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"musica assoluta" (marzo 2021)

Contemporary piano music. Everything I feel like it's worth listening but I try to focus on innovative, strange and moving pieces. Suggestions and comments are welcome.

Piano

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Incandescent (2021) for piano and marimba

[ PASSAGES ] framed by Nova | Out Now

[ PASSAGES ], the third compilation by London based DJ, promoter and music journalist Massimo Terranova aka Nova is out now, available in CD and digital format. Following in the footsteps of his previous releases, Albedo in 2005 and Imaginary Friends in 2009, Nova presents a brand new mix of emo-ambient and electronica, gathering emerging artists and seasoned talents in the realms of pulsating minimal dubs, atmospherica, and downtempo.
- See more at: http://www.ultimae.com/en/news/passages-framed-by-nova-out-now.html#sthash.h5ZW4r27.dpuf


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[Ultimae - Passages] Fingers in the Noise - Delicate (Full version) OUT NOW!)

Space ambient demo 00

A remix for @escapinganimals which @the-izzard and I did, hopefully you enjoy listening to it as much as we did writing it :)

Escaping Animals - Archipelago (Izzard And Spire Remix)

New songs for my new son James. Free download at http://music.lowercasenoises.com/album/james

Free Download

The First Glimmer Of Wind

Tides

This track was created as a homage to Piano Day 2017 and was recorded on the day storm Doris hit the UK. I wanted to write a track that felt affirming in the midst of a turbulent beginning to the year. The track was recorded during the later hours of the day when the storm was receding but a drop or two of rain can still be heard. It's available to download across digital platforms from 24.03.17 xx

You'll Be Okay

Pas À Pas (Piano Day 29th March)

2021-01-02

a waterman was sitting in  the willow

A small excerpt from a recent Expanded Cinema project by Dani Kirby ( Keyboards/Voice) and Mat ward (Bass), presented Live at MONA FOMA festival 2021 in Hobart, Tasmania. 
Project Synopsis/Media release....

The Smiling Madame Beudet
Germain Dulac, 1923

Kirby/Ward present the the latest chapter in their ongoing investigation both the history of sound in the era of silent cinema and the pioneering role female artists played (most often overlooked) in the avant garde. They have written and will perform a new score for voice, piano and bass to accompany Germain Dulac’s ground breaking 1923 film The Smiling Madame Beudet.
The Smiling Madame Beudet is credited as the first Feminist movie. The protagonist Madame Beudet is trapped in a suffocating marriage with her only escape being music and the fantasy that she lives in a different world. Her husband is domineering, boorish and frequently pretends to shoot himself (sometimes in front of guests) to taunt and belittle her. Far from portraying Madame Beudet as a victim it casts her as a heroine who, rather than submitting to a life of cruelty, seeks to assert her desires and free herself from the bonds of domestic misogyny.
Dulac uses groundbreaking cinematic artistry to embellish and add detail to both the narrative and the investigation of sexism and gendered roles through techniques such as super-imposition, ultra contrasting of focus, slow-motion, repetition of shots, abstraction and extreme camera angles. These techniques powerfully enforce the Dulac’s desire to show both the oppressiveness of the situation and the absolute need for an imagining of a better life.
The compositional approach focuses on highlighting the sub-text and philosophical underpinnings of the film with emphasis on the meta-narrative behind the protoganist’s story - which is a timeless critique of marriage, gender and sexism. Cinematically this is expressed through Dulac’s focus on Madame Beduet’s internal world as she moves between the disparity of escapism and reality. It is her complex voice and thoughts, as a metaphor for the broader issues of the film that Kirby/Ward bring to life through a dynamic score that incorporates multiple genres ranging from ultra minimalist melody all the way to deafening sub-bass drone.

The Smiling Madame Beudet LIVE Dani Kirby/Mat Ward

Mario

Invention N°8 « On a Spring Air » for Piano
My new improvisation / composition recorded this evening in my Home - Studio on Monday, March 1, 2021. Piano Bösendorfer
Music and Art-Painting by Franck Douvin.
Franck Douvin © 2021 Piano Inventions
Thanks for listening. Hope you'll enjoy!
Link on YouTube : https://youtu.be/WX-z-19tjHE

Invention N°8 « On a Spring Air » for Piano

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers, piano and mix down
itwasthewires : modular synthesizer

3 marzo 2021

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Andreas Lundmark