In an era where musical virtuosity is often measured by speed, scale or bombast, Pete Calandra’s new album Night Mist takes the opposite approach: a deliberate slowing down.

The result is a profoundly soothing, emotionally resonant collection of ambient tinged solo piano pieces that feel less like songs and more like whispers from within.

Night Mist, out now on all streaming platforms, is not Calandra’s first foray into quietude. The New York based composer and pianist has long explored the ambient and cinematic edges of instrumental music with albums like First Light and Carpe Noctem. But Night Mist is his most intimate and distilled work to date. It’s a cohesive 11 track meditation on breath, space and emotional subtlety.

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