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With the new album Destiny (2022), his mastery on the bass is once again in the spotlight, as well as his other instrumental versatility and compositional skills. Particularly noteworthy is his passion for acoustic and electric piano, with which he had started his musical career. His new project includes twelve original compositions. The album opens with Tell Me which is characterized by a powerful bass sound accompanied by nuanced electric piano and synth chords. Typical for Brendan is his affinity for harmonic melodies, which are characterized by a special atmosphere. Also in Meant to Be, the bass is the carrier of the melody as the lead instrument. Thus, titles Drifting are similarly accurate in the description, because they probably intentionally entice to relaxed dreaming. My Time shows Brendan's concern to fill the time in the best possible way with melodious music, where even with dynamic changes, piano, drums and strings play a subordinate role first. This musical concept continues with Foundation. Film is an art form that finds expression in the production of moving images. With music, the whole thing takes place in your own imagination. Divine speaks an expressive pictorial language in which the image is staged in the synchrony of bass and strings. With Origin, Brendan recalls his heritage, with the sound of his keyboard sounding like a bubbling spring. The Diamond develops its true beauty only after a fine cut, which makes its brilliance shine in all facets. Thus, music rises in its sublimity only in its harmonic composition of notes. Destiny is a meaningful word. Many things can be influenced, but man does not have all the factors in his control. Carmel is the heart of smooth jazz as we understand it as a radio format and genre. This song is dedicated to the makers of smooth jazz. Solitude we have often met in the period of the pandemic, when we have not yet learned to live with it. The album finds it end with For Now that falls in love with musical minimalism. Brendan Rothwell stays true to his musical style with Destiny, without deviating an inch from it. Friends of melodic bass who are looking for music for relaxation will be fine with it.
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Inspired
by Miles Davis' Tutu featuring bassist Marcus Miller there was no other
decision for Anglo-Canadian musician to choose the bass as his favorite
instrument. He has so far lived out his fervent affection for the
instrument on his solo albums Time On My Hands (2016) and
Sentiment (2019).
