Rob Collier - Moving Backwards
The transition from carrying the burdens of the day to stepping outside the patterns we follow is a desired movement for all of us. We are caught in currents from wake till sleep, beautiful details of the world blurring to become irrelevant. Then something happens.... a ray of sunlight reflects in a sparkle on the water, a breeze pushes leaves and branches with a graceful uplift, a full moon creates magnificent shadows from passing cumulus clouds or music becomes focused and the melodies of Rob Collier settle in.
Moving Backwards is the title to this gorgeous composition by Rob Collier. Five tracks of solo piano playing with all respect to the movement of time in nature. Rob's internal rhythms are like the crystallization of water or it's counter action of slowly melting away. Follow an autumn leaf on a journey down a wooded tributary, it moves in the most peaceful chaotic motion, rest in pools and then finds a flowing path to venture on. Like the piano pieces Rob Collier plays, the natural world holds beauty in single moments. Evolution over billions of years allows this spectacle of stillness to be unmatched. If we use patience and listen, Moving Backwards is the overture that perfectly melts. The piano in use for "ambient" music is a highly difficult accomplishment. Ninety nine percent of the time compositions come across as pieces for a cheesy compact disc relaxation series. After listening to Moving Backwards many times, this was never considered until writing now. What preempted this thought was how solo piano and Rob Collier's creative process provides a touch of elegance to all of the beautiful deep and dreamy drone works that are out there. Moving Backwards is completely gorgeous and has wide appeal for everyone.
Released on Geology Records in a very limited edition of fifty. There are less than ten physical copies remaining. As with all Geology Records releases, beautiful packaging with vibrant slip-cases and all the love. Very fitting for Rob Collier's Moving Backwards.
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