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With his neoclassical and minimalist piano compositions, Wouter Dewit has long been recognized alongside celebrated names like Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, and Joep Beving.For his latest album, he challenged himself—and his audience—by recording a single, 50-minute piece. Hold also marks the conclusion of a trilogy, following Still (2017) and Here (2019). The album will be released on March 14 on V2 Records.
The seeds for Hold were sown over five years ago, even before the global pandemic took hold. “I was simply continuing my work after Still and Here,” Dewit explains. “The idea of playing one continuous 50-minute track came early on, partly out of stubbornness—to see if I could pull it off. One weekend in 2020, I played the piano in a single take, without looking at the clock, including the inevitable small imperfections that come with playing for so long. Later, we added bass, drums, strings, and electronics. But the piano line remained the untouched canvas I didn’t want to alter.”
An album with a single track, split into two 25-minute parts for vinyl, is hardly a conventional commercial move, Dewit acknowledges. “When the vinyl format split it into two parts, it turned out to work surprisingly well. I enjoy those kinds of serendipities.” A fun fact: both Still and Here also run exactly 50 minutes. “This is the first time I’m asking so much from the listener. It demanded a lot from me too, but it was something I had to do at least once.”
The seeds for Hold were sown over five years ago, even before the global pandemic took hold. “I was simply continuing my work after Still and Here,” Dewit explains. “The idea of playing one continuous 50-minute track came early on, partly out of stubbornness—to see if I could pull it off. One weekend in 2020, I played the piano in a single take, without looking at the clock, including the inevitable small imperfections that come with playing for so long. Later, we added bass, drums, strings, and electronics. But the piano line remained the untouched canvas I didn’t want to alter.”
An album with a single track, split into two 25-minute parts for vinyl, is hardly a conventional commercial move, Dewit acknowledges. “When the vinyl format split it into two parts, it turned out to work surprisingly well. I enjoy those kinds of serendipities.” A fun fact: both Still and Here also run exactly 50 minutes. “This is the first time I’m asking so much from the listener. It demanded a lot from me too, but it was something I had to do at least once.”
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