I love this so much! Both musicians did an amazing job!

Taken from the upcoming album 'Alden' forthcoming on Fluid Audio.

Music by Gilded (Adam Trainer & Matt Rösner)
Mastering by Ian Hawgood
Design by Daniel Crossley

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Alden

Gilded - Forging Iron Amongst The Trees

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Today I'd like to introduce you to Laurel-based (Mississippi, US) neo-classical composer, pianist, and synth (and breakfast food) enthusiast, Jameson Nathan Jones. Perhaps "an introduction" is the wrong term here since Jones appeared on these pages back in 2021 with his beautiful piece, "Places We Could Have Gone", which I have featured on this Piano Day Special. He's got a handful of releases on his Bandcamp page, with the 5-track Carried EP appearing on Bigo & Twigetti imprint in May 2019. He's now off to release a full-length on an independent label, Fractured Capstan, scheduled for December 2nd, and I am excited to premiere a track titled "Kept" from the upcoming album, Somewhat the Same. The result is a very humble "collection of sonic experiments created with no cameras, no recording engineers, and no intended end-game or subsequent expectations," and it is moving in its honesty, sincerity, and warmth. Here, gently guided modular synth arpeggios are accompanied by soft piano keys, a touch of distorted lead swarms, and driving percussion to create a melodic journey through voltages and space. It's a beautiful marriage of organic and synthetic, and I think that when you hear this piece, you will appreciate my choice for today's track premiere. 

"Kept" was among the first tracks written in an empty church during the first lockdown. It started with some simple piano ideas, which I layered using the same felt upright featured in my 2018 release, "Sanctuary Sessions." The piano sits in the church's large, reverberant sanctuary, and I've always found that some kind of magic happens when recording such an intimate sound in such a large space. As was a common theme for this album, those initial recordings were fleshed out back at my studio, where I created a bed of tape loops from samples I had made of the church's magnificent pipe organ. While the organ features much more prominently on other tracks, I find the instrument's string celeste stops to be so stunning I tried to work them in almost like a reverb-drenched synth pad at various points throughout the record. Several layers of synths and eurorack percussion continue to build through the climax before it fades back to its humble beginnings."

Somewhat the Same

Kept

TRACK PREMIERE : Jameson Nathan Jones - Kept

Available on Bandcamp at: https://thebirdscompanion.bandcamp.com/track/ellipsis-single

This track is a special release for the first annual "Piano Day" (a new holiday invented by Nils Frahm). It incorporates sounds from my old Yamaha upright piano in a few different ways: First I played it (of course), then I sampled the piano and manipulated those samples to create some of the ambient effects you hear. Hopefully this helps you to hear the piano in new ways (as it did for me).

"Ellipsis" is based on the idea of waiting for something even though you don't know exactly what you're waiting for. Most of the elements for this piece were recorded during a trip to Kitimat in Northern BC. In many ways, Kitimat is a town in waiting – waiting for the city workers strike to end; waiting to see if new industries will come to the region or not; waiting for spring to finally arrive in full. This piece is my attempt to capture that feeling of collective waiting and anticipation. 

Ellipsis

Moments fade, memories shift — “it’s never the same” by instagram.com/ambientbyID10 x instagram.com/lunnorr captures the beauty of change through atmospheric ambient textures and quiet emotion.

✨ https://go.ambiqo.nl/il-itsneverthesame

ID10 x Lunor - it's never the same (slowed + reverb)

Gaze

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0304 (Piano Day 2017)

...buckle up and hit the open road, taking in vast fields evoked by slowly evolving open harmonies. Hit the accelerator and the mountains appear suddenly in the distance, their stunning presence captured by a driving beat, a riveting piano melody and sequenced synths...

Aerials is entry no. 7 in our Summer Single Series : https://orcd.co/aerials

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Overcoming distance and solitude, Julia Gjertsen and Nico Rosenberg join from across the oceans for a tranquil new project. A precursor to their full EP on Moderna Records later this year, Los Océanos delivers an unmistakable quietude to prepare the mental palette for what is to come.

Find it here: https://bit.ly/2FyJ3Lq

A sense of floating on waves under an illuminated night sky, being rocked to sleep by its gentle caress.

The two started collaborating online, bridging the 8,000 miles between Norway and Chile. Beginning as a MAX/MSP patch designed by Rosenberg, Gjertsen supplied layers of piano improvisations, before the result being recorded to tape at a slower pace, giving it its serene, dream-like quality.

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg - Los Océanos

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Chihei & Jupi/ter's serene 2-piece single: https://bit.ly/3X862l4

Henrik & Ni!'s tale of the forest: bit.ly/48DxCev

Jupi/ter's temporal exploration: https://bit.ly/47FcP9m

Fionnlagh's story remixed: https://bit.ly/3hdecqL

Meierkord and pals' ode to beauty: https://bit.ly/3TiEaGM

Marco & Henrik's foray into the sublime: https://bit.ly/3F4Okag

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 3: https://bit.ly/amb-sustain3

Henrik Meierkord & Sole Gipp Ossler's powerful ode to knowledge: https://bit.ly/3aPVWRj

Jolanda Moletta's ode to her female ancestors: https://bit.ly/3M8lLch

Origin ST's climate musings: https://bit.ly/3wOh1Ew

Sven Laux & Logic Moon's deep loss: https://bit.ly/3yLUjvI

Fionnlagh's chilling dystopia: https://bit.ly/2SZvdsi

anthéne's ocean at night: https://bit.ly/3CvnwM9

Free electronics by Fields We Found: bit.ly/3ioQFA7

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 2: https://bit.ly/34pWYNg

Henrik & Jupi/ter's glowing heart-opener: https://bit.ly/3fH7PIY

Logic Moon & Atmøsphäre's dance in the shadows: https://bit.ly/39Q7GzJ

Jupi/ter's vivid colours: https://bit.ly/3hX3YHu

Henrik Meierkord's most emotive: https://bit.ly/3n8EFnx

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/3nW52x3

Henrik's colouring of Jupi/ter's 202: https://spoti.fi/3iAONSM

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg's heart-opening ambient piano: https://bit.ly/2FyJ3Lq

Fossil Hunting Collective's pensive introspection: https://bit.ly/2DHB528

Rinnovare's lush double single: https://bit.ly/3ikpmVJ

Chris Otchy's algorithmic labyrinth: https://bit.ly/37SwDZ9

Jupi/ter's first chapter: https://bit.ly/2XegcBc

Still Harbours, aka anthéne & Fossil Hunting Collective: http://bit.ly/2XX1jDy

Henrik Meierkord's winter warmth: http://bit.ly/34mDmaE

Antarctic Wastelands and the icy journey: http://bit.ly/2mTPxLC

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg - Los Océanos

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