Aleix Riera
// composer & pianistALEIX RIERA is an arranger, composer, performer, and pianist from Barcelona, Spain. His albums “Computers’ Synthesystem I” (1999), “Computers’ Synthesystem II” (1999), “Twilight Zone” (2003), JESDAT’s “The City Lights” (2004), “Alicante Sessions” (2005), “Barcelona E-Sound” (2005), and “Paseos Intimos” (2009) were all independently released, “Exoniqe” (2003) is available from Lightnet Music, “Electronic Tour 1 [2CD]” (2004), and “Electronic Tour 2 [2CD]” (2006) are both available from Astropop Productions, “Parts Off – The Best of Everkindness” (2009) is available from Zzero Productions, “Into The Darkness” (2010) is available from Lost Frontier Productions, and “Electronic Tour 4 [2CD]” (2010) is available from Xethis Productions. Aleix Riera’s instrumental music combines classical-electronica and new age arrangements with piano textures to create minimalist music with purpose. Aleix is also a former artist of Barcelona E-Sound, and continues working in several musical projects, including collaborations with the progressive rock band JESDAT, fusion music, piano scores, ballet soundtracks, and modern dance compositions.
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Interview:
Music’s spiritual significance is when you truly feel music comes straight from a composer’s heart, or a place where you think you will remain. When these things come true, music has let your spirit enter, live, and feel the path it was made to follow. That gives music’s significance. A composer is similar to an architect. They make the place, the space, and even the time in order for a concrete message to be enclosed.
Music can also carry out a kind of spiritual experience, which does not have to agree with the listener, who actually feels and builds his own world inside that place, space, and time. For me, more than significance, music contributes a complete spiritual experience. While our culture, society, and way of life tend to make us forget our own spiritual needs; music always creates a path to allow our soul to listen, to see, to feel, and to communicate. This is true whether you are being the architect (composer) or the feelings builder (listener).
“While our culture, society, and way of life tend to make us forget our own spiritual needs; music always creates a path to allow our soul to listen, to see, to feel, and to communicate.” – Aleix Riera, composer and pianist
