// Station 1 // Postcard Claire, I’m writing you from a train station in Paris, which is less a place to be, than a total displacement. For 3 days it’s been raining over us, a constant mist that soaks my head immediately upon peeking outside. So I stay in, looking out, confined by my own feet. It’s the exterminating angel. I feel lonely and extinguished. // Station 2 // Origins + Itinerary This song comes from the illusion of loneliness. An internal compass is somewhere, waiting to be rediscovered. “Gare du Nord” is the first stop on _Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns_. Travel Poems is a 3-chapter album series unfolding across 30 tracks in total — and will be minted in its entirety on Sound. If hearing this song evokes for you any memories, or fantasies, or other stories, I would love to know — just message me at pandelic on socials/chat. The live Travel Poems show features immersive storytelling, so it may be possible to weave your story into the musical experience. // Station 3 // Collector Perks This is a Sound NFT Edition composed, performed, and pressed by Eric Pan (pandelic.eth). Since Travel Poems is a forward-moving journey, collectors of any TP edition are granted pre-sale access for all subsequent mint offerings. You’ll have early access + a significant discount as compared to the normal mint window. Every owner of a pandelic.eth Sound NFT receives: * Pre-sale access for all subsequent mint offerings * 30% off any Bandcamp digital purchases — as of this mint, this includes Eric Pan’s following discography: Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns (LP) Travel Poems . Chapter 2 . The night sea (LP) Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back (LP) Lullabies of the Pleiades (EP) * 20% off admission price for concerts (excluding festivals) * 10% off non-limited-edition physical merchandise * Surprise drops More expansive and exclusive perks will be unveiled over time — at times, overlapping perks enjoyed by owners of pandelic’s 1/1 offerings. // Station 4 // Credits “Gare du Nord” features Eric Pan on piano, recorded at Imperial College in London. Trilogy album recorded in various countries by Eric Pan and Brian Trahan, mixed by Brian Trahan in New York and Berlin. Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty in Los Angeles. Artwork by Eric Pan. Scored with found sounds — credited to these curators: vflefevre (Krakow) barcelonetasonora (Barceloneta) avakas (Greece) Rapoix Eelke // Station 5 // Biography Imagine a universe where we are 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 and effortlessly. Joy is instantly contagious. A hurtful thought toward another is understood with compassion, seen alongside the place of sadness where it arose. Every feeling triggers infinite empathy, therefore boundless acceptance. (The beams send only the stuff of our souls, not our thoughts — so we still have privacy, interesting conversation, and the ability to prank each other silly.) Now imagine we already live in this universe except, long ago, we somehow forgot where the beams disappeared off to. But we’ve always kept music with us, because it’s our best way to speak in the old way. + Taiwan-born & reared on-the-go between Taipei and the American Southwest, Eric Pan (a.k.a. pandelic) found his musical footing via a jazz mentorship with Ray Brown at the University of California. These studies propelled him onto stages with Jeff Hamilton and Roy Hargrove, plus over a decade’s tenure as New York City pianist & composer. Pan’s compositions and improvisations reveal a relentless pursuit of simplicity, craft, and universality. Hear him interviewed on-air next to Orson Welles on national radio with PRI’s “The World”, read his exclusive premiere interview in JAZZIZ Magazine, and stream/download his latest long-form interview on the _For a Living_ podcast. 1) https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-31/travel-takes-new-meaning-jazz-pianist-s-latest-album 2) https://www.jazziz.com/qa-eric-pan-travel-poems/ 3) https://foraliving.transistor.fm/episodes/eric-pan-speaks-in-the-old-way // All rights reserved. Future musical + interdisciplinary collaborations welcome — hit me up! 🌃🌇