#erik-satie

#erik-satie

These twenty-seven previously unheard works by Erik Satie, from playful cabaret songs to minimalist nocturnes, have been painstakingly pieced together from hundreds of small notebooks.

Remarking on how unusual it was to find a single previously unknown Satie work, let alone 27, Nye said: 'Most of us assumed that after all this time pretty much anything of any interest had already been published.'

Erik Satie's pioneering concept of 'furniture music' in 1917 aimed for music that blends into environments, foreshadowing today's ambient playlists and background soundscapes.