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Laszlo (Feat. The Vernon Spring)

by Ideophone

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"Laszlo" is the latest in a series of free-flowing guitar improvisations from London based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Alex Reeve's new solo project Ideophone.

Named after Alex’s grandfather, Laszlo Rostas, a Jewish-Hungarian economist who escaped his homeland before the outbreak of World War II and the horrors that followed. The piece is a winding journey through pulsating guitar drones and ripples of looped keyboards, eventually blossoming into a piano improvisation courtesy of The Vernon Spring. Simmering beneath are dusty gramophone recordings of Laszlo, stumbled across in the family archives and gifting Alex the opportunity to hear his grandfather’s voice for the first time.

A project dreamt up and executed in his studio in south London, Alex began with the word alone: ideophone (to mimic or evoke an idea in sound). Over the course of a year he did just that, evoking images, memories and meaning through sound. The results are a masterfully skilled debut release whose deft musicianship belies its simple, curious, wide-eyed wonder.

Ideophone represents the meeting point of several musical paths: Alex is a founding member of the acclaimed UK jazz-leftfield trio Hejira, as well as the co-founder of Lima Limo Records and the celebrated TRAUM events in Central London that attracted performances from Micachu & The Shapes, Kwabs, Oliver Coates, Gwilym Gold, Eska and more. An accomplished musician and producer in his own right, he has worked with Floating Points, Matthew Herbert, The Invisible, Tawiah and many more.

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released June 23, 2021
Written and produced by Alex Reeve
Piano from The Vernon Spring
Mixed by Sam Beste & Alex Reeve at The Arboretum, London
Mastered by Peter Beckmann
Artwork by Sophie Rostas Reeve

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Ideophone is London-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Alex Reeve. New Single 'Stasis' out now

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