Coping Mechanism, by Garreth Broke

Coping Mechanism

by Garreth Broke

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Ian Ring This is the album that first introduced me to Garreth. Beautifully compelling songs of grief and healing. The Hiraeth set is exquisite.

ajatuslapsi Broke's first album that had stood way too long in my wishlist (due to being available on Spotify as well). He's easily one of my favourite contemporary pianists.

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High quality CD digipack with 4-page booklet. Covered in vivid original artwork by Anna Salzmann.

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1.	Coping Mechanism 06:11		buy track
2.	Black Rain 02:19	info	buy track
3.	Hiraeth: Philae 02:28	info	buy track
4.	Hiraeth: Nant Croes-Y-Ceiliog 02:35	info	buy track
5.	Hiraeth: Song For The Carer 02:26	info	buy track
6.	Hiraeth: Reprise 00:30	info	buy track
7.	Mum 09:22	info	buy track
8.	Chest 03:51		buy track
9.	Waking At 2am To Grief 04:14		buy track
10.	Neither Here Nor There 07:02		buy track
11.	Winter Landscape 03:01		buy track
12.	In The Bleak Midwinter 02:47	info	buy track
13.	Bird 05:12	info	buy track
14.	Coping Mechanism (live) 05:55		buy track

about

In June 2015 Garreth and his artist partner Anna Salzmann ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund a collection of Garreth's compositions featuring a series of artworks by Anna. Just after the crowdfunding campaign finished, Garreth's mother - who had suffered from depression off-and-on for almost 15 years - took her own life. The album was heavily influenced by this trauma.

Garreth subsequently wrote about the experience of losing a parent to suicide in a Facebook post that went viral and was re-published in the UK national press. This led to some work with Samaritans UK and an article published on Huffington Post for World Suicide Prevention Day 2016.

credits

released January 1, 2016

All music © 2015 Garreth Brooke - www.garrethbrokepiano.com
All art © 2015 Anna Salzmann - www.annasalzmann.com
Music mixed by David Allen - www.davidallencomposer.com
Music mastered by David Wood - www.broadoakstudio.co.uk

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Garreth Broke Frankfurt, Germany

"a sensitive and profound artist" — PianoDao

"Lovely... genuinely uplifting…" — Stationary Travels

"It's got a peculiar kind of nostalgic charm" — Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3

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