{"id":15043,"date":"2019-06-29T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=15043"},"modified":"2019-06-29T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:28:39","slug":"neil-cowley-set-to-release-solo-ep-beat-infinitum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=15043","title":{"rendered":"Neil Cowley set to release solo EP <em>Beat Infinitum<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15044\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neil-Cowley-Beat-Infinitum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neil-Cowley-Beat-Infinitum.jpg 300w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neil-Cowley-Beat-Infinitum-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After more than a decade with his trio, Neil Cowley Trio, <a href=\"https:\/\/neilcowleymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Cowley<\/a> has embarked on a solo career. In the works for a while, the fruit of his solo endeavour comes out next week in the shape of an EP called <em>Beat Infinitum<\/em>. The EP saw the incredibly talented pianist and composer embrace new technology while keeping his music heartfelt and human. He explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;What happens when you look for heart and humanity from within the clutches of technology?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In essence a snapshot of my studio would tell you all you need to know about my journey. Boxes, machines, synths, compressors, faders and switches. I have surrounded myself with these things and endeavoured to learn all of their workings over a long period of time. I have learnt a lot. But when the learning was over, it was time to create something human; and I then almost had to re-teach myself how to feel and make music about feeling. So I reintroduced my piano and I reintroduced harmony and melody and tried to create emotion from within the deep recesses of the machines at my disposal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Using raw emotional inspiration such as Renee Jeanne Falconetti\u2019s agonising facial expressions from the 1928 film \u2018The Passion of Joan of Arc\u2019, a mild obsession with walled gardens far and wide in an effort to understand what happens to the mind in these fabricated but solitary places and a general internal battle with the daily pressures and addictions of technology, I feel I have finally carved out something that has taken a step back in the direction of human feeling but is both of the heart and of the machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Involution&#8217; serves as the first taste from <em>Beat Infinitum EP<\/em> ahead of its release on July 5th. Take a listen now.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=322904949\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3838488602\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/neilcowley.bandcamp.com\/album\/beat-infinitum\">Beat Infinitum by Neil Cowley<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a decade with his trio, Neil Cowley Trio, Neil Cowley has embarked on a solo career. In the works for a while, the fruit of his solo endeavour comes out next week in the shape of an EP called Beat Infinitum. 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