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In The Silence I Can Finally Hear

by Max LL

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Longing 02:43

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Featuring performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

This is my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.
Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring this music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

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released April 4, 2024

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Max LL Montreal, Québec

Max LL (Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis), is a Canadian film composer and multi-instrumentalist who’s been crafting evocative musical works for picture for nearly a decade. His music has been performed by Montreal’s Metropolitan Orchestra and is regularly featured in films, games and audio-visual projects around the globe. ... more

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