This month marks the release of ‘A Place To Call Home’, the debut album from Utrecht-based producer Corren Cavini. Arriving both digitally and as a strictly limited vinyl edition of just 100 copies on Purified Records, the long-player apparently underscores his belief in the album as a complete artistic statement - something to be experienced not in fragments, but as a journey.
The album’s story begins in the most personal of places. Its opening piece, ‘Home (ouverture)’, was written on the day he learned his mother had been diagnosed with cancer. After returning home, crying together, he sat at the piano and let the music flow. That single moment of grief and intimacy threads through the entire record.
Over the past year, he has offered glimpses of this world with the release of ‘Tell Me’ featuring Chris Howard, ‘Listen To The Silence’, ‘Agoraphobia’, and ‘Heart Of Gold’ featuring Howard once again. Central to the record is ‘Agoraphobia’, a homage to Pleinvrees, the Dutch festival series that ended in 2024.
Corren Cavini: “‘A Place To Call Home’, to me, is about the importance of having somewhere you truly feel at home - where you feel safe to be yourself. That’s something every person in the world deserves, but it’s definitely not a given. Especially in these times. Whether it’s a place, a person, or a community, it’s a human need. I’m more than aware of the struggle of not feeling safe, and in darker times, music and dance floors have helped me in that sense. On dance floors, more than anywhere else, I have felt safe to express myself, connect with strangers and work through trauma. If I can contribute, even in the tiniest way, to helping others feel at home, connected, and safe through music - then to me, that’s worth dedicating all of my energy to. It certainly is what makes this album something I feel so incredibly emotionally invested into.”
With previous releases on DAYS like NIGHTS, This Never Happened, Armada Music and Purified Records, he has already been shaping a reputation in electronic music. His recent livestream from Purified Johannesburg further demonstrated his ability to display emotional intensity in a live context.
Corren Cavini ‘A Place To Call Home’ is out now on Purified Records.
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