Pianist and Producer Tristan Eckerson initiated his Purple Decades project several years ago to expand his range as an artist by “experimenting with new textures and creating an expansive zone of contemplation for his listeners.”

His sophomore album has been announced as Purple Decades, Fraction of Centuries, and refines the approach he took with his debut, accentuating “the naturalistic qualities” of his sound while focusing on “stasis and movement.” The album arrives on September 6th, 2024, via Beacon Sound.

As Tristan Eckerson notes regarding the album title:

It comes from a line in a short story by Gabriel García Márquez called The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World. It stuck out to me because it’s kind of a surreal phrase, and highlights the kind of minutiae of a single moment when placed in front of the expansiveness of time and the universe, which is essentially the feeling I was trying to convey with the album.

Eckerson’s work straddles genres but is “ambient music that nurtures both meditation and contemplation.” It is also an “invitation to slow down.”

The new album was written and Produced by Tristan Eckerson and artwork and design is by Studio Bernhardt.