Forever More

In 2018, pianist/composer Nat Bartsch released Forever, And No Time At All, a suite of piano lullabies written while Nat was pregnant with her first child. Produced by Luke Howard and influenced by her own research into music therapy, Nat wrote these pieces works with repetitive ostinatos, simple melodies and harmonies, and tempos similar to a mother’s heartbeat. It was designed for parents to enjoy as well as their babies. The impact has been enormous, with the album clocking up over 2 millions streams in more than 80 countries. Nat has received messages from listeners all around the world who have shared how the album has impacted their lives: it soothes many children to sleep, but also accompanies many other moments across the lifespan from childbirth to the final hours of life, also supporting people with mental illness, grief and stress. The past two years has seen Nat experiment with ways of presenting the album’s tracks. Her background as a jazz pianist/bandleader led her to presenting her lullabies in jazz venues in Melbourne—discovering they were interpreted effortlessly by jazz musicians. It also enabled her to capture the influence of her studies in her 20’s with ECM pianists Tord Gustaven and Nik Bärtsch, both artists creating meditative, ostinato-based sound worlds. And so the idea was had to re-record Forever, And No Time At All with a jazz ensemble – and thus Forever More was born. Recorded in a single day in early March, not long before COVID-19 lockdowns bega

Tracks

1~1~Breathing In And Out
1~2~Lights And Shadows
1~3~Rockabye
1~4~Here I Am, Just For You
1~5~Billie
1~6~The Little Possum
1~7~Call And Response
1~8~Forever, And No Time At All

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Bartsch, Nat
Release Date: 05 July 2021
Genre: Jazz
Label: Abc Classic
Distributor: Rocket Group