Leaving Laurel - Leaving Laurel (Continuous Mix and Q&A) (

[@anjunadeep]

Leaving Laurel's debut album is here! Set a reminder and post a question for Griff and Gordon below in the comments. They will answer them following the album premiere, this Thursday 5pm BST ❤️

[@zainahdjb7397]

12 5xd

[@Q50WO]

3:10 just AMAZING! Simply ANGELIC. God Bless You!

[@michaelball4692]

Gordon, the music you and Pierce made together is incredible and hearing the story/legacy behind it gives so much character to each track. Congratulations on the album and thanks for the ongoing inspiration you provide through your music. I had a couple of questions: 1. Are there any interesting stories behind some of the album tracks that you could share (like the LL mixes)? 2. What is the most impressive production tip/technique that you learnt from Pierce? 3. Will more music be released under LL? Would love to see how the Leaving Laurel story/sound evolves. Thanks for taking the opportunity to answer these Qs Griff and Gordon. Hope you both have a great day 🙂

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey Michael - thanks so much listening! 1. hmm! There's a lot of stories! Where to begin - I suppose the 'LL Mix' of the two tracks on the album came from Pierce and I trying to reimagine them for a cohesive listening experience on an album, without having the traditional DJ intros and outros. I'm excited for you the hear the "Through & Through" version from the album, it was the last song we worked on and a glimpse into the sounds we were exploring for future music. Featuring more ambient interludes and and interesting textures. There are even more alternate versions of these songs actually, a "post rock" version of 'sometimes it's scary...", a completely different more club friendly version of "Rosaro"... we tended to re-visit ideas until we both agree on the best version. 2. Listen with your ears! and not with your eyes! (I tend to stare to the analyzers and the numbers and not react to what my ears are hearing... Pierce was right!) 3. ...more on that soon... but yes :) -Gordon

[@michaelball4692]

@@leavinglaurel Cheers for the response Gordon. Really love the Alt mix of Through and through, especially the ending. The analogue warble sounds so haunting, kinda reminds me of some floating points tracks. Mind sharing what you used to get that sound?

[@tonywood9052]

Simply Sending massive amounts of love 💙 Pierce and Gordon healed my soul during lockdown. I wish Leaving Laurel every success, and I hope they touch many other hearts as they flourish #biglove

[@sid6856]

I hope I'm not the only one who can say that NO album has made me cry so much but in that happy way b/c its as if God finally gave us the perfect music to express our emotions no matter what you are going through. Whenever someone asks greatest album? For the remaining of my days there will be no other name uttered then Leaving Laurel's. This is the Masterpiece that will carry me for my remaining days. Thank You from the bottom of my heart. May god bless your future endeavors. Every End is a New Beginning.

[@vilgotlava3332]

Here's a tracklist of the album: [00:00] Rosaro [07:00] sometimes it's scary...but it's still just you and me _[LL Outro Mix]_ [14:00] A Secret Place [19:45] It's Never The Last (Things Never Last) [27:00] Guardian Angels Watch Down On You [33:30] Falling Apart [37:50] maybe we're different and everything is still the same [40:30] Take Your Time [46:00] Need Little, Want Less [51:00] Through And Through _[LL Intro Mix]_ [57:00] Winter In The Woods Rest in peace Pierce ❤️

[@markothomson1105]

What a beautiful journey this takes you on ;)

[@shuvosk592]

. .....

[@aust1ntexas235]

Cherish the moments with family and friends. A soundtrack of what was and what will be. Thanks and RIP.

[@nostalgic__flow]

One of the beautiful album/EP I've heard this year. It made me open my eyes and ears to other horizons. • My favorite track from this mix 19:45|• Leaving Laurel - It's Never The Last( Things Never Last) 🇧🇷♥💡...

[@SNESfan1905]

This album is so relaxing yet very thoughtful and deep, and you can completely loose yourself in it. Just perfect. Don't know how many times I have listened to it, this was certainly not the last time I did it again. Thank you❤

[@Gh0stm5]

Beautiful composition, love this album, rest easy legend 😎

[@LaurasYouTube]

Thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful music with the world! 💚

[@OndrejMirtes]

I'd love to be the fly wall on the wall when this album was being created :)

[@Vibeurator]

Thank you guys. I'm so sorry you got this little exposure for this huge talent and work. Love it all. Helped me rekindle my spark for art and beauty. Wish you all the best, you deserve it. We all do.

[@anjunasteve2986]

Played for the 2nd time on a quality sound system...such a powerful, beautiful and emotional sound track. Big love Leaving Laurel / Anjunadeep you were the one's that got me through a tough time during the pandemic. RIP Pierce Fulton and love too you Gordon. Big love Anjunadeep family 💜

[@justynakupczak2991]

🥺💔🖤💜💚🧡🤗 So beautiful 🎶 🎶🎶

[@thomasbellefeuille5847]

I just love your music , a secret place is ma favorite one, so powerful and emotianal.

[@MultiRoger46]

Simply sensational !

[@artembilas203]

Thank you a lot to share this spesical moment with us and thank you that you save this special memory about this huge Person, misses him... Music is perfect!

[@GIKTeam]

On Repeat ❤️

[@musicaelettronicaofficial8558]

This is gorgeous on vinyl. Arrived last week but kept it wrapped up until it had its first play Sunday evening. It's beautiful and yet so sad in the circumstances..... ❤️

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Winter in the Woods hits hard. So many emotions.

[@chavez885]

Great music, so smooth, i’m glad i found it, thanks Anjunadeep.

[@polmartinezbuxo6805]

Thanks for such magnificent piece of art, loved it

[@ElvisJnr74]

Just Sublime🙌🙌

[@mikeo2693]

Gordon. I discovered Leaving Laurel within the last few days when trying to track down a song I heard on XM chill. I really love the album and find myself deeply affected by recent tragic events and by your soulful poetic music. I can’t get through the album without tearing up. My question: are there any live from the hut, barn or living room sessions in the can that you guys were sitting on until the album’s release, and are simply now waiting for the right time. My personal favorite is Live from the Hut 2. It’s euphoric and bring me to a happy place. I’m glad to see you will keep moving forward with Leaving Laurel. It’s a very special sound that I cherish. I will do my best to honor the two of you by spreading the word about this extraordinary album.

[@romanmartell7116]

Great

[@rickylovesyou]

Greetings from Bali! Enjoying this gorgeous melodic journey while sitting outside in the warm evening air. Beautiful! Like the morning after a big night. Thankyou LL!

[@eshwarkubsad1991]

“Through and Through” made me fall in love with your production, each track is so special and they bring in so many emotions. Hoping will hear LL live one day. lots of love from India 💛

[@andreashaubold7759]

❤😎So cool

[@halfmanhalfbook]

Well that was something wonderful

[@hoborocks]

Thank you for releasing this. And for supporting this cause!

[@iLaRaemusic]

Making me tear up with this album boys.

[@carlopietrantonio6884]

Fantastic album 😊

[@PaulTheadra]

I cannot describe the feeling your group's music brings me, I just want to extend my absolute gratitude for sharing and continuing this feeling, good luck on your journey

[@leavinglaurel]

Such nice words - thank you so much Paul! -Gordon

[@sage_m1]

This is a wonderful compilation. The titles to these tracks, u can almost tell something was going on or was about to happen. Its such a sad loss. May you find peace Gordon. Pierce's legacy lives on through the magic you made together.

[@ektachoudhary5307]

Hearing your music for the first time. Having a hectic day between classes and your music has given me some moments of relaxation ❤❤ Great work!

[@twintyara6330]

Yes that's amazing

[@fer-sw5hw]

Perfect album 🖤

[@mikesieprawski]

Today is a gift

[@slthlrdz]

This is so good

[@DeroriMusic]

Highly, severely underrated

[@housegrooves]

♥️💥⚡️

[@justinchan6594]

omg wow...

[@ЕвгенийПасюга-в3э]

Суперский альбом, спасибо! Дослушал до конца и сразу по второму кругу пошел...

[@jofawe]

I Love this! Remember like yesterday when I first heard Rosario. It was days after an really tough breakup and everything in the music made sense. It still does. That ethereal melancholic music. I love it. And I'm greatful that you've decided to still release this album even after Pierces passing. Thank you 🧡

[@wiesiek1444]

This is the music that speaks to your soul and I think the "Guardian Angels Watch Down On You" seems to be my favourite. I just bought your vinyl although I have no equipment to play it with... It is going to be a special day when I open it to listen for the first time :)

[@leavinglaurel]

Amazing! (I also don't own a vinyl player, but the cover looks pretty great I must say). Thanks for the support! -Gordon

[@khoshnavfatiyev8233]

Brilliant !

[@KaikoZOLEEV]

Love your inspiration, guys

[@АлексейКостюнин-ж7й]

Отличная интеллектуальная музыка! Всё на своем месте. Слушаю на повторе уже несколько дней.

[@brizuelasergioo]

In love with the album so far, hope you guys get to answer my question posted before

[@TimLavelle]

"Debut album" sure feels strange after listening to them for what feels like so long. Just want to leave a note of appreciation for LL's sound. I love the downtempo and emotional beats that you guys produce. This is such great music for reflection, meditation, atmosphere, mood setting, etc. Thank you guys for producing so many quality tracks with such an authentic and consistent sound!

[@leavinglaurel]

Thanks Tim! Yeah I agree, Pierce had to convince me to put it all together as an album - but all as one album I think it sounds great! -Gordon

[@TimLavelle]

@@leavinglaurel Glad you came around to the idea because it works perfectly! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[@childofibiza1]

CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS

[@vinicioarcad3374]

muy buena hermano Leaving Laurel

[@dontechno2760]

Whats your Inspiration for the music? Keep the awesome work up, you are great!

[@leavinglaurel]

Thanks Don! There's almost too many inspirations that come to mind to even list them all. Pierce and I had such diverse music tastes, so together when we would work we would each add something new. I've been playing guitar since I was 12, so I would start a lot of my ideas that way, and Pierce was even more talented with every instrument he would touch. (He even played drums on 'Falling Apart'. ) -Gordon

[@dontechno2760]

@@leavinglaurel wow that's great, thank you for your answer. and maybe a boring question for you: but why do you guys have the name leaving laurel? This new album is really good, so much positive vibes!

[@azamergashev]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jordanray1537]

Hey LL This question is for Gordon specifically. I'm curious how you and Pierce would prep your live improv sets (that you have done on your channel)? Thank you for the amazing music over the past couple years. LL music has become my favourite and every mix you have done has been top notch. Wishing you both the best after Pierce's passing ♥️

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey Jordan - great question. Pierce and I would start by picking a few different musical keys, seeing what songs and ideas we had that worked together in them, and really just explore around that. We would have a few ideas in mind we would want to try, but every time was truly live! There were mistakes in there for sure, but we really wanted it to be human, and feel real. Pierce was usually more excited about the rhythm, and the groove, whereas I was really excited about the melodies and basslines. On 'Live from the Barn' I mostly focused on adding to what grooves Pierce was playing... how he could keep track of all those machines I'll never understand. If you watch you can always see him working on 2-3...5 different things at once. Whereas I was always ever just focusing on one thing at a time. Pierce was a genius I'm sure of it. Thanks for the question! -Gordon

[@pavlik5481]

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[@mortysmith3497]

Not sure if this has been answered in a video before, but how do you guys get inspired to write songs. And how can you keep doing without burning out or losing motivation after a few years?

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey Morty (love that show btw) Great question. For us inspiration came from everywhere. Music, movies, definitely being in California. Together we would start with something as simple as something I would play on guitar, or Pierce would play a bassline, and it would just snowball from there. Melodies always started everything before drums or a groove. Our influences had a lot of crossover, but we also showed each other unique perspectives, and I think that synergy was a big part of the sound. -Gordon

[@emilionemusic3220]

Thank you for this awesome production! Today is my best friend's birthday, we're truly fans of this LL project. I was just telling him how amazing is get a connection with someone nowadays. Gordon I think you are pretty lucky to meet Pierce, thanks for this tribute of your amazing work guys, we really appreciate it. I'm just beginning to produce house music but your music inspire me to go beyond, and not only on a "simple club production", I have a question here: when you guys start to jamming how can you put together every part in order to create a track? Sometimes is hard for me to define a track structure when I improvise in the keys. Thanks a lot, and again congrats for this masterpiece!

[@leavinglaurel]

I am super lucky - you're right. Thanks! -Gordon

[@FrancescoBaldan]

Just a question for you guys: which artists would you like to collaborate with? Thanks Griff and Gordon, and, well, thanks Pierce. Can't wait to spin the vinyl. You guys have a nice day :)

[@leavinglaurel]

Thanks Francesco! The first one that comes to mind would be Kiasmos. Pierce and I were obsessed with the music of Olafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen when we were first writing together. We watched their KEXP live sets together a LOT. After a long studio day of jamming we'd grab a couple beers and put it on. Amazing every time. We would daydream and talk about doing a writing trip in Iceland. Who knows, maybe that will still happen one day... -Gordon

[@Trailer__Swift]

@@leavinglaurel YES! Kiasmos is AMAZING! Honestly, I can see the influence. Big hugs from Canada. ❤️

[@musicaelettronicaofficial8558]

@@Trailer__Swift Wow someone else who knows about Kiasmos! I often thought that I could hear some Olafur influences in there.... :) ❤️

[@wcn8545]

El mejor musica e intro

[@thatlucidguy]

💚

[@tedown4110]

Hey guys!!! Love your music ! Thank you for all 🔥🌈 just a question : What you guys love doing the most when you’re not doing music ? Thank you :)

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey Ted! It's funny, the foundation of Pierce and I's friendship was more rooted in everything we did outside of music. It's amazing we ever got anything done. We certainly spent more time trying new beers, going on hikes, watching concerts on youtube - or the Office. Our favorite was actually watching travel shows, especially Anthony Bourdain ones. Pierce met him once and instead of getting anything signed for himself, he got "Tony B" (as we would call him) to sign something for ME! Pierce was incredible like that. We could talk forever and ever, so we certainly spent more time doing that than ever playing music together. The amount of inside jokes the two of us had is unreal. But once in a while we would start writing things together, and here we are today. -Gordon

[@tedown4110]

Hahaa so cool !!! Love hearing all that ! Thanks for the answer ! Keep up the awesome work 🔥🔥🔥 ❤️

[@tedown4110]

Btw love travels too !!! Am on an island now in Iceland^^ and listening to the new album ... can’t be better ... :)

[@sid6856]

What is the one thing you remember about Pierce the most ? Only he would do that was unique.

[@arlingcay]

Who would you say are your biggest musical influences?

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey! In general, Pierce and I loved electronic music, but he was also very influenced by folk and indie music, whereas I have influence from shoegaze and post rock. You can hear the acoustic guitars in our music that would have been very Pierce, and whenever you hear echo-ey reverb sounds that would be more my sound! Pierce's all time favorite artist was Baths. aka Geotic. We went to one of his shows together in LA. The only time I've ever seen Pierce starstruck was meeting him. We drank some sort of pineapple flavored mixed drink at the show... they was awful. But the memory was incredible. -Gordon

[@Trailer__Swift]

Question if it’s not too late...you’ve had a few LL edits/remixes of other songs. Any chance we’ll get to see them released, (ie. “Low - Fly”).

[@leavinglaurel]

Hey Andrew - we talked about releasing them at some point, but no plans for that as of now. Low are one of my favorite bands of all time so I was very happy for us to make that one! I remember showing Pierce when I started that one and he immediately grabbed a guitar, put it in some weird tuning (that I can't remember), and started playing that bassline that's in there. It's as if it came to him instantly. Such a genius. -Gordon

[@Trailer__Swift]

@@leavinglaurel Hey Gordon, thanks for getting back! Well hopefully I’ll get to hear it live many times in the future if it never gets a release. First in Brooklyn and then in Albania! 😃 Ps. Thank you for the music. It really got me through some nights in 2020 I didn’t think I’d make it.

[@syriangamer89]

Gordon, whats your favorite track on the album? And did you happen to know which was Pierce's favorite?

[@leavinglaurel]

Honestly I feel like my favorite track changes pretty often! Right now I'd have to say "Winter in the Woods". I remember when Pierce wrote that main melody, and he wasn't even sure if it was any good or not. But I knew instantly it was incredibly beautiful. That's how we often worked, and how we worked best together. There were some songs that took a long time, but that one came together very quickly. As if every next move we made together was the logical next step, and the perfect addition where it needed to be. If I had to guess for Pierce, I remember how much he absolutely loved "maybe we're different...". He was adamant that be on the album. I was so hesitant because I was embarrassed of my out of time guitar playing. We recorded that intro part to a cassette and I thought that was never intended to be a song. Just something we were messing around with one day. I was joking that it was my impression of an Iron & Wine song. But what Pierce did with that guitar part was absolutely amazing. And also, Pierce was a massive hip hop fan - if only you could hear the song he rapped on when he was 11. -Gordon

[@no1onearth15]

[@danielelena1278]

🎼⭐🎵🤛🤜🇨🇭

[@whosedc9935]

🥀🥀🥀😭😭😭

[@platon-m7n]

What synths used in this set?

[@childofibiza1]

Will the project continue on or is this the end?

[@carlopietrantonio6884]

Tracklist

[@syriangamer89]

Gordon: What an amazing album. You guys should be proud for what you have done. Are there any particular meanings behind the song titles?

[@leavinglaurel]

Thank you! Yep - every single song title has a specific meaning for sure. Always something directly related to what we were feeling when we wrote it. Often a short part to a longer story. We would always inject things from around in it for the sound as well. If we needed new drum sounds, we would record sounds of kitchen utensils. Other times we would just start recording our footsteps on the ground outside for extra percussion. Watching us walk in tandem to the beat of the song must have been really odd for passers by I'd imagine! For song titles, the meanings are sometimes heartfelt, and sometimes more playful. 'Rosaro" was a nickname we had for our friends dog when we were watching her. She was awesome. "rosa-rosa-rosa-ro" we would sing to her. The name kind of stuck I suppose. -Gordon

[@koslef]

Your music reminds alot another favourite duo of me called Bent. I think you're familiar with their music.

[@kirillivanov4543]

Syper no grystno

[@Frekog]

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