Album Notes

Michael William Gilbert's new CD, “I Can See from Here”, is a stunning mix of jazz, folk, electronic soundscape, world music, and electro-acoustic ambience. It features a collaboration piece with guest guitarist Peter Kaukonen, San Francisco Bay Area guitarist, who has played, toured, and recorded with Black Kangaroo, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Johnny Winter.

In addition, music written for the score of the film "The Nightingale Princess" is also featured, as well as a piece for electronic chamber orchestra, "Sometimes I See the Sky".

"I find much contemporary and electronic music suffers from a coldness or soullessness; as a result, I have tried to make mine a more human music, a fusion of synthesized, instrumental, and natural sounds. When composing, I electronically orchestrate each piece into a soundscape. The music is not just a simple mixture, but a genuine synthesis of pan-cultural musical styles. Above all, I want to make my music sing!"