eyes cast down

Lately, the recurring urge to sit down at my keyboards and just improvise has been rearing up, and the time felt right to return to that world. This is how the eyes cast down project began, with four spontaneous, late-night synth jams in early 2004. A part of the last one, “Last of His Breed,” was released on two compilation albums in 2012.

So history repeated (and bettered) itself, with four new spontaneous pieces coming along at shorter and shorter intervals as the momentum grew, making Light Echoes a synth counterpart to my improvised guitar album The White Island.

The music is arranged in a continuous flow, in the order in which the pieces appeared.

My wife Daci provided the stunning cover photo. This is my sixth album to be graced by her work.

Light Echoes is dedicated to the memory of science fiction/fantasy author Greg Bear, a visionary soul whose brilliant creative work I’ve been delighted to discover.

“Penumbra” is for my daughter Janina, and was recorded on her birthday. This unavoidably inspired the follow-up piece, “Umbra,” which happened a few days later.