Barbican

Joseph Jordan Allen

neoclassical ambient · electric piano

The catalogue

Room Tone

Slow Rooms

TLH

The Long Hallway

Liner notes

Room ToneA single mood held for the length of the record — stillness, mostly.

Slow RoomsA single mood held for the length of the record — room tone, mostly.

The Long HallwayA single mood held for the length of the record — the long hallway, mostly.

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In the lineage of Erik Satie · Claude Debussy · Ludovico's quiet school · Federico Mompou · Harold Budd

The story

Warm electric piano — instrumental rooms built for reflection and calm.

I write neoclassical ambient on the electric piano. Mostly it's about stillness and room tone — ordinary things, made a little more visible.

There are a handful of records — “Room Tone”, “Slow Rooms”, “The Long Hallway” — and they belong together.

FAQ

What am I actually hearing?: Mostly electric piano, in neoclassical ambient. Influences somewhere in the background: Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Ludovico's quiet school.
Why is it all so… slow?: Because neoclassical ambient isn't trying to win the room. It's room tone, mostly — made to sit underneath a moment rather than interrupt it.
Do you take commissions?: Occasionally, for the right project. Enquiries via the label.

Live — intimate shows

Plays now and then, small rooms only, mostly around the UK — a hall, a back room, sometimes someone's front room. Nothing big. If you'd like to host one, get in touch.

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