New Butterfly
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CreditsRecorded and mixed at C-Pro Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia. Engineer: Hardi. |
New Butterfly is an independent release by composer/pianist ade ishs featuring 10 tracks of refreshing solo acoustic piano music. This album makes effective uses of sparse sounds and exhibits lyricism, making it integrate well with the moods contained in Visions. Where to get the album:
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Reviews
- by: Simon Williams (original Facebook post).
I like the atmosphere of this album.
- by: Kathy Parsons (original post).
I really liked ade ishs’ debut album, Visions, but New Butterfly has me saying, “Wow!” even after five or six listens. ishs is an Indonesian-born artist who is now living in Melbourne, Australia. He has studied classical music and jazz from early childhood through his doctorate in music information retrieval, and has performed with a variety of bands and singers over the years. Although his classical roots are readily apparent, New Butterfly has a strong jazz influence and the feeling of a spontaneous, heartfelt conversation. The blending of colorful, powerful expression and a commanding piano technique can produce stellar results, and this is a great example. Equally at ease with bigger, more dramatic music and quiet meditations, ishs should be turning a lot of heads with this album.
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- by: Carlos Santi (original Facebook post).
ade. I love your album New Butterfly, success for you! Next time you have a show in Jakarta, inform me, OK?
- by: Kamal Advani (original post).
As before, the album is contemporary instrumental piano. The music is simply beautiful. Both relaxing and deeply contemplative. Ade’s in no rush to finish a song, the timing is just right. The notes feel a lot more harmonious, diverse, confident. My favourites include “Jakarta at Night 3”, “Go On 2”, “I Saw Happiness”, and “Moving Ashburton”. “Jakarta at Night 3” — well if you have spent a night in Jakarta — the faintly cool night breeze in a city named after a prince, you’ll get the connection. Tracks average 6–8 minutes in length. One contrast (in both feel, and length) is “Unity in Diversity”, a short (1:35!), light piece.
Highly recommended, awe-some. 10/10 stars. Still DRM-free (yay!).
- by: Gary Brown (original post).
Songwriter, composer, and pianist ade ishs has created a harmonious ten-song masterpiece of piano treasures entitled New Butterfly. Aptly titled, New Butterfly’s entire collection is like a transformation complete with piano rhythms and tones culminating into a strong, professional effort. ade captures many different emotions in song highlighting acoustic jazz, classical, and meditating cascades. From softly falling leaves to ripples on a calm sea and therapeutic meditations to quiet nights on the beaches of Melbourne Australia, ade ishs presents a world of peace and pleasure. New Butterfly also appeals greatly to traditional jazz and adult contemporary radio station listeners.
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- by: Bryan Rodgers (original post).
Mixing bold musical proclamations, pastoral compositions, and classical nuance, ade ishs crafts a reflective, relaxing atmosphere on his solo piano album New Butterfly. The Indonesia-born ishs has a real knack for utilizing silence in his music, and the relationship of his carefully chosen chords to the living spaces between is the fulcrum upon which this album balances. His masterful use of space gives the listener time to digest each masterful passage and gives each subsequent idea even more of a dramatic flair. The pauses evoke various feelings, as if the music is sighing, taking a deep breath, or gasping for air.
It is immediately clear in the first track, Little Butterfly, that there’s musical genius at work here. “Genius” is not a term to lightly toss about, but there’s something that gives ishs away: the fact that he is in a Pat Metheny cover band. Truly brilliant people always seem to have such improbable experiences, and being in an Indonesian Metheny tribute band certainly qualifies. Not surprisingly, listeners will find a good dose of Metheny-like phrasing among the album’s tracks, along with an equal reverence for the glory of dense chords.
Such music might be considered out of the scope of all but the most adventurous sound seekers and people that are dedicated listeners of the style. But there’s an approachable, almost populist quality to ishs. music that breaks down those imaginary boundaries. His congeniality and the mood of the listener are the two biggest factors in the success of this album. Sometimes, people just aren’t going to be in the frame of mind that stokes appreciation for solo piano music, and that’s unimpeachable. But within the context of the style, New Butterfly is as fine as they come.
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