Name: Spiritfarer (Main Theme) - Max LL @MaxLLMusic
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Spiritfarer (Main Theme) - Max LL

Max LL 2026-09-29 | Spiritfarer (Main Theme) - Max LL

Eternal Gates- Max LL

Max LL 2025-04-02 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Adam & Eve - Max LL

Max LL 2025-04-01 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Ascension II - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-31 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Purgatorio II - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-30 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Beatrice - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-29 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Lucifer - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-28 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Ascension I - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-27 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Inferno - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-26 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Dark Woods - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-25 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

33 Immortals (Main Theme) - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-24 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

33 Immortals (Complete Original Soundtrack) - Max LL

Max LL 2025-03-18 | The 33 Immortals OST is now available everywhere!:
To buy/stream: maxll.ca/albums/33immortals

33 Immortals - 0:00
Dante's Writings - 2:31
A Soul Through the Forest - 5:32
Dark Woods - 6:28
Inferno I - 9:26
Inferno II - 12:58
Inferno III - 16:11
Pilgrims & Hordes - 18:35
Wrath of God - 20:53
Ascension I - 22:18
Lucifer - 24:38
Beatrice - 30:14
Purgatorio I - 33:00
Purgatorio II - 38:13
Cathedral Uprising - 41:34
Ascension II - 43:50
Adam & Eve - 45:46
Eternal Gates - 52:41

33 Immortals is an action-packed cooperative game in which departed souls rebel against God’s final judgment, fighting for their eternal life. The world created by the Thunder Lotus team is based on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an inexhaustible well of rich literary ideas I was able to draw inspiration from for the music.

The studio wanted the soundtrack to feel medieval, religious, sacred and epic. We knew that the human voice would play an important role in shaping its texture. In collaboration with Italian composer Alessandro Garino, we wove fragments of La Commedia’s ancient Italian text into the music, transforming them into rhythmic, religious-like mantras.

Beatrice, embodied in the music through the voice of Jeanne Laforest, serves as a guide, a beacon of hope and support for the rebellion. The choir is the rebellion itself: A unified force that surges in defiance at moments of heightened intensity. I wanted to avoid a purely classical vocal approach, as the game’s theme, emancipation from the stronghold of religious institutions, called for something more untamed.

Throughout the composition process, I kept returning to this quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:
“Dante recognized that every system of spiritual order, when it becomes incorporated into a worldly structure like an organized church, begins to suffer the effect of entropy. So to extract meaning from a system of beliefs, a person must first compare the information contained in it with his or her concrete experience, retain what makes sense, and then reject the rest.”

Imagining and bringing to life a musical representation of Inferno and Purgatorio has been a pleasure, and I’m eager to get started on Paradiso, which will be included in a future version of the game and its soundtrack.

Music composed, arranged and produced by Max LL

Soloists:
Jeanne Laforest - Vocals
Mélisande Corriveau - Viola de Gamba

Choir:
The Sofia Session Choir
conducted by Georgi Elenkov

Italian choir writing and additional arrangements by Alessandro Garino

Mastered by Harris Newman

Voices of the Land - Max LL (EP)

Max LL 2025-03-04 | The music from this EP was originally written for a beautiful short film that has yet to be released. I'll include the link here once it sees the light of day. Hope you'll enjoy the music in the meantime!

0:00 - Voices of the Land
1:27 - Mother Nature
2:58 - In Every Seed
4:46 - The Heart of the Mountain
6:12 - Awakening
8:06 - A New Day Has Dawned

Available on Bandcamp: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/voices-of-the-land

Other links:
http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic

FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: http://maxll.ca/contact

For the Wind to Carry - Max LL (Short Live Performance) #shorts #piano

Max LL 2024-10-02 | Short live performance of my song For the Wind to Carry, listen to the complete track here: youtu.be/Krrh5WlM5zE
Stream/Buy: maxll.ca/albums/for-the-wind

For the Wind to Carry - Max LL (Short Live Performance)

Max LL 2024-10-02 | Short live performance of my song For the Wind to Carry, listen to the complete track here: youtu.be/Krrh5WlM5zE
Stream/Buy: maxll.ca/albums/for-the-wind

For the Wind to Carry - Max LL

Max LL 2024-10-01 | Stream/Buy: maxll.ca/albums/for-the-wind

When I was writing this piece, I was tired and emotional—in a good way. Most of my composition sessions were fragmented into short piano improvisations, away from the wearying computer screen. I was trying to translate musically a few thoughts and reflections that had been occupying my mind at the time. I had been reading voraciously, and a phrase from Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees stayed with me, which inspired the title of this song. Even as someone who enjoys solitude, I’ve learned over the years that life is a complex, interdependent system, and the belief that we can do it all on our own is an illusion. We are strengthened by nurturing the healthy relationships in our lives, and those relationships carry us forward in countless ways. Furthermore, we sometimes have to let go, give up control, and allow certain aspects of our lives to take care of themselves—they will bloom on their own.

Featuring Performances by
Jeanne Côté - Violin
Taylor Mitz - Violin
Vincent Delorme - Alto
Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy - Cello

Artwork & Photo by Maude Plante-Husaruk
Mastering by Harris Newman

Downloads/Purchases are FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: maxll.ca/contact

Growing Love Live Performance - Excerpt 5

Max LL 2024-09-01 | Excerpt from my recently released live performance of my piece Growing Love. View the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=FawITE7FEyg

Growing Love Live Performance - Excerpt 4

Max LL 2024-08-31 | Excerpt from my recently released live performance of my piece Growing Love. View the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=FawITE7FEyg

Growing Love Live Performance - Excerpt 3

Max LL 2024-08-30 | Excerpt from my recently released live performance of my piece Growing Love. View the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=FawITE7FEyg

Growing Love Live Performance - Excerpt 2

Max LL 2024-08-29 | Excerpt from my recently released live performance of my piece Growing Love. View the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=FawITE7FEyg

Growing Love Live Performance - Excerpt 1

Max LL 2024-08-29 | Excerpt from my recently released live performance of my piece Growing Love. View the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=FawITE7FEyg

Growing Love - Max LL (Live Performance)

Max LL 2024-08-22 | To Stream/Buy Growing Love: maxll.ca/albums/growinglove

Video
Directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk
DOP: Vincent Allard
Production Assistant: Steven Smadja
Produced by Max LL

Music
Composed by Max LL
Performed by Quatuor Andara @quatuorandara9416
Jeanne Côté - Violin
Taylor Mitz - Violin
Vincent Delorme - Viola
Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy - Cello

Max LL - Guitar

Transcription and additional arrangements by
Alessandro Garino

Recorded at Studio Piccolo in Montreal
Sound Technician: Jean-François Vézina
Studio Rep. René Aubé

Growing Love - Max LL

Max LL 2024-08-20 | Download/Stream/Buy: maxll.ca/albums/growinglove

For a long time, I’ve had a tendency to avoid using the word “love”. I have an aversion to everything that becomes over-commercialized, overused, and stripped of its original value and meaning as a result. However, fatherhood and recent events have reshaped my understanding of the word, and it has taken on a new meaning for me. I’ve realized how pure, unconditional and ever-expanding love can be. I usually prefer to let the meaning of songs unfold in the listener’s imagination, to stay up to interpretation, but in this case, love was too omnipresent in my life during the composition phase to exclude its essence from the title.

Featuring performances by Jeanne Côté on violin and Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy on cello.
Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photo by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/6lKxMlGqL110kR17bE94bl
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

Slowed Down: In the Silence I Can Finally Hear - Max LL

Max LL 2024-06-17 | Slowed down version of my album In The Silence I Can Finally Hear (recorded on tape and played back at half the speed).
The slowed down version is included as bonus track when you download the album on Bandcamp:
maxll.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-silence-i-can-finally-hear

Other links:
http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV
music.apple.com/ca/artist/max-ll/472726067

Enjoy!

Longing - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-11 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

The Future Is History - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-10 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

In the Depths of the Forest - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-09 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

Life in Projections - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-08 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

Ill Follow You - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-07 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

In Waiting - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-06 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

We Weathered the Night - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-05 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

A Sudden Realization - Max LL

Max LL 2024-04-04 | Song from my new album "In The Silence I Can Finally Hear", my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg&nd=1&dlsi=58316aba41b44408
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

In The Silence I Can Finally Hear - Max LL (Complete Album)

Max LL 2024-04-04 | In The Silence I Can Finally Hear is my first full-length personal album since Golestan in 2018.

Support/Buy my music on Bandcamp: http://maxll.bandcamp.com
Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1CNJPN4ay8t8CNNKxnPJiV?si=4WSRX-2qS8Cb3PRvth5rOg
Stream/Buy on apple: music.apple.com/us/artist/max-ll/472726067
Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
Facebook: http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
More info: http://maxll.ca/albums/inthesilence

This album features performances by
The Sofia Session Orchestra
Shahab Asgharzadeh - Clarinet
Thomas Gauthier Lang - Alto Saxophone
Sheila Hannigan - Cello

Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk
Artwork Animations by Marion Favier

Tracklist
A Sudden Realization 0:00
We Weathered the Night 04:24
In Waiting 08:24
I'll Follow You 11:29
Life in Projections 15:01
In the Depths of the Forest 18:12
The Future is History 22:43
Longing 27:48

Writing this album for me was about adapting and accepting change in challenging phases of life. About embracing (and sometimes intently choosing to reject) new realities in transformational times, from a societal or personal perspective.

Most of these songs were recorded during the pandemic. Like a lot of us, I was in a very unsettled state of mind that forced me to nurture some of my most natural inclinations. I realized how important calm, quiet, immersion in nature (sounds captured in forests were added to the recordings) and introspection were in my life, especially in times of incessant background noise. But also how nothing compares to the in-person relationships we have with our loved ones no matter how complicated of a journey nurturing those relationships can sometimes be.

I have to be honest with who I am and there are many ways in which our society has evolved that do not bring the best out of me. My mind thrives in environments where my attention is not constantly solicited by new information, content and the hectic distraction inducing nature of algorithmic media, social or other. I have to learn to better balance responsible awareness and engagement with personal well-being.

This all led me to change my process, to compose with a different intent. I tried capturing the beauty of vulnerability and imperfection in the way instruments were chosen, recorded and played, to do as many steps of the composing process away from a computer screen when possible.
Thank you to all the amazing musicians (mentioned above) that have allowed me to bring the music to life.

I had planned on including half a dozen more songs in this album, but I felt they belonged to another emotional world. I realized this was because of one reason, they had been written after the birth of my daughter. I decided to include those songs on another album which will be released later this year.

In All Our Complexity (Short Performance) - Max LL

Max LL 2023-08-05 | "In All Our Complexity" was composed and recorded in a day, on this upright piano that's been passed down through generations in the family.

Listen to the complete EP:
youtube.com/watch?v=R-pKgE7jBZQ

To buy/download the album:
http://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
For more info:
http://maxll.ca

In All Our Complexity - Max LL

Max LL 2023-08-04 | This song is part of my EP Anthropocene:
http://maxll.ca/albums/anthropocene
The Anthropocene is a geological epoch that delineates the period of time during which humans have started having a significant impact on Earth’s environment and ecosystems. The direction our world is heading in is always on my mind so it was inevitable that some of my reflections would eventually end up in musical form.

To buy/download the album: http://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
For more info:
http://maxll.ca
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Downloads/Purchases are FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: http://maxll.ca/contact

Anthropocene - Max LL

Max LL 2023-08-03 | This song is part of my EP Anthropocene:
http://maxll.ca/albums/anthropocene
The Anthropocene is a geological epoch that delineates the period of time during which humans have started having a significant impact on Earth’s environment and ecosystems. The direction our world is heading in is always on my mind so it was inevitable that some of my reflections would eventually end up in musical form.

To buy/download the album: http://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
For more info:
http://maxll.ca
----------
Downloads/Purchases are FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: http://maxll.ca/contact

Exponential (Through the City) - Max LL

Max LL 2023-08-02 | This song is part of my EP Anthropocene:
http://maxll.ca/albums/anthropocene
The Anthropocene is a geological epoch that delineates the period of time during which humans have started having a significant impact on Earth’s environment and ecosystems. The direction our world is heading in is always on my mind so it was inevitable that some of my reflections would eventually end up in musical form.

To buy/download the album: http://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
For more info:
http://maxll.ca
----------
Downloads/Purchases are FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: http://maxll.ca/contact

Disruption (Intro) - Max LL

Anthropocene - Full EP - Max LL

Max LL 2023-08-01 | The Anthropocene is a geological epoch that delineates the period of time during which humans have started having a significant impact on Earth’s environment and ecosystems.

The first two tracks of this EP were originally written for a film by director Karim Shaaban about the evolving relationship between humans and cities. I decided to push the concept further to create a musical offering that could stand on its own. The direction our world is heading in is always on my mind so it was inevitable that some of my reflections would eventually end up in musical form.

0:00 - Disruption (Intro)
0:58 - Exponential (Through the City)
5:06 - Anthropocene
7:05 - In all our complexity

Cello by Sheila Hannigan
Mastering by Harris Newman
Artwork & Photography by Maude Plante-Husaruk
Animations by Marion Favier

To buy/download the album: http://maxll.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
For more info:
http://maxll.ca
----------
Downloads/Purchases are FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY. To license music for your media project, please visit: http://maxll.ca/contact

Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Original Soundtrack) - Max LL

Max LL 2022-12-12 | Original soundtrack for the feature documentary Far Beyond the Pasturelands directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and myself. Get it on bandcamp: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/far-beyond-the-pasturelands-original-soundtrack

View the trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=bZmpDy6zWXg

Synopsis:
In a remote Himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold. Lalita, a young mother, had to let go of her dreams after getting married because of the social pressures of her community. As the whole village departs to the mountains, she joins the journey to the high-altitude pasturelands in hope of providing a better life for her family through the hazardous harvest of the rare mushroom. Set against the backdrop of stunning mountainous landscapes, the film presents an intimate and humane portrait of characters that put everything on the line for a chance to ascend to greener pastures.

All music composed and arranged by Max LL

Performances:
Violins by Jeanne Côté
Cello by Sheila Hannigan
Flutes by Max LL

Mixing by Jean Paul Vialard (ONF/NFB)

Album artwork & photo by Maude Plante-Husaruk

Far Beyond the Pasturelands - Official Trailer

Max LL 2022-12-12 | Feature documentary directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and myself!
For more info, tickets and showing dates visit:
f3m.ca/en/film/far-beyond-the-pasturelands

84 min, documentary, Canada, 2021

Directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk & Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
Produced by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
Languages Nepali, Kham Magar

Synopsis
In a remote himalayan region, the villagers of Maikot are preparing for the harvest of a mysterious aphrodisiac caterpillar-mushroom worth more than gold. Lalita, a young mother, had to let go of her dreams after getting married because of the social pressures of her community. As the whole village departs to the mountains, she joins the journey to the high-altitude pasturelands in hope of providing a better life for her family through the hazardous harvest of the rare mushroom. Set against the backdrop of stunning mountainous landscapes, the film presents an intimate and humane portrait of characters that put everything on the line for a chance to ascend to greener pastures. Will the harvest be good this year?

We Weathered the Night - Max LL

Max LL 2022-06-10 | Buy/Download the track maxll.bandcamp.com/track/we-weathered-the-night

I composed We Weathered the Night in the spring of 2020 while quarantining in the countryside during the first months of the pandemic. At the time, there was an air of uncertainty and bewilderment gripping our societies, but also a sense of possibility. 2 years have passed since, I’m still not sure where we’ve ended. We haven’t enacted some of the profound changes one could’ve hoped for but there are certainly ways in which we showed extreme resilience, empathy and collective strength in the face of adversity.

Clarinet performance by Shahab Asgharzadeh
Artwork & Photo by Maude Plante-Husaruk
Animations by Marion Favier

Overbrook (Spiritfarer Farewell Edition) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-12-29 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from the Spiritfarer DLC 1 & 2 updates, so there you go!
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Mind Palace (Spiritfarer Farewell Edition) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-12-28 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from the Spiritfarer DLC 1 & 2 updates, so there you go!
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Darias Theme (Spiritfarer Farewell Edition) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-12-27 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from the Spiritfarer DLC 1 & 2 updates, so there you go!
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
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Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Beverlys Theme (Spiritfarer Farewell Edition) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-12-26 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from the Spiritfarer DLC 1 & 2 updates, so there you go!
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

What Will You Leave Behind (Official Sheet Music) - From Spiritfarer

Max LL 2021-07-16 | Vocal & Piano arrangement for the song What Will You Leave Behind (feat. Maude Plante-Husaruk), from the end credits of Spiritfarer.
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Download the PDF for free: maxll.ca/sheetmusic

Music composed by Max LL

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Rain (Spiritfarer Bonus Track) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-06-02 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from Spiritfarer that weren't featured in the original soundtrack, this is one of them.
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Bottom Line Corp. (Spiritfarer Bonus Track) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-05-31 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from Spiritfarer that weren't featured in the original soundtrack, this is one of them.
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Lounge Music (Spiritfarer Bonus Track) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-05-28 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from Spiritfarer that weren't featured in the original soundtrack, this is one of them.
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.

Big Fish (Spiritfarer Bonus Track) - Max LL

Max LL 2021-05-27 | I've been getting lots of requests to upload some of the tracks from Spiritfarer that weren't featured in the original soundtrack, this is one of them.
Download/Buy the soundtrack: maxll.bandcamp.com/album/spiritfarer-original-soundtrack

Music by Max LL

Artwork by Jo-Annie Gauthier

http://maxll.ca
http://instagram.com/maxllmusic
http://facebook.com/maxllmusic
http://twitter.com/maxllmusic

Spiritfarer is a project that’s very close to the heart for me and the talented team at Thunder Lotus Games. It’s a positive, colourful and serene adventure about life, grief and compassion, where you guide spirit friends to the afterlife after caring for them in their last moments. It's not only about saying goodbye to characters but reflecting on what they leave after they've gone. It hopes to help us better address and openly discuss the subject of death, a common reality we’re all faced with.

The times we are living through have made the experience of writing music for this project all the more meaningful and I feel like Spiritfarer couldn’t have come at a better moment. The connections and relationships we develop with our friends and families stay with us, we have to treasure them, be more compassionate as individuals and a society, and better learn to say goodbye when the time comes.