adapted from the press release by Ben Hogwood<\/strong><\/p>\n Award-winning US pianist and composer Dustin O\u2019Halloran<\/strong> releases new single Red<\/em> \u2013 the second single taken from his forthcoming The Chromatic Sessions EP<\/em>, to be released on 8\u00a0October on Splinter Music<\/strong>. An improvised piano piece recorded in a single take in his Reykjav\u00edk studio; it\u2019s a rather beautiful private moment to make up the second of three tracks forming The Chromatic Sessions\u2019EP<\/em>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a productive couple of years for O\u2019Halloran. Late last year he scored two films, including Scarlett Johansson\u2019s directorial debut Eleanor the Great<\/em>, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. His ambitious 2024 album 1 0 0 1<\/em>, released on Deutsche Grammophon, was an immersive concept album that asked questions about the place of human consciousness in the age of AI.<\/p>\n Red<\/em> is a partner piece to Gold<\/em> \u2013 released last month \u2013 with a final chromatic track titled Blue<\/em> set to follow. The theme of colours emerged organically during the process of writing and recording.\u00a0\u201cIt wasn\u2019t something pre-planned,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Dustin.\u00a0\u201cI was improvising on the piano every day, and I realised I was always thinking about colours as I wrote. When you have the mic set up and you\u2019re recording, it puts you into deep focus. There\u2019s something about that red light being on that really pulls you into the moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcana.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tcs_ep_01_3000x3000px.jpg\")
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