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Laya

by Simon Popp

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Frank Hardlic Listening to the album I always forget that it's musical themes are driven by percussion as lead instruments. So much depth and variety is so amazing. Kudos from the Landkreis. Favorite track: Salbnuß.
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~ DJ Megasoup (Selaroda) ~ A glorious blend of shimmering percussion and organic electronic touches, with some fascinatingly complex rhythms too. Definitely some eastern vibes in the sounds and styles (Gamelan in particular), and overall it's an interesting mix of groove and polyrhythmic complexity. I really dig this debut album and can't wait to hear more from this new artist.
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Moșu' Simon your work is really inspirational,sounds like you put all your heart into all that you do....
All your albums are a truly masterpiece.....
I am listening all your albums, when i am drawing/painting mandalas,you give me that energy,state and focusing.
Thank you for your work,you are an amazing artist.

With love from London Favorite track: Salbnuß.
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about

With seemingly effortless precision and a sense for the imperfect, Popp merges Ambient, Third Stream and Minimal Music on his debut album „Laya“. The title derives from the Sanskrit language and signifies a place of rest and mental inactivity. In the spring of 2019 Popp created these 8 tracks from hours of improvisation in his own studio. The moments thus captured were then enriched with more sounds and effects to add layers and shed the manually played percussion of all its earthliness. The result is an album of concealed complexity and unadorned beauty.

Raised on an old farm in rural Bavaria, Simon Popp started playing the drums at the age of 9. During his studies at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich, he extensively studied music from countries like Ghana, Benin, India and Cuba where rhythm is central to culture. On his quest for this world‘s sounds, Popp collected and recorded a wide variety of drums and other instruments, adding to the placelessness of Laya.

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released July 12, 2019

Written, Recorded and Mixed by Simon Popp
Mastered by Christoph Stickel at CS-Mastering
Distributed by wordandsound, sales@wordandsound.com
Artwork by Miro Maria Schachtner
Design by Daily Dialogue

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Drummer and Producer from Munich, Germany.

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