Download on Bandcamp: http://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/track/dissociation-extended

A beautiful extended version of Levi's original Places Series track, Dissociation. New textures, space and melody are introduced in this emotionally charged soundtrack piece.

Portrayed as places of magic and mystery and of death and decease, forests are a rich source of imagination - a place where fiction and fairy-tale come alive or where darkness is allowed to flourish undeterred. 

Conjured in the barren surroundings of a pine forest in Matakana, New Zealand, ‘Dissociation’ stirs all of the enchantment and subtle mysticism of a woodland world screened from prying eyes. There’s a peace at work that only nature can bring but also the untrusting trepidation of something of which we have no control. “It felt quite wondrous but with a subtle dark undertone,” Levi explains. “I wanted to capture the almost surreal feeling of the place and the mystery of exploring it.” 

‘Dissociation’ invites a curiosity and a gleeful sense of the unknown. School-room xylophone melodies evoke a happy abandon that promises adventure and escape; like dancing in-between tree trunks or finding giggly solitude in games of hide and seek. A track rich on slow-building, swirling atmospherics, it’s a casual wonder into a secret garden, tip-toeing down leafy paths and bursting into clearings chasing the sunshine. But there’s also the subtle undertone that, if you do go into the woods today, there’s a difference between being happily lost and hopelessly missing. 

Vocal performance by Giana Patel 
Viola performance by Kirsten McCrae 
Mastered by Mike Gibson of Munki Masters at Bonfire Audio, Wellington, NZ. www.munki.co.nz, www.bonfireaudio.com

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We're very excited to hear that Levi will be releasing a new music video, and an amazing new EP titled 'Forms', both due to be released this year.

View the original version of Dissociation here https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/asip005-levi-patel

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ASIP005 Levi Patel - Dissociation (Extended)

Sometimes, in the midst of difficult times, it helps to just close your eyes, and imagine a peaceful place where you would like to be ….. I hope this helps you find a place too xxxx <3

I will be back soon from surgery, missing you all so much xxx
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Remastered/Produced by: Dr Gray, Mr Electrosketch https://soundcloud.com/dr-gray-2

A Peaceful Place I'd Like To Be - Megs McCarthy (Improv)(Mastered by Mr Electrosketch)

A scoring project I did last month for your enjoyment!  

Musical timing and structure follows the video edit very closely which led to this interesting compound-meter, asymmetric groove thing that ended up sounding pretty cool IMHO...

Hope you enjoy it...

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Ashes and Snow

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""..an exquisitely delicate work " - The Independent
"...Magnificent works and pieces...Passages unfold at their own pace and everything occupies its own little pocket of space." - Fractured Air Media

Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Cover Photo: Dan Isaac Wallin
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Markus Sieber - ronroco
Jamshied Sharifi - piano, wurlitzer
Alexander Nickmann - fender rhodes, additional piano
Bogdan Djukic - violin

In a lot of ways, Aukai’s self-titled debut is the sound of Markus Sieber bringing his career full circle. Having spent part of the ’90s playing rock music in East Germany, the composer/multi-instrumentalist then shifted his focus to acting, only to have music creep back into his life after a mind-altering move to Mexico.

“This album and project has a lot to do with memories from travel,” explains Sieber, “but also memories from childhood and nature. How did the river smell in summer? I wanted to create a sonic space where music guides the listener into some imaginative inner world.”

Which explains why he came up with the name Aukai in the first place; it’s the Hawaiian word for a seafaring traveler, the sort of person who seeks out the stillness in uncertain waters. In the case of Sieber’s new record, that meant spending a winter holed up in a mountainside cabin around Colorado’s La Plata Canyon. Basic tracks were then cut in a Berlin studio and brought into full relief alongside cellist Anne Muller (Agnes Obel Band, Nils Frahm), violinist Bogdan Djukic, pianist Angelika Baumbach, sound designer Alexander Nickmann, and longtime collaborator Jamshied Sharifi (Laurie Anderson, Sting, Dream Theater). 

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Feather

Pre-order the LP, CD and Digital: https://aukai.bandcamp.com/album/aukai
itunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/aukaiitms  spotify: https://goo.gl/613Oq3
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aukaimusic 

"...Magnificent works and pieces...Passages unfold at their own pace and everything occupies its own little pocket of space." - Fractured Air Media
Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Cover Photo: Dan Isaac Wallin
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Markus Sieber - ronroco, glockenspiel, pump organ
Angelika Baumbach - piano, pump organ

In a lot of ways, Aukai’s self-titled debut is the sound of Markus Sieber bringing his career full circle. Having spent part of the ’90s playing rock music in East Germany, the composer/multi-instrumentalist then shifted his focus to acting, only to have music creep back into his life after a mind-altering move to Mexico.

“This album and project has a lot to do with memories from travel,” explains Sieber, “but also memories from childhood and nature. How did the river smell in summer? I wanted to create a sonic space where music guides the listener into some imaginative inner world.”

Which explains why he came up with the name Aukai in the first place; it’s the Hawaiian word for a seafaring traveler, the sort of person who seeks out the stillness in uncertain waters. In the case of Sieber’s new record, that meant spending a winter holed up in a mountainside cabin around Colorado’s La Plata Canyon. Basic tracks were then cut in a Berlin studio and brought into full relief alongside cellist Anne Muller (Agnes Obel Band, Nils Frahm), violinist Bogdan Djukic, pianist Angelika Baumbach, sound designer Alexander Nickmann, and longtime collaborator Jamshied Sharifi (Laurie Anderson, Sting, Dream Theater). 

Aukai

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Anne Garner's celebrated 2015 album Be Life touched hearts and found its way onto many end of year lists. Knowing these songs had more stories to tell we invited some of our favourite producers to rework and reinterpret, providing fresh and illuminating perspectives on Anne's heartfelt material. This is Christoph Berg's unmistakable contribution, a delicate resetting amidst plaintive strings, trembling piano and lush loose percussives.

Be Life Relived will be released on Slowcraft, Unperceived Records and across all major platforms on 10th June 2016.

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Be Life Relived

Come In (Christoph Berg Remix)

Twilight Kingdom

Lisa Gerard-Our Kingdom Came

That's a piano piece totally improvised, I just sat on the piano and play what spontaneously came out. No sheet music, preparation, or forethought. Just spontaneous composition, in one take. No edit. This is why you may hear some "mistakes" but as Thelonious Monk said: “The piano ain't got no wrong notes.” ;-)
I made it as part of the Piano Journal experimentation, a project created by Jason Dzamba: www.thepianojournal.com

Impromptus Vol. 1

Impromptu n°I / FREE Download (Total improvisation, no edit)

Written by Rhian Sheehan
Additional guitar and programming by James Everingham.
https://www.extrememusic.com/albums/3255

Felt Hammers

Something for the new album. Just an idea at this stage.. x

Above The Clouds

I create things.  Musical things...  Technological things...

Production of my third solo piano album to complete the trilogy is underway now! Stay tuned...

If you enjoy the music please support via Apple Music, Spotify, or other streaming/download service. My music is also available directly from my company web-store in uncompressed WAV format as well if you prefer:

http://www.designersound.com/

My other job is co-founder and primary algorithm designer of 2CAudio.  We make some pretty cool stuff for the pro audio software community including some of the best reverbs on the planet, which you are hearing in all of my personal work here too of course.

http://www.2caudio.com
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Thanks for all of your kind words and support!

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Andrew Souter

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