Alex Ventling & Phelan Burgoyne - The View (2024) Hi Res

After 8 years of collaboration, British drummer and composer, Phelan Burgoyne, and New Zealand rising-star pianist, Alex Ventling, release their long awaited debut album, 'THE VIEW’ – a culmination of the duo's musical development in a robust and shining statement. The album presents compositions by both musicians, in a journey through lyrical improvisations, choral-like piano movements, synth empowered grooves and prepared-piano textures. New Zealand trumpet legend, Kim Paterson, features on the track, ‘First Train To Finse’. The rich and percussive interweaving of piano and drums in the intimate duo setting, opens the door to a vast sound-world of possible colours and textures, giving the pair freedom and space to explore and improvise together. The connection built over years of musical friendship is unmistakable in their sensitive interplay, with the resulting music clear and honest with impressive maturity and humility. The album was recorded in summer 2023 in Trondheim, (using Alex’s own historical Steinway & Sons Model S from 1940) and will be released on Trondheim based Sonic Transmission Records.