Louis-Étienne Santais Unveils "Reflection I" | Debut Solo Piano LP Out Nov 27th

Louis-Étienne Santais leaves nothing to chance. For his latest single, the composer presents the nostalgic “Reflection I”, the title song of his first solo piano album to be released on November 27th via Coyote Records. It is available for pre-order now.

LISTEN/SHARE: Louis-Étienne Santais “Reflection I”

For this piece, the Quebec City composer and producer offers a simple and catchy melody that, supported by sophisticated arrangements, plunges the listener into a most soothing state of mind. Reflection I is in fact a musical analogy to a long-standing friendship: its rhythm is rather slow, its roots are solid (imaged by the deep bass notes) and it represents two pieces that complement each other, here the harmonious blend of two piano motifs.

For this last piece, Louis-Étienne offers a quite simple in nature and catchy melody which, supported by refined and soothing accompaniment, plunges the listener into a most peaceful state of mind. The low octaves resonate softly throughout the song, helping to create depth and warmth. In fact, Reflection I is a musical analogy for a life-long friendship: it’s slowly paced, has strong roots (sonically imaged by the deep bass notes) and seamlessly blends distinct parts, two parts of felt piano with some cinematic string harmonics pedals that complement each other.

“This piece cannot be played by one musician alone, it needs extra hands to be executed properly. I composed it in 2016 with the help of my old friend Thomas Casault, the lead singer from my project ‘Fjord’.”

With “Reflection I”, four tracks from Louis-Étienne's new album are now available everywhere.

Already millions of streams

While he is just announcing the release of his album at the end of the month, Louis-Étienne Santais reaches, by the same token, two million streams on digital platforms. Within the first week, the neo-classical composer made a remarkable ascent by carving out a place for himself on Spotify. His first piece "Augustines" quickly made its way onto the most influential instrumental playlists such as Peaceful Piano (6M followers), Instrumental Study (1.35M followers), Perfect Concentration (664,000 followers) and many others.

An unhoped-for success for the one who launched his project barely three months ago. Although, Louis-Étienne Santais will be presenting some of his compositions for the first time on November 20 at the Palais Montcalm, opening for Ghostly Kisses. Tickets for the webcast are on sale right here: https://bit.ly/3hOJWwR

Reflection I is out on 27th November 2020 via Coyote Records.