Solo Piano - Chris Bright

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Allure

From 'reflections' for large ensemble.

In his conceptual work Philipp Rumsch transfers the sound aesthetic and compositional principles of Minimal, Pop and Electronic Music into an acoustic and orchestral format. The closing piece 'epilogue' embodies a soloistic reflection for piano solo on the opening piece 'prologue' in which the compositional abstraction is realized by the simultaneous resound of layers played both in reverse but also in original motion.

reflections - epilogue

A simple, descending piano amble based around A. Recorded with James Everingham's Woodchester Piano.

Drop me an email mark@markwhitemusic.co.uk if you'd like a copy of the sheet music.

Woodchester Piano: http://fracturesounds.com/product/woodchester-piano/

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Berliner Morgen - music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJu2t1rARA

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Capturing the beauty and the solitude of a walk through Berlin at 5.30 in the morning. Imagine coming out of a club (possibly slightly drunk), into the peaceful Berlin drenched in blue. With your blurry night-tainted vision you hardly see the dirt, only the serenity and sweet melancholy of the big B. - my musical declaration of love for my hometown.

Berliner Morgen is part of the Veins EP - support/buy here: http://smarturl.it/veins-ep

Sometimes there’s no need for words. You can let the wind whisper, the water roar, the birds talk, and the streets of Berlin tell their stories … while you play along on the piano, capturing all of those little moments. 

Here is ‚Veins - Songs for Piano, Wind & Water‘: A collection of memories, favorite places, and forgotten tales wrapped in ambient soundscapes and minimalistic piano music. Enjoy.

Written/performed/produced by: Valeska Rautenberg
Mixed/mastered by: Marian Kuch

Veins

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Valeska and the River - Berliner Morgen (Veins - Songs For Piano, Wind & Water EP)

HIOR CHRONIK – “BLIND HEAVEN”

Worldwide Release date: November 8th, 2019
On 7K! – LP – CD - Digital – Streaming

Seductive drone and post cinematic soundscapes between ambient, indie-neoclassical music. These are the best words to describe the vibes of the new album by the Greek/Berliner composer Hior Chronik, entitled “Blind Heaven” out on November 8th via 7K! - !K7.


There is a dark and cinematic atmosphere that chases throughout the new album by the Greek composer and producer Hior Chronik, a natural sequel to "Out Of The Dust", released on 7K! in 2017. While retaining an ambient and modern-classic dimension, "Blind Heaven" goes in search of new territories to observe and interpret. Sound landscapes made of synthesizers, electronics, strings, woodwinds and above all magical touches of the piano, so minimal as they are brilliant in their being perfectly integrated into the sonic trajectories traced by the Athens-born artist who has lived in Berlin for several years.

“The meaning of everything I do is to share with people something that maybe
will need to listen and make them feel more emotional in their life.
This album is another part of me. It’s my personal demonstration and voice to everything that hurts nature and weak people.”

Track after track "Blind Heaven" reveals itself by involving the listener in a particularly evocative and immersive multi-stage sound journey: Nocturne, crepuscular, foggy, the record moves in neighboring territories without delineating a precise and static form: the sound moves magmatic, it is discovered, it hides, it explodes, it shrinks and once again it frees itself to cross extremely natural and peaceful landscapes, as well as darker, industrial, apocalyptic, noisy and powerful worlds. Storm, then quiet again, but a stillness crossed by splinters and flashes clearly visible in the distance.

“Blind Heaven is the illusion of everyone that live his myth in his own bubble 
without seeing what’s really going on outside.”  

Created between the autumn and winter of 2019 in Berlin, mixed and mastered in Athens by John Valasis (already at the mix for the previous "Out Of The Dust"), "Blind Heaven" confirms Hior Chronik as one of the main names of the scene poised between the electronic-ambient world and that of modern classic minimalism. Proof of this are the prestigious feature of the album: from the Japanese by Erased Tapes, Masayoshi Fujita (vibraphone in "Blanket"), to the Polish pianist Hania Rani, who for a long time accompanied Hior Chronik on tour and whom we see here on the piano in "Words Are Gone", the producer and sound engineer Francesco Donadello, to the modular synths in "One Eternity At The Time", up to the New York artist Amber Ortolano, voice in "Beneath".


CAT Number: 7K016

1.Imitation of life
2.Beneath (feat. Amber Ortolano)
3.Don’t mess with my heart
4.Blanket (feat. Masayoshi Fujita)
5.Words are gone (feat. Hania Rani)
6.One eternity at a time (feat. Francesco Donatello)
7.Through the path
8.Smash and grab  
9.Intimacy of the unknown 
10.Elixir

Trumpet across the album by Christian Grothe

2* Amber Ortolano - vocals
4* Masayoshi Fujita - Vibraphone Arrangement 
5* Hania Rani - Piano
6* Francesco Donatello - Modular Synths

All songs are composed by Hior Chronik
Lyrics on track 2 by Amber Ortolano
Masayoshi Fujita appears courtesy of Erased Tapes
Hania Rani appears courtesy of Gondwana Records

Mixed & mastered by John Valasis
www.johnvalasis.com
Front cover by Narges Aqamiri
https://www.instagram.com/nargesaqamiri/
Back/Inside cover by Hior Chronik.
Layout by Paolo Proserpio
A&R at 7K! Carlo “Jarno” Garrè - www.7k.k7.com

Blind Heaven

The Words Are Gone Feat. Hania Rani

US based pianists / keyboardists extraordinaire Jacob Pavek & Philip Daniel have teamed up on the new collaborative project BLOMMA. Their eponymous debut LP is fun and fresh from start to finish, with tunes built on a layering of rhythmic pianos, synths and electronics. We're very stoked to be releasing this luminous piece of music with them to warm this North American winter.

The record drops on February 28th, but the first taste is out now! You can listen to the lead single 'Morrow' in all digital outlets and pre-order the record from our Bandcamp store : https://orcd.co/blomma-morrow

All Music Composed by Philip Daniel and Jacob Pavek
Mixed by Philip Zach
Mastered by Bruce Templeton
Strings by Laurels String Quartet

BLOMMA

Morrow

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BLOMMA - Morrow

Where 2

I made a little video about how I made this piece and it's story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RfIRPWCpCQ&t=72s 
I begun to write this track for last year's Pianoday amongst other album tracks. I was inspired by prepared piano composers and used recordings of the strings of the piano being strummed with the keys taped down to allow them to resonate. I didn't complete it till later on in the year and felt it belonged on the album alongside other tracks that we're being written sequentially at the same time ( https://orcd.co/alone-not-alone-album ) so I'm thrilled to now see it come home and contribute to Piano Day 2020!

In the track delicate beginnings give way to an overwhelming sense of wistfulness, surrounded by the sirens of compassion.  A reflection on the challenges of departure and the need for independence and, in the end, solitude and the possibilities therein. The piano strings we're close mic'd and gently strummed for the intro and background soundscape. Later on they we're hit with the handle of a glockenspiel beater to make the stronger sound for the middle section. The piano melody is joined by bow'd xylophone and string glissando's and melodies to create an atmospheric track that speaks of the tensions of solitude and togetherness, inspired by a visit to Crozon in France and our country's own challenges of leaving the EU and the tensions therein.

The Near Isle

The uplifting and reflective closing track from the documentary 'Chasing the Present'. 

Scored by Icelandic composer @snorrihallgrimsson, this intimate piece for piano and cello gently pulls the listener from the stresses of everyday life, immersing them for a moment in a peaceful, dream-like world. 

Stream the full album OST : https://orcd.co/chasing-the-present

Chasing the Present

Acceptance

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Snorri Hallgrímsson - Acceptance

ambient soundscape and electronics: Mike Brown and Nigel Evan Dennis

you can hear his amazing music with Nigel Evan Dennis on: http://www.nedmcb.com

Breeze - Feat. Mike Brown & Nigel Evan Dennis - (PianoDay 2020)

7K! is dedicated to cutting edge neo-classical musicians and composers. We aim at providing a platform for a wide range of genre-busting artists who are changing the way we conceive of classical music.
7K! is a division of !K7 Music.

The Words Are Gone Feat. Hania Rani

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