We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back

by Eric Pan

supported by
Cynthia Whitehead
Cynthia Whitehead thumbnail
TrashPandaEarGoggles
TrashPandaEarGoggles thumbnail
PabstBlueRibbonOysterCult
PabstBlueRibbonOysterCult thumbnail
trey0thompson0
trey0thompson0 thumbnail
Barry Hoggard
Barry Hoggard thumbnail
walther
walther thumbnail
Eric Pan
Eric Pan thumbnail
maisfeeka
maisfeeka thumbnail
cynwhitehead
cynwhitehead thumbnail
Travis Matteson
Travis Matteson thumbnail
kornflakez
kornflakez thumbnail
Erica Swallow
Erica Swallow thumbnail
gabyalter
gabyalter thumbnail
jpw
jpw thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Purchasable with gift card
    releases June 11, 2024

      $10 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Compact disc, nestled cosily in natural cardboard case, album cover with craft postcard overlay.

    No plastic in case or packaging.

    Includes digital pre-order of Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases June 11, 2024
    item ships out within 4 days
    edition of 8 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $14 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Compact disc, nestled cosily in natural cardboard case, album cover painted in wax and watercolor by hand uniquely for you.

    No plastic in case or packaging.

    Includes digital pre-order of Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases June 11, 2024
    item ships out within 6 days
    edition of 2 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $42 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    5
    releases

    Get all 5 Eric Pan releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back, Travel Poems . Chapter 2 . The night sea, Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns, The Awakening (Live), and Lullabies of the Pleiades. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $32.25 USD or more (25% OFF)

     

1.
Sellwood by Bicycle
2.
Sunrise Market 03:26
buy track
3.
View from a Llama
4.
Sequel to a Memory
5.
After the Whistle
6.
Honey and Spirits
7.
Bright Macedonia 01:12
buy track
8.
Ladder of Damascus
9.
Twilight Far
10.
Epilogue

about

Travel Poems is music for explorers. Step aboard here, to embark; together we'll roam city and sea and stars.

+

The air is made of music.

Atoms play, particles dance, ripe notes fall from shaking trees. Wherever we go, melodies appear — soundtracks begin performing themselves.

This collection of Travel Poems was composed around the world, recorded on dozens of pianos, each song carrying, bottled, the essence of a place in a peculiar moment. Each song is a postcard.

Every postcard comes from somewhere. Just as important, the recipient of a postcard is, however faintly and briefly, transported to the location+mind coordinates of its authorship.

So it might seem.

+

“Chapter 1 . Secret towns” released 28 Aug 2020
“Chapter 2 . The night sea” released 30 Sep 2022
Chapter 3 releases with tour / live storytelling / roving art exhibition Fall 2022. You can have advance access, only on Bandcamp ❤️ here:

ericpan.bandcamp.com/merch/travel-poems-chapters-1-3-digital

JAZZIZ Magazine premiere of “Foot of the Carpathians” with longform interview, 31 July: jazziz.com/qa-eric-pan-travel-poems.

Public Radio International (PRI) feature of “Discovery after Dark” and “Wheelhouse of Wonder (Welcome Home)” with interview and audio, 31 Aug: pri.org/stories/2020-08-31/travel-takes-new-meaning-jazz-pianist-s-latest-album

🌃🌆

credits

releases June 11, 2024

Eric Pan creates novel and transportive experiences for audiences, incorporating musical performance, improvisation, collaboration, and immersive storytelling.

This year, he releases a three-volume album titled Travel Poems. It's an unconventional debut. In the rainforests of Costa Rica, what began as a series of song-postcards based on stories of people and places soon blossomed a recording tour, leading to pianos across four continents. The resulting 30-track sonic kaleidoscope boasts solo, duo, and trio performances, threaded through soundscape narratives also curated from around the world.

Live performances of Travel Poems feature its expansive repertoire, and additionally explore a complementary idea: how music is itself a means of travel. Eric delivers his peculiar vision for immersive storytelling, interwoven with song and collective improvisation, to carry audiences into a variety of sound-imagination spaces.

Chapter 3 . There is no path back:

Nir Sabag - drums on “Sunrise Market”, “View from a Llama”, “Honey and Spirits”, “Bright Macedonia"
Hugo Reydet - bass on “View from a Llama”, “Bright Macedonia"


Trilogy album recorded in countries across four continents by Eric Pan and Brian Trahan.

Mixed by Brian Trahan in New York and Berlin: www.briantrahanaudio.com

Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty with Echo Mastering in Los Angeles

Cover painting by Krys Unverzagt: instagram.com/cokuun_

Calligraphy by Jitesh Patel

Full credits for found-sound collaborators at TravelPoems.com#about

Released under Falling Sea: fallingsea.com

GORGEOUS ALBUM SITE: travelpoems.com
ALSO NICE ARTIST SITE: ericpan.org
“View from a Llama” TEASER VIDEO: vimeo.com/242965350
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/pandelic
TWITTER: twitter.com/pandelic
YOUTUBE: youtube.com/shazamvideo

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Eric Pan image

Eric Pan New York, New York

Imagine a universe where we’re connected by shimmering beams of light, everyone to everyone.

One quirk about this universe is that the beams send emotions between us, one million per minute per pair, clearly & effortlessly.

Now imagine we already live in this universe except, long ago, we forgot where the beams went. But we’ve always kept music with us: it’s our best way to speak in the old way. ... more

contact / help

Contact Eric Pan

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Eric Pan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now