Ilias Gomatos - "A Dream By Day" - Full Album

Hi Ilias,

Well done! These remind me of Eric Satie, which I like a lot. 

A few random thoughts:

I like the cover art, it fits well.

I don't know what modes you are using but it gives the pieces very interesting melodies, especially in the first two pieces, pulling the listener in.

I appreciate the use of odd/non-duple meter throughout. It seems to add to the dream-like quality.

The first two pieces to me sounded fully composed out where most of the pieces later on sounded almost like a jazz chart where the tune is played and then the chord changes are improvised on. The first time you used grace notes it threw me off a bit as I wasn't expecting it compared to the first piece. I can hear improvisation-like things a little in the first two, so I think all the pieces still go together, but in my head I've separated the pieces into two categories of pieces with improvisation and those without. For example, in "A Dream By Day", it sounds very improvisational around minute 7 or so. Maybe it's the ordering of the pieces, but after the first piece or two I felt setup for something and then was given something slightly different, made me pause and go wait a second. Not bad, just want you to be aware of the effect the whole album might have.

I really like what's happening at minute 7:30 to the end of the piece.