Description
Label Review.
2017 album.
Our Overview.
‘Ballroom Ghosts’ is the resplendent debut from composer Jim Copperthwaite. The album is an expansive new work from a masterful artist of both classical form and musical innovation.
Writing this album, Jim became fascinated with the idea of the residue of the people and music that once filled now often empty spaces. Walking in these ballrooms and halls, we feel traces, a sense of numinous awe in their presence. Ballroom Ghosts acts as a séance, summoning these presences through an enigmatic sound rich in magic and splendour. As a soundtrack artist in his own right, Jim’s tracks recall the work of Danny Elfman in their haunting, choral refrains.
As a soundtrack artist in his own right, Jim’s tracks recall the work of Danny Elfman in their haunting, choral refrains. However, Jim has also always had an affinity for the avant garde and his music box orchestrations are driven through with the repetitive, percussive iterations of Steve Reich, calling to mind Jamie xx’s most recent collaborations with Wayne McGregor and the Royal Ballet.
This debut album from Jim Copperthwaite stands out as his most intimate and personal work to date: a fantastical demonstration of a composer at the peak of his abilities. It is an invitation to a world that exists beneath the one we see Close your eyes and come walk these halls, and experience the atmospheric beauty of Ballroom Ghosts.