Ocean Sounds by Iamthemorning
THE NEW INTIMATE STUDIO SOUNDTRACK FROM THE HIGHLY PRAISED RUSSIAN DUO RECORDED ON A REMOTE NORWEGIAN ISLAND
Album of the Year winners at the Progressive Music Awards '16 with their previous release Lighthouse
Following the success of two highly-praised albums on Kscope, Belighted and Lighthouse, Russian duo Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina are releasing a new studio film shot at and named after a remote recording studio on a Norwegian island. The footage offers a behind-the-scenes insight into the recording techniques of two of modern progressive music's most talented composers. The content captures Iamthemorning's live set-up from the last three years, with the setlist consisting of select songs from their first three studio albums.
Ocean Sounds builds on the recent success of Kolyadin's self-titled debut solo album on Kscope, which featured a staggering who's-who of performers, including Steve Hogarth (Marillion), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) & Gavin Harrison (King Crimson). It has also been nominated as Album of the Year at the Progressive Music Awards '18: an honour that Iamthemorning have already achieved with Lighthouse, and which is also backed by Semkina winning both Woman of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year in the 2016 Prog Magazine Reader's poll. The pair's live performances have included the likes of London's Bush Hall, the O2 Academy Islington, Ramblin' Man Fair and Midsummer Prog Festival.
On the location, Marjana commented "I was right, without any doubts, that it was the most inspiring place for us to work in, surrounded by the sea, mountains, wild flowers and gorgeous Norwegian sunsets. All of the natural splendour we don't see that often."
The watercolour artwork was designed by Constantine Nagishkin, the audio recording, mixing and mastering were handled by regular collaborator Vlad Avy, and the film was produced and edited by Miles Skarin at Crystal Spotlight.
"perfectly mixed…a sound storm that bewitches the listener with the expressive voice of Marjana Semkina." 8.5/10 Eclipsed (DE)
"Those who love Tori Amos won`t disdain Iamthemorning" Sonic Seducer (DE)
"a towering achievement on every level” Echoes & Dust (UK)
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