Sophie Hutchings

Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:38 minutes | 743 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

‘A World Outside’ is a breakthrough album for composer-pianist Sophie Hutchings, seeing her expand into cinematic soundscapes with strings, electronics and vocals alongside her signature intimate solo piano sound. An avid surfer and deep lover of the outdoors Sophie draws inspiration from the land for her new album, and ventures to new horizons collaborating with indigenous singers, including the highly-respected Yolngu songman Rrawun Maymuru from Yirrkala (a remote community in Australia’s Northern Territory).

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Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:45:38 minutes | 743 MB | Genre: Classique
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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Sophie Hutchings – Echoes In The Valley (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:16 minutes | 730 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

After a whirlwind 2020, with almost every artists’ musical endeavours being put on hold, Sophie Hutchings made the best of a bad situation, and now we are presented with her album Echoes in the Valley. The original plan for Sophie’s latest release was to record in Nils Frahm’s studio in Berlin, however, the pandemic had other plans. Instead, Sophie returned to her home of Australia and spent a week in the Byron Hinterland. The Hinterland is a stretch of rolling hills and untouched bush inland from Byron Bay, Australia’s most eastern point. Sprinkled throughout the Hinterland are hiking trails, waterfalls and quaint towns, those typical of a Banjo Patterson poem. After being presented with an unfamiliar piano in a shack in the middle of nowhere, over three short days Hutching’s got to work creating the masterpiece that is Echoes in the Valley.

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Sophie Hutchings – Scattered On The Wind (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:52 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

Australian pianist/composer Sophie Hutchings has been hailed for her approach to the classical genre, with her playing described by The Guardian as having “an intimate, contemplative quality” and a “genuine sense of beauty.” Scattered on the Wind is her debut album on Mercury KX, a piano-driven album with strings & other elements, all about surrendering to the unknown, trusting that any path will lead one to their rightful place.

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