Van Alps

Among the best-selling composers of our time, Ludovico Einaudi has won a following of millions through his distinctively calm, smoothly unfolding works, which spin unbroken songs from the simplest material and cast a spell of relaxed enchantment over their audience.

For several years now, the guitarist and lutenist Björn Colell and the Baroque violinist Georg Kallweit, Konzertmeister of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, have formed a noted duo called Ombra e Luce: ‘With only two musicians and two instruments, we aspire to a perfect rapport and a permanent dialogue. We have access to a rich repertory of original pieces from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries for violin and lute/theorbo: this was a widespread combination, essentially before 1700. We work a great deal on tone colours and nuances, spontaneity and improvisatory playing – a flexible and sensual interpretation of the works we perform, giving full value to chiaroscuro: ombra e luce! We are convinced that, played in this way, our “early music” can speak directly to the hearts even of listeners who are hearing it for the first time. This new recording, “Passagio”, is the result of our recent musical journeys. Setting out from Italy to go farther north, we have virtually and musically crossed the Alps with our instruments. The works on this recording shed a different light on the music of the courts of Modena, Bologna and Venice.’

A joy-filled expedition into experiencing God's majestic, everywhere presence.

Known by his stage name of Møme, French touch and chillwave artist Jérémy Souillart emerged in 2014 with Eclipse, his self-released debut EP. A native of Nice, Souillart studied at the Nice Academy of Music, playing guitar and piano first in rock bands before segueing into more electronic-based composition. He signed with Parisian label DDM Recordings and released a follow-up EP called Cosmopolitan a year later, further expanding his bright and dreamy style. Relocating to Australia, Souillart outfitted his surf van to double as a roving recording studio, where he recorded the appropriately sunny Aloha EP in 2016. His debut full-length, Panorama, arrived later that year, drawing comparisons to artists like Flume and Chet Faker. Inspired by his world travels, Møme launched an audio-visual series in 2018 beginning with the two-song single Møment I. ~ Timothy Monger