“If this music was a TV show, it would be National Geographic Explorer, taking you to stunning places around the world,” shares Michigan-based cinematic, neo-classical composer Marc Enfroy.

“I wanted to write a collection of mini soundtracks that inspire feelings of awe and quiet reflection,” Marc shares.

True to his promise, Enfroy’s latest album, Surrounded, is a mind’s eye travelogue capturing the essence of exotic locations with imagination, and triumphantly impressionistic musicality. The immersive music on Surrounded frames each location with dynamic piano-driven, neo-classical flair. Surrounded will be first presented as a series of singles that will later be bundled as an album.

Enfroy is one of new age and neo-classical’s most distinct and distinguished voices with a body of work spanning six critically-acclaimed albums, one of which peaked at number two on Billboard’s new age album chart. His music whisks listeners away to altered states and mind’s eye journeys with cinematic, piano-based compositions, delicately and impactfully textured with orchestral touches, ethereal vocals, and other emotionally-dynamic enhancements.

Enfroy has earned acclaim from numerous tastemakers in the new age music world including three nominations and one win for Zone Music Reporter’s Best Neo-Classical Album award and appearing on best album lists by MainlyPiano.com and NewAgeMusicWorld.com.

Enfroy has also earned accolades from WAWL and KTEP Radio, ZoneMusicReporter.com, NewAgeMusicWorld.com, MainlyPiano.com, GRAMMY®-winning pianist Laura Sullivan, GRAMMY®-nominated new age composer Al Conti, and Billboard-charting producer/recording artist Randy Copus.

Surrounded is a return to Enfroy’s evocatively grand aesthetic after exploring darker realms of beauty on his last album. On a personal note, the album’s mood is inspired by rekindled love and a new marriage to his wife, Sharon, an artist in her own right, having co-written half the music on the album.

Surrounded is a pathway to lush, foreign lands. Each composition conjures the soul of the soil as it is envisioned through myth, wonder, and daydreaming. Album standouts include Aotearoa,  Land of Fire and Ice, and Lavande de Provence.

Aotearoa—which is the original name of New Zealand—mines the line between mournful and majestic, hitting that sweet spot where beauty makes you tear up. The composition opens with haunting strings before introducing a delicately stirring classical-flavored piano motif. Soon, the song takes off with an anthemic gait, winding through a sonic odyssey. “With this song, I wanted to capture the mystery and yearning for the pure essence of New Zealand,” Enfroy shares.

The melodic beauty built into the tune Land of Fire and Ice perfectly captures the blue wonder of Iceland. As the arrangement unfolds, Enfroy uses thoughtful musical dynamics to take the listener from the land’s quiet glacier lagoons to its fjords filled with waterfalls and finally on to its towering mountains and volcanoes.

The track Lavande de Provence snapshots an intriguing area of France, bringing to life the beauty of the Provence region, known for its boundless lavender fields.

Interestingly, Enfroy has never traveled to the locations he elegantly portrays in Surrounded. “I strive to capture musically how I imagine faraway places,” he shares. “I also try to stir the same emotions nature evokes in us when we feel small but connected to its beauty and vastness.”