Paper Lantern Study v2

Ambient piano instrumental with a soft steady pulse and restrained reading-friendly groove; verse-like opening stays on felt piano, warm pads, and subtle clockwork percussion; middle section adds a low marimba figure and airy reverse swells before drifting back to bare keys; late section introduces gentle bell overtones and a brushed rhythm bed, then resolves into solo piano. Intimate close-mic texture, airy and uncluttered, with a clean spacious mix and soft sidechain bloom., gentle, soft, steady, ambient, reading