Tusk II

Weathered (Remix)

This is the 5th track and a sad but gentle piano solo song included in '24 Piano Sketches' that is a new solo album from Yuki Murata, the Tokyo-based pianist/composer and member of the cinematic instrumental music band, Anoice, and its side projects, RiLF and Films, who fascinates music fans in the world by her lovely melodies and piano sounds.

As the name suggests, '24 Piano Sketches' includes 24 piano songs which Yuki Murata plays improvisations on her own grand and upright pianos. This long project is going to add 2 songs every month and ultimately 24 songs in one year, allowing the listeners to feel the changing of the season in real-time via the beautiful, warm, and sometimes melancholic piano sounds.

This time, she purposely selected a cassette tape recorder, a MiniDisc player, and an early generation of iPhone as the recording equipments for each song, unlike studio albums from her own bands such as Anoice. These retro and simplistic recording devices were able to capture not only a creaking noise coming from the piano and the environmental sounds outside the window, but also a noise occurred by cheap microphones, which make this album so impressive. Its nostalgic soundscape may remind her listeners of her first solo album 'Films' and second solo album 'Home'.

You should feel the changing of the seasons with the beautiful piano melodies.

24 Piano Sketches

BandCamp

nostarsia (Anoice / Yuki Murata '24 Piano Sketches')

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catalog: eR028
artist: the unknown shape
release title: transient ep
runtime: 15:30
location: north rhine westphalia, germany

written and produced by tobias dziapko
mastered by NFM-Mastering (HerbLF)
cover artwork by george korunov
booklet art and design by harry towell

Transient

eR028 The Unknown Shape - Transient

Echoes Through ...

Skies Clearing

Approaching Midnight

Morning Drops

Sunday lofi

valley of blessing

Where all paths converge. This volume is the intersection of thoughts, emotions, and memories, intertwining in a space where everything makes sense. A work that explores human connections and the intersections of memory.

Fading Colors

Harmonic Transition

Just what it says on the tin. Thanks Candy for the airtime and friendship. Photo by Oleg Tishkovets. Now on the album - https://cousinsilas1.bandcamp.com/album/observations-from-earth-and-beyond

Cousin Silas - Song For Candy

Evolving soundscapes with melancholic progressions, where organic orchestral passages meet dusty synthesiser sequences. Finnish composer Arttu Silvast captures a unique sound, that opens up new worlds and stories in the listener's imagination. 

Hovering between neo-classical music and electronic ambient, Arttu Silvast cites artists like Vangelis, Ólafur Arnalds and Brian Eno as his key influences.  Having lived and worked in different parts of the world, his years in South East Asia had the most permanent effect on his musical consciousness. 

The Helsinki-based composer is best known for his widely received debut solo album 'Polarity' (2021) but has a long list of releases under his belt including soundtracks and collaborations with USA and UK-based artists.

(promotional photography: Atte Järvinen)

Approaching Midnight

Arttu Silvast

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