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Ardei iute

“Ardei iute” – a solo piano piece. Many thanks to Alexandra Făgărășan for her wonderful playing, and to Karl Baldwin for recording support.

It is common for people to experience pleasurable or even euphoric effects from ingesting capsaicin, the active component of chilli peppers. Capsaicin “tricks” TRVP1 receptors in mucous membranes into identifying a substance as being physically hot and stimulates the release of endorphins and dopamine to relieve the burning sensation. “Ardei iute” is Romanian for “hot chilli pepper”, but – a fun semantic quirk – it also sounds like “quick pepper”.

Support future recordings: A crowdfunder is in progress to record another ambitious contemporary piece for violin and guitar. Any contributions are warmly received!

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New Direction

A new direction will be taken for my third album… Watch this space.

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We Deliver

“A sprawling and surprisingly epic endeavour, We Deliver is a smorgasbord of musical diary entries composed across seven years. Featuring an extensive list of collaborators, this beyond-personal project both reflects the history of its creator and embodies his lovingly crafted questions about the past, present & future of the album as a musical form.” – Mathias Halvorsen