Cone Of Silence

Cone Of Silence is a collection of nine pieces, isolated and muted in their nature. Only exception is “Gracefully” (written over a F# major pedal that brings a bit of light at the end) and possibly “Amber” (has a strong major vibe in the coda G-F-Eb).

Majority of the suite employ minor harmonies in D, E, F and G for the main themes. It helps to create a nice flow and overall coherency. Spiral and 4am have loose tonality. Former has a body of major harmonies arranged in a way to create a dark mood (i.e. B-E-C-Eb major) with final part in F# major (links to the suite final Gracefully). Latter based on the quartal harmonies in the right hand that start and end on a G# minor vamp.

The overall idea was to create a sense of solitude and detachment.
Make it dark, but not entirely, and infuse light tones and muted warm colours.

I consider Cone Of Silence as a shadow sibling to There Will Be Rainbow. Light and dark, dawn and dusk.

Blixx
Amber
Voices / Echoes
Lilac
Sentiments
Spiral
4am
Gracefully

Photography by Dmitry Egorov.
Cover design by Sergey Bryukhno.

Released through Oclassica in January 2024.

Listen: https://tszigyarto.bandcamp.com/album/cone-of-silence