Openness: CD
This is the only place online where this a physical copy of this first of Josh Bradford's released recordings can be purchased (under the name Joshua Bradford).
All the music on the release comes from a prolific period of music composing between the years 1997 and 2002 during Bradford’s college years. The compositions are ordered and presented as
This is the only place online where this a physical copy of this first of Josh Bradford's released recordings can be purchased (under the name Joshua Bradford).
All the music on the release comes from a prolific period of music composing between the years 1997 and 2002 during Bradford’s college years. The compositions are ordered and presented as if they are part of a 3 sided LP if such a thing were to exist, devoting a full side to its final 20 minute track. Each third presents pieces that grow in proportion, both in time and in form. The pieces alternate between electronic and acoustic piano, with the one song directly appearing in the very center of the cycle. There is also a clearly deliberate symmetry provided in the way the music progresses, creating a sort of duality in mood. “eternity” breaths of sound within a short span of 5 minutes pitted against the final epically proportioned and ever expanding “…journey…” The peaceful, lilting movement of “between Memory and Silence” finds its yang in the relentless incessant drive of “Looking Glass.” And the joyous rhythmic celebration of “Openness I” desolves into a somber, stoic presence within a few minutes in the glacially moving “still.”
The photography features several beautiful images by artist Anthony Marcus Black (Anthony Jacobus at the time of this release) showing Josh in places that seem to tell a sort of story apart from the music on the release.
This music has found some surprisingly enthusiastic listeners and praise including one Mannuel Arredando who states “it’s the most beautiful music Josh has composed.” Then in 2012, one of the pieces, “Looking Glass,” received a big break when it was used in the gripping documentary Raid at the Rainbow Lounge, directed by Robert Camina, who called the music “haunting.” That piece received a digital release in the summer of 2012 as part of a 2 track release of music written by Josh Bradford used in that film. CD will arrive in its original shrink wrap if ordered unsigned, or you may order it signed with a special message.