Barlett's sparse, subtle piano playing is laced through the Gloaming's music, moving it, and the music of Ireland, in captivating new directions.
But there's also this undercurrent of jazz and atmospheric sounds, subtle piano and solo saxophone sequences, connected by long, sweeping strings.
Notable throughout was his subtle balancing of the piano part's internal voices, including his highlighting of vital secondary lines.
The showroom, which looks like a glass cathedral of commerce, has such reverberating sound that the engineers who were recording the performance for later digital release on iTunes used subtle amplification, lest the piano become lost in an echo chamber.
(Chinen) BILL MAYS TRIO (Tuesday and Wednesday) This subtle and intriguing mainstream piano trio celebrates the release of "Live at the Jazz Standard" (Palmetto), recorded here at the end of last year.
Darling Arithmetic is full of songs about love – or rather, the anxieties that suffocate modern relationships, with plodding acoustic guitar, gentle piano and subtle electronics to try and lift it all.
Its music is characterized by low-key beats, sparse production, subtle string flourishes, mellow piano work, and subdued soul music loops.
Its varying soundscape incorporates electronic effects such as clicks, hisses, whooshes, and low-frequency synths, as well as subtle strings and scattered piano notes.
Corsa praises Mediocre, calling it a "deftly crafted alt-pop record", but notes that "it's the electronic embellishments, dub effects and jazz trimmings in the form of loose piano lines, subtle tempo changes and vocal improvisations that make it unique".
This week, Galás will concentrate on grand piano, with occasional subtle electronic effects.
The album features his trademark strong, spare, melodic piano lines, with subtle use of guitars, trumpet, strings and electronics.
