Lumen Bill Laurance

• 1 Fils D'Or 06:55
• 2 Lumen 03:01
• 3 Mantra 04:08
• 4 What You Always Wanted 03:28
• 5 Dove 03:49
• 6 Treehouse 06:22
• 7 Lovers Leap 04:24
• 8 Opal 03:29
• 9 Sera 04:02
• 10 Even After All 05:33
• Total Runtime 45:11

Info for Lumen

Lumen is the deeply personal and introspective new solo album by pianist and composer Bill Laurance. Recorded in the stillness of night inside an empty church, the album captures a rare and intimate moment of communion between artist, instrument, and space. Though not religious, Laurance describes the experience as almost spiritual—guided more by the music itself than by his own intention, as if he were merely a vessel.

At its heart, Lumen explores the delicate balance between composition and improvisation. Some pieces follow meticulously crafted scores, while others are entirely spontaneous, born in the moment. It’s in the space between these two worlds, Bill Laurance suggests, that the true magic of music lies.

Using both a Yamaha grand and a felted upright piano, he embarked on what felt like a solo retreat—searching not for complexity, but for simplicity and truth in sound. The result is an album of striking clarity and emotional depth, shaped by silence, vulnerability, and trust in the unknown.

But “Lumen” is only the beginning. Each performance—shaped by room acoustics, audience energy, even the artist’s state of mind—transforms the music anew. It’s this ever-evolving nature that continues to inspire Laurance, as he lets the music lead the way.

Bill Laurance, Yamaha CFX2 grand piano, Yamaha UX3 upright piano with felt

Recorded at St Faith’s Church, Dulwich, London on the 3rd and 4th April 2025
Recorded by Camilo Salazar
Mixed by Steve Poppleton and Bill Laurance
Mastered by Christoph Stickel @csmastering.com
Produced by Bill Laurance

Bill Laurance
Grammy award winner and original member of the internationally acclaimed Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance released his debut album FLINT in 2014 going straight to No1 in the UK and US iTunes Jazz Charts and receiving international critical acclaim.

His second album SWIFT is released on GroundUP Music in Spring 2015.

Classically trained, Bill has worked as a professional musician since he was 14, touring internationally as a pianist, keyboard player, composer, producer and arranger. Bill has recorded and or performed with artists including: David Crosby, Morcheeba, Salif Keita, Bobby McFerrin, Terence Blanchard, Susana Baca, Lalah Hathaway, Laura Mvula, Jacob Collier, Musiq Soul Child, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Carlos Malta, Miss Dynamite and The Metropole Orchestra.

He has worked extensively in the dance world with companies including Alvin Ailey, Ballet Rambert, Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures, Phoenix Dance, Northern Ballet Theatre and the English National Ballet.

Bill runs his own music production company Twenty Thousand specialising in music for film, TV and commercials. Recent clients include Apple Mac, Sky Broadband, Nokia, De Beers, Hewlett Packard and Rigby & Peller.

Bill is a specialist lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Music in London and continues to give clinics at music institutions around the world.

Booklet for Lumen