{"id":30082,"date":"2025-07-28T22:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30082"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:30:00","slug":"arc00342","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/arc00342\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrik Meierkord: Space of longing (Digital)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 3781639493\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless> <a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/space-of-longing\"> Inner space-of-longing<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n1 Ho\u0308stpromendad<br \/>\n2 Springflowers<br \/>\n3 Drone Meditation I<br \/>\n4 Drone Meditation II<br \/>\n5 In the forest<br \/>\n6 Drone Meditation III<br \/>\n7 Sja\u0308lsro<br \/>\n8 Kontracellodrone I<br \/>\n9 Kontracellodrone II<br \/>\n10 Oden sover middag<br \/>\n11 Reanimation<br \/>\n12 Gladlynt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/assets\/images\/DigitalOnly.png width=400><\/p>\n<p><BR><span style=\"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;\">Genres: Ambient, Crossover Classical, Minimalist, Drone<BR><BR>On his 4th Projekt release Stockholm-based cellist and composer Henrik Meierkord creates melancholy steeped in pensive drama. His new album of ambient (and occasionally melodic) minimalist music drifts in the language of solitude alongside glimmers of light. The cello, violin, and viola resonate as raw, voices \u2014 each note a breath, a murmur, a sigh. Together with pedals and processing, the instrumental soundscapes create a space for longing.<br \/>\n<BR>\u201cThe title is very subjective,\u201d Meierkord observes, \u201cit describes your inner soul or mind. The space of longing, for me, is where I can breathe and let my neurotic ego vanish, and I just exist. I get there in the forest or at sea. It&#8217;s a space where I feel safe and where I can long for things, yet also know it might take one\u2019s whole life, like an odyssey. And of course when I&#8217;m making music I am in my space of longing.\u201d<br \/>\n<BR><B>Bandcamp Daily <\/B>picked Meierkord\u2019s <strong>Falling<\/strong> (2024) as an Album of the Day and wrote: \u201c(The music) often stems from a place of anxiety, serving as a balm for spells of unease. But unlike so many ambient-adjacent musicians today he\u2019s not using soundscapes as a conduit for wellness. Instead, Meierkord probes his inner darkness, locating a wellspring of creative energy in internal tumult\u2026 Far from your run-of-the-mill contemporary classical release where so many of his peers use traditional instrumentation to craft pristine scores for imaginary nature footage, Meierkord\u2019s murky pieces call to mind thematically challenging prose.&#8221;<br \/>\n<BR>&#8220;There is always something melancholic in the Nordic character,\u201d Meierkord observes. \u201cMelancholy blended with nature, sea and forest, snow and mountains and a folk tone that we grow up with. The Scandinavian winters are long, and we have to do something creative. I think dark music is something that touches your inner feelings and helps let your control go. It\u2019s like some kind of meditation to embrace your unconsciousness. Creating my music is emotionally driven. No rules, just feelings. 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