Felixdroid (Nick Wallbank) undertook classical piano lessons at an early age and composers such as Bach, Debussy and Satie quickly became firm favourites. Whilst working his way through piano exams he also developed apenchant for experimentation, the placing of sticky tape to the strings, or drawing pins into the hammers began to open his ears to new timbres and new possibilities. Some years later whilst attending Art School in he was introduced to a recording studio where his appetite for new musical colours such as Cage, Reich, Stockhausen would feed his creativity and subsequently influence him. His current work ranges from simple and sometimes haunting piano pieces to complex electronic soundscapes. "The Longing" represents his most personal and inward looking work to date and features mostly acoustic sounding instruments such as piano, cello and vibes. It is mostly contemporary classical in genre and draws on his influences such as Max Richter and Sylvain Chauveau Felixdroid is excited by the vast sonic landscape that exists and strives to embrace all influences to enhance his work.

The Longing

Tagged as: Ambient, Other.

1. Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
2. Falling You: haunting, ethereal pop ambient
3. Jami Sieber: enchanting cello compositions
4. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
5. Thursday Group: melodic composed progressive Jazz
6. Sophia Marie: bad ass bass with soaring femme fatale vocals
7. Anamar: songs with a Latin and Afro mood, blended with Tango, Milonga, Morna, Rumba, Habanera
8. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello
9. Heavy Mellow: relaxing acoustic guitar duets
10. Stellamara: original Balkan-Near Eastern-Medieval-Ambient-World.
11. Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
12. John Williams: bluesy and jazzy guitar
13. Daniel Bautista: while my guitar gently shreds
14. Williamson: instrumental electronic space pop
15. Sebastian Forster: exquisitely performed Beethoven piano sonatas
16. Jan Hanford: solo piano
17. Jeffrey Luck Lucas: darkly gorgeous, cinematic folk
18. Fernwood: Music played by hand on instruments made of wood
19. Ruben van Rompaey: passionate Eastern percussion
20. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.