22-005 Mattering And Meaning - Dan Nicholls

Listen https://youtu.be/Ws1Wb8Kzs9k https://youtu.be/4QaNRBNYac0 https://youtu.be/CSSi-ueSd-U https://youtu.be/oZ4SyfX-vds https://youtu.be/AGGhE_c4Im4 https://youtu.be/tX8nFckEOIE London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be released by We Jazz Records on August 13th. Nicholls' music uses acoustic piano as its key element, transporting the instrument into new territories that sound remarkably natural and organic, whilst displaying a strong kinship with the world of abstract electronic music. The music utilises piano loops and field recordings as its key elements, forming what might be described on the surface as a fascinating ambient jazz record – but at the same time there's so much more at play here on deeper levels. Dan's music sounds at once otherworldly and immensely inviting. After years of unlearning and unravelling the knots of a music college education – moving from a career in jazz, via electronic mus