The cinematic music of Norwegian composer/producer and keyboard player Christian Welde has elements of electronica, classical, jazz and pop.
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The 2021 edit of Seascape is out
Seascape has its origin from the debut album Fairytales (1998). It was the last track on the album and included a “hidden/secret track”, 30 sec after its end. On this 2021 version, the hidden track is removed, no more secrets! The track has also got som sonic treatment and a 2021 “makeover”. If you wantContinue reading “The 2021 edit of Seascape is out”
FLOW is out
The single Flow is now available on all streaming and download sites.
Cover artwork for FLOW
I am very happy to present the cover for the upcoming single FLOW, to be released on May 21. Visual artist Olaug V. Welde is the creator of the wonderful image, that she very kindly let me use.
Throwback to PROGs article on Illuminate
In 2015 Prog magazines writer Martin Kielty did an article on the Illuminate album, featuring Pink Floyd backing singer Durga McBroom.
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New music video
New music video released.
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“Frankfurt” featured on exciting playlist
BLADE RUNNER | CYBERPUNK | SHADOWRUN | ALTERED CARBON | NEUROMANCER That is the title of the Spotify playlist where I am featured together with lots of other great composers and artists. Thanks to Michael Schubert for putting this list together. Music and soundscapes of a futuristic and bleak megacity, inspired by BLADE RUNNER. –Continue reading ““Frankfurt” featured on exciting playlist”
Old tapes transferred to new format
The industry standard master format, the DAT-tape is no longer in use. I still have lots of ideas and sketches in this format, so I will spend the weekend and the following days to transfer these to the computer as audio files. Hopefully some forgotten gems might turn into full production in the future. ItContinue reading “Old tapes transferred to new format”
When a Pink Floyd singer guested my album
In 2015 Pink Floyd backing singer Durga McBroom was featured as singer on two tracks on my Illuminate album. The title single and the song When Night Falls.
Merchandise
Looking for something new to put on? Check out the When Echoes Fade merch here.
Happy New Year!
With radio airplay and chart placement of “When Echoes Fade” last winter, release of the single “Aerial” in May, and re-recording of “Darling Blue” with Geir Halleland in August, the conclusion is that last year also had some musical highlights. Suddenly there will be some releases in 2021 too! Happy New Year!
Radio interview (Norwegian)
Christian Welde komponerer musikk hjemme i Kopervik og spiller selv alt av keyboards. Når han skal hente inn stemmer og andre instrumenter, bruker han folk i Nashville, Los Angeles, New York og Asker. Hør intervju med Egil Houeland i forbindelse med slipp av singelen When Echoes Fade i november 2019.
Summer Forest doing well on playlists
Summer Forest featured on playlist by LightJourneyMusic.com. Ambient tones is a playlist by LightJourneyMusic.com featuring artists like David Helping, Brian Eno and Biosphere. I am happy to be a part of this great company.
December music
They may not be Christmas songs, but a few of my tracks have a Christmas or December mood to them. Starting with two tracks from the Fairytales album, The Colour of December and Dreams of Christmas. Then, in 2006, the single December Song was released. It featured Alice Hellevik Solum on vocals and Roger PedersenContinue reading “December music”
Video launch October 4th
Watch the premiere for the Aerial music video at 6 PM Sunday October 4th.
30 year old song re-recorded
One of Christians “old” songs, Darling Blue, was recently re-recorded by Norwegian artist Geir Halleland. Halleland also recorded the song back in 1992. Listen to the song here.
New music for solo trumpet published
The piece Reflections is written for solo trumpet. It is available as sheet music via link below. Click here to find out more.
Aerial is out now
The instrumental ambient single Aerial is out on all digital streaming and download services.
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