Contagion, by Franco Esteve

Contagion

by Franco Esteve

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1.	Contagion 02:15	buy track
2.	The Spread 02:24	buy track
3.	Patient Zero 01:25	buy track
4.	Infected 01:25	buy track
5.	Death Is Not the End 02:02	buy track

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Note: Album buyers get a bonus, cello only version of Death Is Not the End

Contagion is really an unlikely expression, an interruption that expresses a moment and all sorts of feelings, a lifetrack, providing a soundtrack to everything we're experiencing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic –before, during, and beyond. It's a musical story and journey written through the coronavirus quarantine and reflects my feelings and state of mind through it.

As I was working on a soundtrack and the news began to be consumed by what was first an epidemic and then a pandemic, it became difficult to continue working on the project, as a piece of music kept interrupting my workflow, making it difficult for me to write what I wanted to write. That piece of music ended up as the title track, Contagion. As illness, fear, a mysterious virus, a contagion took over the planet, it was that expression, that story that emerged.

I decided to give in to it and get it out, and this album, Contagion, this story, this "soundtrack" to our lives or "lifetrack", is the result. During the process I lost a couple of people close to me, which was difficult, especially during the quarantine in Spain, but I focused it on laying this music out quickly, so that I could release it for y'all's enjoyment and y'all's own personal release.

There's a contagion, a mystery, a horror, easily spread, and death, but Death Is Not the End. While we may find illness and death surrounds us, there's also hope within the sadness, a light, a life, a future. Life is sometimes simple and sometimes complex, but we must savor every moment, love ourselves and each other. We're all in this together. Enjoy! :)

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released May 14, 2020

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Franco Esteve PM, Spain

Born in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, Franco Esteve had a multicultural upbringing throughout the U.S. & Europe, defining in him a sense of everywhere and nowhere. As a child he developed in music & piano, & also as an actor, later developing in other areas of production, photography, design, and film. His music, more than soundtrack focused, is trying to tell a story & express beauty. ... more