Reverie, by QOPE

Reverie

by QOPE

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1.	Lament 04:34	buy track
2.	Reverie 04:51	buy track
3.	Liminal Spaces 02:20	buy track
4.	You Were Never Really Here 05:34	buy track
5.	Underneath the Umbrella Pines 04:28	buy track
6.	Running Still 02:41	buy track
7.	Little Words (Rotate) 06:20	buy track
8.	The Vastness of Light 02:32	buy track
9.	Time Lapses 04:31	buy track
10.	Idyll 01:02	buy track
11.	Mariana 05:01	buy track

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QOPE, pseudonym Bart Koop (Almelo, 1984) comes from a musical family and has been fascinated by keyboard instruments all his life. Once he took his first steps in the field of classical piano, but QOPE soon chose his own path. Largely self-taught, he also threw himself into composing and playing in a band.

For the adventurous TRPTK, he and his eponymous band made the album Paper Motion (TTK 0006) in 2016, a production that makes ample use of electronics. He then sought musical intimacy in Nocturnal (TTK 0024), a solo exercise with the musician behind the grand piano in Schiedam’s Westvest Church: a place praised for its atmosphere and acoustics. In its artistic narrative, QOPE is closely linked to the neo-classical movement with composers such as Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannson and Nik Bärtsch. Music that seems to arise in the moment and has a kind of healing effect on the listener.

The new album Reverie (TTK 0074) was recorded in the same place and follows the track of Nocturnal: meditative and often cyclical musical expressions, with a spontaneous character. QOPE is extremely critical of the adjustment of the grand piano and makes ample use of sustain, using space as a second instrument. Rarely have you heard the piano sound fade away so beautifully, for which of course the high-end recording by TRPTK engineer Brendon Heinst also guarantees. A symbiosis that leads to an irresistible musical result.

Titles like Lament, Reverie, Liminal Spaces and Running Still speak for themselves. In QOPE’s music, which is largely improvised, time literally seems to stand still: the listener is forced to clear his head and create space for new thoughts and creativity. QOPE gives, as it were, a prompt and whispers encouragement to his listeners. Something that, especially in this world that is so complicated and infested with the corona virus, is a particularly welcome artistic gesture.

Listen to the romantic You Were Not Really Here, the hopeful The Vastness of Light, the percussive Time Lapses or the exciting Underneath the Umbrella Pines. Music to let wash over you: a moment of relaxation in complicated times.

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released May 21, 2021

Recording & mastering: Brendon Heinst
Assistant engineer: Hans Erblich
Editing: Bart Koop & Brendon Heinst

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QOPE Almelo, Netherlands

Born 1984 in Almelo, in to a musical family, Bart Koop's music has been a daily influence since his childhood.
In 1998 he started experimenting with samples, synthesizers, composing and improvisations until 2003. Since 2007 he has been playing in bands, playing synths, piano and electric piano. Over the years the main focus kept on being the piano. ... more

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