Cephas Azariah - Joy Paradox

Anjunadeep

£28.78

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: ANJLP147
Barcode: 5039060331279
Release Date: 20 Dec 2024
Genre: Neo Classical

Indian-born British composer Cephas Azariah presents his highly anticipated debut album, a 12-track neo-classical LP 'Joy Paradox' to Reflections.

Cephas was always drawn to classical composition, he studied Music Theology and the Arts at Middlesex university and began composing soundtracks for film right away. He drew on the full spectrum of his influences to write his debut album, including neo-classical, ambient and cinematic, and wrote it in his home studio with a piano he bought off Facebook Marketplace. "I finished it all in Scotland in a cabin by the lochs," he says. "It was a beautiful way to wrap it up."

Every track on Cephas Azariah's 'Joy Paradox' has a story, tending to resolve personal conflicts through music, with each piece acting as a gentle unravelling of inner unrest. "This project is a summary of thirty years of life, and a realisation that you can't have good things without sacrifice," Cephas says. "Achieving success takes a certain level of suffering, and that's the paradox of joy."

Tracklist
A1. Recompose
A2. Joy Paradox
A3. Kintsugi
A4. Contours
B1. Manna
B2. Mellowness Of The Heart
B3. Fading Anxieties
B4. Unhurried
C1. Amber Clouds
C2. Faber
C3. Faber Sanctum
C4. A Prologue For Winter
D1. Recompose (In Nature) (Vinyl Bonus Track)
D2. Joy Paradox (Strings Reprise) (Vinyl Bonus Track)
D3. Kintsugi (In Nature) (Vinyl Bonus Track)
D4. Contours (Strings Reprise) (Vinyl Bonus Track)