Nostlgia plays like a quiet room late in the day. A short piano motif circles at a calm pace, soft enough that the decay of each note becomes part of the music. You can hear the space around the instrument. It was recorded on a small Schimmel upright in a living room, with mutes taking the bite off the hammers and careful mic placement pulling the piano close to the ear.
The mood is melancholic in a familiar way. Not tragic, not grand. More like the feeling you get when you find an old photo in a drawer and stop whatever you were doing. Repetition is the engine, but the touch keeps it alive. Slight changes in timing and pressure give the loop shape.
The influences fit. You can trace a line to Jacob David in the patience and to Philip Glass in the measured repetition. Brad Oberhofer’s Warhol Diaries score is a useful reference too, since Nostlgia shares that diary-like calm where the cue supports reflection rather than plot.
This music would work well in film and games. Picture a montage of home videos, a late night car scene with streetlights sliding across a windshield, a narrative game save point where you can breathe before moving on. It is a first solo piano that chooses clarity over clutter and earns its mood with a few well placed notes.
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