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SLEEP: Tranquility Base - Kelly Lee Owens Remix

Max RichterKelly Lee Owens

“When I first heard the vocal in this track, it moved me to tears, so I wanted to create a reworking where that became the centrepiece with everything else swirling around it. The vocal felt both ancient and as though it was casting spells on the future. Ultimately, nothing is more direct emotionally than the human voice, so I added layers of my own strings, synths and percussion to accentuate that emotion.” - Kelly Lee Owens

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Max Richter

Max Richter (1966) is a British pianist and composer working for stage, opera, ballet and screen. Classically trained, he studied composition in Edinburgh, London, and with Luciano Berio in Italy. Producing multiple landmark albums and extensively working for film and television since the early 2000s, Richter is one of the most influential figures of contemporary classical music. One of his most ambitious projects, “Sleep” (2015), is an eight-and-a-half-hour body of work based on neuroscience.

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