Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Almost one year after the release of ‘vision of contentment’ — a quietly radiant collaboration between pianist Joep Beving and cellist/electronic artist Maarten Vos — the duo share two previously unreleased pieces that trace the project back to its very origin.
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Titled ‘Friends making music’, this new release brings together the earliest ideas the two artists created. During the stillness of the pandemic, they found a way to make music together despite being apart. That planted the seed for something more: After the world reopened, Joep and Maarten began working together in person, and their joint album ‘vision of contentment’ truly found its final form.
A year has passed since the record’s release, and it has since been performed across Europe and Asia. As a kind of parting gift, the two are releasing the songs that started it all — two pieces that return to the beginning, when it was just two friends making music.
While in Seoul for a concert, the duo visited calligrapher Yejj Jang‘s studio with his daughter Tzu Soo, where they felt how calligraphy, like music, captures the energy of a shared moment, each stroke carrying a similar focus and expression as playing a cello bow or articulating a phrase on the piano.
Written & produced by Joep Beving and Maarten Vos
Mixed by Nils Frahm
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
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Almost one year after the release of ‘vision of contentment’ — a quietly radiant collaboration between pianist Joep Beving and cellist/electronic artist Maarten Vos — the duo share two previously unreleased pieces that trace the project back to its very origin.
Listen: ltr.lnk.to/friendsmakingmusic
Titled ‘Friends making music’, this new release brings together the earliest ideas the two artists created. During the stillness of the pandemic, they found a way to make music together despite being apart. That planted the seed for something more: After the world reopened, Joep and Maarten began working together in person, and their joint album ‘vision of contentment’ truly found its final form.
A year has passed since the record’s release, and it has since been performed across Europe and Asia. As a kind of parting gift, the two are releasing the songs that started it all — two pieces that return to the beginning, when it was just two friends making music.
While in Seoul for a concert, the duo visited calligrapher Yejj Jang‘s studio with his daughter Tzu Soo, where they felt how calligraphy, like music, captures the energy of a shared moment, each stroke carrying a similar focus and expression as playing a cello bow or articulating a phrase on the piano.
Written & produced by Joep Beving and Maarten Vos
Mixed by Nils Frahm
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
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© & ℗ 2025 Sonderling BV & Maarten Vos Music, under exclusive license to LEITER.
