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from 'Skeylja' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den184
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/thealvaretensemble]

--- "Skeylja" An invented word combining the Frisian word for Terschelling, "Skylge", and the Icelandic word for island, "Eyjan" ---

Skeylja is an international multimedia project, based around the ideas of improvisational music and the coming together of musicians from different countries and musical backgrounds to create a spontaneous sonic landscape. The project started when The Alvaret Ensemble (Greg Haines, Jan & Romke Kleefstra, and Sytze Pruiksma), who you may know from their eponymous debut on Denovali in 2012, travelled to Iceland to try to find a shared music language with the Icelandic musicians Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, Kira Kira, Borgar Magnason and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson . They were joined by the 33 1/3 Collective, a group of visual artists from the Netherlands, who began to collect footage that would later be used as source material for the visual side of the performance.

Some months later, after a successful week of traveling to beautiful locations and playing music together, the group met again, this time during the Oerol festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands, for a series of nine sold-out shows in an old church, all of which were being recorded. Each artist "curated" a rough plan for one evening, which could be anything from hand-drawn images to be interpreted musically to more precise plans of structures and combinations of musicians to be explored. Never were the notes, or the content of the music itself, discussed - this was instead left up to chance and developed through listening intently to each-other, trying to create an atmosphere where each player was vital, but where everyone always worked towards the whole.

After ten intense days on the island, all that was left were the memories of the audience and, luckily, a hard-drive with over ten hours of recorded music. After everyone had had a chance to listen back to rough mixes of each night and make comments, the material was taken to Greg Haines' Electricity Works studio in Berlin, where the long process of selecting, editing and mixing began. Finally, almost two years after that first initial meeting in Reykjavik, the album is complete and ready to be released into the world. We hope you enjoy it.

Participating musicians (in alphabetical order):

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson (Tuba, Trombone, Thranophone)
Greg Haines (Piano)
Kira Kira (Voice, Electronics)
Jan Kleefstra (Voice, Poems)
Romke Kleefstra (Guitar)
Borgar Magnason (Contrabass)
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (Trumpet, Electronics)
Sytze Pruiksma (Percussion)





Skeylja

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The Alvaret Ensemble, Kira Kira, E. O. Ólafsson, I. G. Erlendsson, B. Magnason - Borgarvatn

You can download the sheet music for free: http://bit.ly/1OIFvOc

Huge thanks to Lukas, who put the notes on the paper for me. Check out his music here: http://bit.ly/1JrNW4s

Ich trank Tee mit einer englischen Dame

Strange Light [ii]

Echoes of the Rainveil

Somewhere in the sunset - composed by Matthew diamond

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breathe

Buy Album: https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/new-words-for-old-wounds  

Cover Artwork by Sail - http://uselessarm.com

New Words For Old Wounds

Entirety

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William Ryan Fritch - Entirety (from New Words For Old Wounds)

The past  few months have been very stressful and I’m glad that I had this week off to rest. I could have travel to unwind, but playing piano is good enough for me.

No pop songs for now. listen, close your eyes and eventually sleep because it's very relaxing. :)

I found this song in the  Peaceful Piano playlist in Spotify​. highly recommended!

Enjoy!


Trivia:  Mélanie Laurent is the  French Interpol agent in Now You See Me 1 movie.

 YT Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHGTI1S79eQ

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Disclaimer: I do not own or copyright this song. 



Début by Mélanie Laurent Piano Instrumental

Spa Lounge

Silent Wave

Solo

Some

Beautiful, gentle, relaxing and alleviating.

The GWFAA project was initially conceived at the beginning of 2009 to help Tom Honey alleviate the issues caused by suffering from tinnitus, which causes a ringing sensation in the ear and can often result in difficulty sleeping. The idea was to create a collection of relaxing sounds which would help induce sleep. 

Dreamy, easy going and never hurried.

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GWFAA - A Collection

Good Weather For An Airstrike - Stop Everything!  It's Snowing

Breathing Space

Grounded

Craig Pruess and Ananda - Devi Prayer (1)

Jay Chakravorty - Alexia, Berlin

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