Matt Corby has released a new single, featuring some notable collaborators.
The revitalising “Snow Flower” sees the much-loved Australian artist team up with Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal and Rohin Jones from The Middle East. It’s a track that’s as much about spirit as it is about sound.
“Snow Flower” is also the title track of their upcoming collaborative album, set to drop Friday, April 4th next year. Produced by Alex Henriksson of The Moors’ Murders at Rainbow Valley Studios in NSW, the trio set out to create a “vibrant celebration of sound, spirit, and meditation.”
Choegyal reflected on the experience, saying, “Matt and Alex welcomed me into the warm embrace of the Rainbow Valley Records family, handing me a blank musical canvas to craft a collaborative record, infused with my Tibetan nomadic lineage and wisdom. This collaboration captures the rhythm of our shared journey and the deep passion that unites us through music.”
Corby, in turn, had nothing but admiration for Choegyal, calling him “one in a billion” and adding, “He walks a different path to the rest of us.”
Speaking on their work together, Corby described it as “one of the great experiences of my creative life.”
He continued, “The motivation behind what Tenzin creates goes beyond modern music and its societal reasoning. This album is as functional as it is beautiful. A guide to our every day but also a score to unearth true and pure life moments.”
Choegyal, a Grammy-nominated musician, drew deeply from Tibetan Buddhism’s compassion and honesty for the song’s inspiration. The song itself reflects on the fleeting nature of life. “Snow flower, when you land in the hand, where are you gone?” Choegyal sings in Tibetan.
In keeping with the song’s calming nature, it was recorded at 432Hz, a frequency known to reduce anxiety and soothe the heart rate. (For context, you might remember Kiwi artist BENEE’s song “Bagels” was also designed to relax the brain’s fight-or-flight response.)
In “Snow Flower”, Choegyal plays the dranyen lute, Corby brings in the Moog One synth, and Jones adds acoustic flourishes to round out this pensive, healing track.
Corby’s last collaboration was with Meg Mac on their duet “Bricks” in July — Mac’s first-ever collaborative single. She’s since called him one of her favourite singers. Their work together also came to life at Rainbow Valley Records. He’s also worked with indie-folk group Hollow Coves on their album Nothing to Lose.
Tenzin Choegyal’s “Snow Flower” is out now via Rainbow Valley Records/Warner Music Australia.
