Waves By Eddy Ruyter

 

Waves

By

Eddy Ruyter

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

Solo Piano is a genre that is packed with performers, presenters, or as if more commonly used today, content creators, it’s truly a battle to get your music heard in that realm nowadays, but every so often a very classy individual will come along, one who has an abundance of talent and skill, and is able to paint musical pictures of great colour and texture, today we look at one of those said pianists in Eddy Ruyter, and his latest release Waves.

This is a sparkling new project from the composer, one that starts with a full flowing narrative of a track called Shatter. The performance here by Ruyter is both charismatic and full of energy; the composition itself has such effervescence about its construction it is undeniably addictive and exciting to enjoy.

Ruyter follows that power play up with the calmer creation entitled Waterfall, this soft pastiche of tone and timbre falls like rain from the artist’s piano, or perhaps like the drops of the river that pour over the aforementioned Waterfall. There is a magical quality to this track that is so encapsulating and utterly charming, wonderfully flowing images spring to one’s mind whilst listening to its artistic refrains.

The mid-section of the album you will find a delicious offering entitled Broken Waltz, the opening of this manifestation is a reflective tapestry of ambience and character, the latter half of the composition is wonderfully descriptive with its higher vibrations and trickling motifs, ones that in my view go to making this specific piece one of my favourites from the release.

Starlit is our penultimate offering, imagine standing on a balcony in the early hours of the morning and gazing up with gratitude at the amazingly star filled skies above, apart from the fact that I was doing just that at half past five this morning, the composition here represents that moment of magic when one can feel a part of it all, and through one of the most amazing ambient piano compositions I think I have listened to for decades.

The last creation of this exciting new release is of course the title track Waves. This exploratory manifestation combines the softer touches from the artist with the more flourishing narratives, giving the listener a sensitive and reflective composition to depart the album with, and a timeless reverie of a composition that will still flow through our minds long after the music has ceased playing.

Waves by Eddy Ruyter is one of those albums that you will not be able to stop playing, it has imaginative fluency all of its own, it will allow you to cast off the cadence of the day and just enjoy the precious moments of reality. Music is indeed a wonderful panacea to cure most ills, and I believe that Eddy has brought to our musical tables something very pleasurable, entertaining and soothing with Waves.