Anticipation, the fourth solo piano EP from Nigel Braddock

Braddock’s fourth EP of atmospheric solo piano music sees him continue to embrace the sound of the felt piano. The four pieces on offer include one of his first compositions, Swamp Dervish, written twenty years ago when he was living by the Te Henga wetlands near Auckland. After a visit from a musician friend who had just returned from India with a sarod, Braddock was inspired to write a piece based on a scale his friend showed him.

Having learnt piano from the age of six and studying classical piano performance at Otago University, Braddock ended up pursuing a career in the music industry, first managing record stores in Auckland and then setting up his own record label in 2000.

During the last twenty years or so, as well as running his label, Braddock has worked as a sound engineer, producer, dj, band manager, tour manager, promoter and directed music videos. Now based in Berlin, he finds himself having come full circle and is preparing to release an album of solo piano compositions that have slowly taken shape during that time.

Braddock also has numerous other musical projects including collaborations as The Mung Beings, Dystopia, Cosmo and the Cosmonaut (with his son) and The Tellurians as well as his solo electronic projects Broad Oak and Chaom Nomsky.