Clock Works (EP)

by Lyhrus

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1.	Knell 03:08	buy track
2.	Jolly 03:55	buy track
3.	Sleep 03:57	buy track
4.	Ballerina 02:53	buy track
5.	Rain 03:43	buy track

about

Admittedly, I always had a liking for the sound of music boxes, glockenspiels, celestas, dulcitones, as well as for the musical aspects of ticking clocks and their mechanical noises. I think this is because of the gentle, pure, and soft sound of the swinging, clicking, and grinding metal pieces and the setting of a very close listening in general.

But this is just the surface, the working material. In fact, the music in ClockWorks is about the melancholy that comes over us when we are looking back and are faced with the fleetingness of childhood.
It's probably a risk creating a quite obviously childish and peaceful impression by using those catchy bell-tunes. The more so, as they are embedded in orchestral and electronic soundscapes from time to time like being hugged by parental arms.

But I think one should dare to show things undisguised and maybe in a bit old-fashioned way sometimes, especially when it comes to feelings about our own childhood or of those we love.

The pocket watch, I took a photo of for the cover, is a gift by Dorota, a friend and singer I have been working with many times. She let engrave an aphorism on the back of the watch: "Believe in things that still not exist to make them come alive."

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released March 3, 2023

All music written, arranged, recorded, and mastered by Lyhrus
Recorded by Lyhrus in The Rosewood Studio Berlin

Original photo and cover design by Lyhrus

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Lyhrus Berlin, Germany

I’m a Berlin based composer & ensemble conductor. All my vocal, choral, cinematic, and electronic music arises from a spirit of song and melody.

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