‘Waiting Music’ is A tribute to the process of deepening - created through eclectic synthesizer-soundscapes.
Waiting Music
The focus point for ‘Waiting Music’ is anticipation. To sense the deeper intense experience of something by stepping back and let things take their course. This has been a decisive element in the creation of waiting music and also in the final manifestation.
March 2021 Reviews of Waiting Music
“…mesmerising pieces of music …Overall ‘Waiting Music’ is a fascinating album that makes the listener re-think their relationship, not just with the act of waiting but the space we wait in. ‘Waiting Music’ is filled with delicious melodies that hang about the room like the smoke from blown-out candles.” (Vital Weekly)
"It has resulted in a very beautiful, warm and extremely subdued work… I really like it.” (Politiken, 4/6 stars).
"The Danish composer, bandleader and keyboardist Anders Filipsen has something quite unique to come up with in all areas… Anders Filipsen has definitely found his own voice - a voice that is both soothing and good to be in company with." (Nettavisen - 5/6 stars).
"Waiting Music" pays homage to the state where we are just a place, with an open mind ... It opens doors to something else. I will try to be in that state ... so that I can be even more receptive to Filipsen's fine sonic meditations. “ (Kristelig Dagblad - 4/6 stars).
“Danish composer Anders Filipsen delivers something serene and uncannily innocent in this record..There’s that sense of clarity…of rising through the clouds and breaking the surface to see endless clear skies.“ (Audioxide)
“«Waiting Music» succeeds to offer an-out-of-time immersive sonic experience. The 12 meditative soundscapes develop gently and patiently… the atmospheric synthesizers wash away our daily routines and enable us to contemplate on the natural course of life, not obtrusive by human actions.” (Salt Peanuts, Eyal Hareuveni).
“The music is intense and hypnotic. Filipsen's synth soundscapes are beautiful, seemingly endless horizons of immense beauty with invigorating variations. “ (Ivan Rod - 4/5 stars).
"With this his first solo release, Anders Filipsen has shown new sides of his great musical surplus." (Jazzspecial, Bjarne Søltoft).