Hiddenness by Richard J. Birkin
When I get a commission to pitch tracks for production music libraries, I have this method of automatic writing. Sit at the piano and come up with five ideas. Record each one as a phone memo. Go and do something else. Repeat.
When I have about 20 ideas, I’ll go to the studio and play each one to see if there’s potential there…if there’s a feeling or a meaning that wants to be teased out.
Hiddenness came from doing for a commission in the first week of March, but I knew I wanted to keep it for myself.
There was something nostalgic and charming about it.
I like the way that the left hand is steady, but the right hand dances toward and away from the point where the two hands meet.
When I first played it for my partner, she picked up on this without me saying anything. And she carried on riffing the visual…a hallway, maybe a hallway in an old house…with servants. Maybe it’s the hallway to the servant’s quarters. Either way there are two people on their way to their respective rooms, drawn to each other but missing each other’s glances. A quiet potential, a hidden dance.
Tracklist
| 1. | Hiddenness | 3:16 |
Videos
Credits
Written, recorded and mixed by Richard Birkin (April 2025)
Mastered by Joe Caithness (April 2025)
Artwork by Jim Cork @ Explore Studio (April 2025)
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License
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Richard Birkin is a recording artist and composer for TV & Film. His work has been recorded/performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra quartet, ISKRA Strings and Sinfonia Viva players; recorded at Abbey Road Studio 2 and Nils Frahm’s Durton Studio; featured in the Sky Atlantic/Canal+ series The Young Pope starring Jude Law; and licensed by Armani, BBC Radio 4 and NASA.