Contention4025/1Anxious piano over a marimba driven rhythm builds with pensive strings to a tense, driving percussive climax2:51
Album ANW 4025Rhythmic Drama
Terry Devine-King (PRS) | Paul Clarvis (PRS)Composer Terry Devine-King and percussionist Paul Clarvis collaborate on a mysterious and hypnotic set, ideal for spy thrillers and detective dramas. Anxious piano meets driving double bass, guitar marimba, pensive strings and tense percussion.
7 tracks
- Darken Skies4025/2Mysterious percussion groove builds with warm optimistic strings & positive piano2:17
- Once4025/3Thoughtful & hypnotic pianos with lightly tense strings & percussion. Pervasive mood of concern & uncertainty 2:25
- Waltzing With The Underworld4025/4Hypnotic electric piano motif with mysterious sustained strings, ambient synths, deep bass & percussion 2:47
- Stolen Identity4025/5Driving double bass groove with floating strings, percussion, marimba & vibes. Cool & sophisticated spy/detective drama2:17
- Critical State4025/6Mysterious strings & vibraphone with unsettling piano & guitar above a tense percussion groove. Spy thriller feel2:57
- Wonderful World4025/7Opulent, hypnotic bell & gamelan patterns with airy textures over deep bass, rhythmic synths & percussion groove 2:23
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