Putting out an experimental song or a composition, if you will, as a single, particularly one that runs around eight minutes is a risk for an artist. Yet, it really has to be a good one so that it will make an impact at all.
The Netherlands composer/artist Maarten Rischen decided to take that risk with his most recent single release “Serenity.” Was the risk worth taking?
Rischen is often dubbed as “a man with no plan,” but he actually can be dubbed as an artist who keeps doing something different every time he steps out. He already worked with a string of different bands and has composed music for theatre and dance ensembles, owned and operated several music studios where he was at the helm of dozens of albums, worked in a circus, and set up music venues in Asia.
All that vast experience and sound experiments are evident here on aptly titled “Serenity.” Playing and producing everything himself here, he combines post-classical and ambient themes with all things water as an undercurrent, something that probably has something to do with the fact that he was able to breathe underwater until the age of four.
It is a free-flowing music, that shifts and changes during the duration of this composition – serenity at its best. Will it make it as a single? Who knows, but it should certainly find itself on many late-night playlists around the world.
