electro and chill-step. The forthcoming EP, of which ‘Kyoto Rain’ is the debut single, continues a decades-long experimentation in sound from a composer who never fails to delight and beguile. 

‘Kyoto Rain’ will be available to buy/stream from 19th February, and pre-order on Bandcamp from 12th February via https://laszloproject.fanlink.to/kyotorain

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