The wait for Marc Enfroy’s new album is over: Awakening, the follow up to last year’s Unbounded, is now out. Awakening has the Cinematic Piano sound that made the previous album so popular. But this time around many of the synth instruments are replaced by “real” instruments. This is something that you will notice right away. The albums has a natural, more powerful sound. Contributing artists are vocalist Jillian Goldin Aversa, flutist Jack Chen and violinist Janet Sullins.

We recently interviewed Marc Enfroy about Awakening and the process behind the new album. He said:

Yes, my music it still cinematic piano although you’ll hear other instruments taking more of a lead role. That made the creative process quite different. With Unbounded, it was just me and my keyboard. I’d first write the piano part and then layer on other sounds. When I started working on Awakening, I knew I wanted to take the sound to a new level by incorporating different acoustic instruments. So in many cases, I’d write specifically for that instrument as the lead with piano providing the support.

Sample and buy the album here:

To quote Marc Enfroy: It’s a new day!