“The Awakening” latest release from OHNomad feels less like a composition and more like an invitation to step outside the boundaries of time, body, and memory. Performed with breathtaking subtlety by pianist Chi-Jo Lee, the track opens the door to a larger sonic journey, the first movement of an eight-part suite modeled after Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
From its first delicate notes, “The Awakening” drifts between serenity and mystery. The melody feels alive, blooming slowly, then folding back into silence as if caught between breaths. Each chord seems to expand into infinity, echoing the story behind the piece: a soul wandering through shifting realms of consciousness, meeting alternate versions of itself across multiverses. The music mirrors that experience perfectly, meditative, cinematic, and profoundly human.
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Recorded on November 8, 2025, at Allegro Recordings under the expert ear of Grammy-winning engineer Matthew Snyder, the piece carries a warm, crystalline tone that captures every nuance of Chi-Jo Lee’s performance. Her phrasing is both precise and emotional, giving the music a tactile sense of awakening, as though the piano itself is breathing.
Visually, the artwork co-designed by OHNomad and French illustrator Aude deepens the experience. The female figure depicted isn’t merely symbolic; she embodies both composer and performer, a fusion of thought and feeling, intellect and intuition.
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“The Awakening” functions as a meditative prologue to OHNomad’s forthcoming suite, promising an odyssey through sound and self. It’s classical in structure, modern in spirit, and timeless in effect, a reminder that even in silence, something within us is always stirring.
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