Joep Beving’s Solipsism Redux is out today — a complete re-recording of his 2015 debut album Solipsism. I’ve been listening through it this morning, and from the very first notes, it’s clear this isn’t just a technical refresh. It’s a reinterpretation. One that feels deeply considered, patient, and alive.
If you know the original, you’ll notice the difference immediately: the pacing here is slower, more unhurried. Beving lets the music breathe. He sinks into each note, allowing silence to stretch just long enough to create space. Space for resonance, space for reflection, and space for us, the listeners, to really hear. His touch feels softer, yet somehow more deliberate, drawing out the subtlety that was always there but now fully illuminated.
These pieces have always stirred something deep in me. They did when I first heard them years ago, and they still do now. But this time they feel different. Matured, like a conversation revisited with the benefit of time and distance. Music grows as people grow, and Redux captures that growth beautifully. It’s not nostalgia, it’s evolution.
What strikes me most is how alive this recording feels. Every time music is performed, it’s made new again, and Beving leans into that truth. Where some artists tire of revisiting old work, he seems to have found fresh meaning in these compositions. If anything, Redux proves that he’s not simply retracing old steps — he’s rediscovering them.
The result is an album that feels timeless, yet renewed. A testament not just to Beving’s skill as a composer, but to his curiosity as a performer. His willingness to return, listen closely, and let the music breathe in a new way.