“Prima Luce” is like standing on the threshold of morning, in that tender place between the end of darkness and the moment when daybreak first kisses the horizon. Niklas Fransson’s new release is a sensitive musical profile featuring a relaxing neoclassical piano piece inspired by the Romantic Period and a dreamlike journey to Italy in the summer.
There’s a quiet proximity to the piece’s first notes that makes you feel calm immediately. Fransson intentionally allows each phrase to breathe on its own. The music has a gentle, sad drift, but it is warm and human. Those thoughts that sneak up on you in soft silence before the world opens its mouth again feel like a dawn reflection.
“Prima Luce” draws strong symbolic inspiration from the magic of first light, and it’s a record of that small moment when night doesn’t go away so much as give way to morning. There’s a hint of the Romantic in the construction, evident in phrases that are gently expressive and emotionally nuanced.
You can almost imagine the pale gold skies of Italy, the stillness in the streets of early morning, and with it, the peace that comes from a new day. The recurring motifs grow meditative, leading us from self-examination to a quiet form of hope. This song’s strongest attribute is its direct expression of emotions. It acknowledges that sadness and creeps slowly toward light, things growing toward it in a natural cycle that brings life anew. Niklas Fransson offers us space, and in a noisy, stressful world, this is a delightful change.
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