ABOUT THE RELEASE

There’s something quietly stubborn about opening a track with tuba. It’s not the obvious choice—but that’s exactly why it works. On Mist, Swedish composer Ivan Ivarsson lets that low, foggy horn set the mood, like someone calling out across an empty field at dawn.

Piano drifts in, unhurried. The two instruments have a conversation that never feels rushed, leaving space for silence to do its work. It’s intimate without being precious—more like overhearing something genuine than being shown something polished.

Halfway through, strings start to build. Not in that big cinematic way, but gradually, like weather rolling in. Then everything eases back down: tuba returns, then just piano, then quiet.

Working at the intersection of neo-classical composition and ambient electronics, Ivarsson crafts something that resists easy categorisation. Mist lives in the space between acoustic and electronic, where boundaries blur, and melodies lodge themselves somewhere deep. Not hooks exactly—something subtler. The kind of phrases that surface in your mind hours later, unbidden.

It’s music that asks for your attention and rewards it, letting time move differently for five minutes. A piece that doesn’t announce itself but refuses to leave, like the last light before dark.

Release date: 2025-12-05

CREDIT

Composed and produced by Ivan Ivarsson
Mixed and mastered by Ivan Ivarsson
Artwork by Ivan Ivarsson