by eyes cast down | Sep 2, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released his first “lost pieces” collection, on his own Pioneer Light label. Upwelling (PL 0002) is a gathering of nine remixed and reimagined tracks, some created during work on other albums, others resulting from momentary...
by eyes cast down | May 13, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released a remastered edition of his 2008 release SoulSpiral, the first offering on his own Pioneer Light label. On the album’s initial release, Steve wrote: “SoulSpiral represents a new phase of work for me, in which I felt the desire...
by eyes cast down | Feb 7, 2011 | Album Reviews
Longform pieces and albums abound, but this is only the second album that I’ve heard of featuring more than one longform piece. This by itself is merely eyebrow-raising; the real astonishment is the music presented by Steve Brand in his double-CD Coniunctio (Relaxed...