Al Swainger's Pointless Beauty - A Lonely Vigil

by Al Swainger

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1.	Meditation 02:23	info
2.	Checkpoint Charlie 501 03:43	info
3.	I Thought I Found You 07:31	info
4.	Supplication 00:57	info
5.	Beauty In The Dark 04:14	info
6.	Through The Void (Pt 1) 03:52	info
7.	The Last Voyage of FH732 04:25	info
8.	Transition 02:07	info
9.	Till The Sun Falls 15:30	info

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A first collection of soundscapes and improvisations for my solo project Pointless Beauty.

This album consists of music created and performed entirely by me. Future albums are likely to include more collaborative material.

I chose the title ‘Pointless Beauty’ to refer to my own disaffection with what I’m constantly bombarded with as the ‘correct’ way of doing things. There’s a perception that music should serve a commercial purpose and each area of music creators or promoters seem to have quite fixed ideas about what that entails. The only purpose of the music created for this project is that I, personally, should find it emotionally rewarding in some way – hopefully other people will connect with it in their own way. For those unable to connect or find purpose in what I create this music will seem pointless but for me it will always be beautiful.

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released December 31, 2014

All performance, composition, arrangement, production & mixing by Al Swainger.

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Al Swainger Bristol, UK

Cinematic Fusion for the Emotionally Curious

www.pointlessbeauty.com

Rich and eclectic atmospheres to help you daydream and stimulate your emotions.

Pointless Beauty is the contemporary project of bassist, digital artist, composer, producer Al Swainger.

Blending a wide range of influences improvised music, this is a very personal take on what jazz or progressive music could be. ... more