Tiny Leaves' new album Mynd, a sonic landscape recorded during a residency with the National Trust, is due out this Friday

Today he shares new video for ‘Campanula Rotundifolia' and the Mynd album documentary

Watch / share music video: https://youtu.be/_d6KiBMDGG0

Watch / share documentary: https://youtu.be/CGHG0fDCTVM

Image by E. Pike

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WATCH / SHARE 'CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA':
https://youtu.be/_d6KiBMDGG0

WATCH MYND DOCUMENTARY:

Short version - https://youtu.be/CGHG0fDCTVM (3mins14secs)
Full length - https://youtu.be/nHauWwGifbk (10mins48secs)

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https://tinyleaves.bandcamp.com/album/mynd

Today, critically acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist Joel Pike AKA Tiny Leaves, shares new single and video ‘Campanula Rotundifolia', taken from his new album Mynd due out this Friday (July 14th). Inspired by the movement of the Long Mynd landscape, ‘Campanula Rotundifolia’ captures the mesmerising movement of the Harebell flowers swaying with the wind. From watching videos Pike had captured during his adventures, like the one he shares today, he would mirror their movement in the studio, creating melodies through flickering piano notes.

In addition to the new music video, Tiny Leaves also presents today, a documentary crafted by Robin Fellows-Weir between 2021 and 2023. The compelling film delves deep into the artistic and technical journey behind the creation of Mynd, while showcasing the breathtaking landscapes that served as the inspiration for the album.

His new album Mynd, out this Friday, is a sonic portrait of the Shropshire countryside. The album features a mesmerising mix of atmospheric soundscapes, haunting strings, and enchanting piano melodies, intertwined with field and bio data recordings from Pike's residency with the National Trust at The Long Mynd, an AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

Inspired by David Tress, in his expressive paintings of the British landscape, Tiny Leaves often explores ways to interpret a landscape in music and how it feels to be there: “For a few years, I’ve been exploring what it means to have a sense of belonging to a place (Cynefin) and somehow interpret how a landscape could be represented in sound” Pike. His 2017 album Notes on Belonging, saw him present these explorations from a distance. However, Mynd sees Pike delve into new territories, experimenting with processes and challenges new to him, whilst fully immersing himself in the landscape of Long Mynd.

Upon returning to his homeland of Shropshire and studying a postgraduate by research degree, which entailed creating a body of music set in the Shropshire ANOB, Pike was inspired by his time spent in the local hills and valleys: “I didn’t realise until I returned, how much I’d missed the sense of belonging to this landscape and its familiar ridge lines. I had an urge to explore this feeling in my music and to spend time in the lush green hills and valleys''.

During his time here, Pike became acutely aware of the fragility of nature, which alongside the backdrop of climate change and the sounds of nature being amplified during the pandemic, motivated him to make ecology themed music. He started leaning in closer to the sounds of the nature that surrounded him, often taking walks, microphone in hand, carefully listening to the birdsong, wind, water and all the other sounds in nature.

Longing to explore the larger narrative of portraying a place, its ecology and its feeling through music, Pike moved a number of his instruments and equipment into the former shop at National Trust Carding Mill Valley site and set up his residency (a first both for them and Pike). Being at the heart of Long Mynd allowed him to record his responses to his surroundings in real-time, taking adventures deep into the landscape, making field and biodata recordings, and tapping into the expertise of the local National Trust staff to dive into the wildlife and sites off the beaten track.

Explore the Mynd Project photo collection HERE

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