I remember watching a documentary about the late Icelandic composer Johan Johnson. The one line that stuck with me was his music could "peel away at the heart of those who don't know how to feel or are afraid to." I can the same about songs like Wayfarers path from Cursed Kingdoms or others from Twisted Forest, They can breakthrough anyone's heart no matter how hardened it has become from life.
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I really appreciate the compliment (and now I'm going to have to look up Johan Johnson), and it's great to hear that the music is connecting with you in that way. The 'dark fantasy' vibe that I've tried to carry through the CK sets is more charged emotionally than a more clinical orchestral or synth performance might be. The instrumentation and idioms mix a lot of ethnic sounds and unconventional noises that create a really great atmosphere. I also love finding instruments I never knew about... I recently got kind of obsessed with the tagelharpa, which I used (a virtual version of) in a set of CK tracks I need to get released on here called 'Untold Tales.'