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From The Vault: Notes For The Future

by Todd Cochran

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Painted By The Sun 06:41
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In You I See Endless Memories 01:48
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Isms Prisms 05:06
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Transparencies 02:55
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We Make Two, Two Make We 02:34
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Eye Dreaming 03:48
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Moon Glow 02:22
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Hymn For the Hidden People 02:31
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The Spinning Circle 01:57
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Inseperable 07:58
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Notes for the future are the “imagined sometime in the past” tropes of a storyteller. Freed from everyday “isms” of convention and released from the symbolic containment of the vault, the music is an allegorical exploration in futurism. The stream running throughout the musical narrative is a speculative commentary about our human search for meaning – and we’re reminded that as a version of our ancestors’ vision, this quest never ends.

“From The Vault” is structured around a sequence of recurring themes and develops as an unfolding tour of references, hints, and clues. Moving from one perspective to another, we connect with how our planet is perpetually in a state of seeking solutions. Within the soundscape, without words, an underlying language is speaking. Nature evolves for the sum of us, not the few. We are in a continual state of becoming. We are connected. Love is passed along, as is happiness. Nevertheless, expressly for the listener, an implied sense of reasoning encourages us to feel free and let go of all things familiar. And then, “over there” in the distance, we get a passing glimpse of the sacred structure.

Todd Cochran is an American pianist, composer, keyboardist, electronic musician, and conceptual artist. Early in his career, he was also professionally known as Bayeté. Cochran started his career as a teenager with saxophonist John Handy. Two years later, he joined vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s Quartet and made his jazz recording debut, composing and performing on a benchmark album for Hutcherson, “Head On” (Blue Note Records). Cochran’s first solo project, “Worlds Around the Sun,” became a #1 jazz album. From the mid-1970s forward, Todd has experimented with and incorporated synthesizers, electronic and mixed-media concepts in his creative projects while collaborating with a wide range of artists in the genres of jazz, art rock, pop, R&B, and twenty-first-century classical.

In the 70s, Todd released two albums on Prestige Records. He was the keyboardist, principal composer, and lead singer of Automatic Man from 1976–1978 which also featured drummer Michael Shrieve and guitarist Pat Thrall. He was also a member of Fuse One, an all-star coalition of jazz musicians who released two albums on CTI Records in the 80s. The shortlist of his collaborations includes Peter Gabriel, Joan Armatrading, Maya Angelou, and Stewart Copeland.

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released June 23, 2023

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