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Soho Square (2020 Remaster)

by Daniel Biro

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Soho Square 24:02
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Beauty and the Beast - Beauty 13:01
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Beauty and the Beast - Interplay 1 03:57
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Beauty and the Beast - Beast 11:13
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Beauty and the Beast - Interplay 2 03:21
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Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast 12:32
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7. At the Still Point in the Turning World (Bonus Track) 15:46
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These pieces were originally written for Jane Turner’s Turning Worlds dance company. They were first performed in 1991 (Soho Square) and 1992 (Beauty And The Beast).

Performed in the open air in London’s famous Soho Square itself, ‘Soho Square’ describes a day in the life of a busy big city square from dawn to dusk. Built around a symmetrical structure, the piece opens with early morning urban noises before a heavy anvil beat announces the initial orchestral build-up to the main theme. Having reached a peak, the music quietens to a central eye-of-the-storm calm, a midday meditation from which emerges a more lyrical piano-solo section. This leads to the final orchestral statement and the piece ends with the anvil and rumbles as nighttime falls on the city.

The timeless fairy-tale of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is the setting for the three main sections of this composition separated by two bright ‘pop’ Interplays. The duality between superficial ‘Beauty’, represented here by a never-ending melody, and the painful darkness of ‘The Beast’, symbolised by meandering chords and harmonic ambiguities, is finally resolved in ‘The Beauty and The Beast’ where oneness between melody and harmony is achieved.

The Bonus Track ‘At The Still Point In The Turning World’ was also written for Jane Turner in 1990. Its multi-layered cycling patterns are meant to evoke Dervish-like spinning spirals with a still centre point from which all energy emanates.

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released December 19, 2020

All music and instruments by Daniel Biro Vocals by Véronique Joly
Images by Daniel Biro
Edited and remastered by Daniel Biro in 2020

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Daniel Biro London, UK

Composer, keyboard player, producer, improvisor, songwriter, sound designer who loves the Rhodes electric piano + analog synths and makes jazz-fusion / electronic / ambient / art-prog / experimental music. From solo projects to working with his bands Echo Engine and Mysteries Of The Revolution, to film soundtracks, Daniel's unique cosmopolitan sound is at the centre of his multi-faceted universe. ... more

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