Ireland-based Peter Broderick returns with his new EP The Wind That Shakes The Bramble on September 10. Expanding on last year's Blackberry album, Peter pays homage to Irish poet Robert Dwyer Joyce’s ballad The Wind That Shakes The Barley. It sees Broderick share additional work from the Blackberry sessions, as well as a beautiful two-part rework from Bing & Ruth (4AD) and the 22-minute title track. 

Viewing the blackberry plant as a symbol of resilience, the song is an expansive and meditative ambient odyssey, a balm for the baffling chaos of the current era.

“It weaves itself all through our countryside, playing an important role in holding the soil together, and also makes its way into our cities, proliferating even in such hyper urban environments as London. And while most modern people have lost the ability to identify the wild plants growing around us, the Blackberry remains a commonly foraged plant all around the globe.”

The Wind That Shakes The Bramble

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Peter Broderick - The Wind That Shakes The Bramble

Peter Broderick announces comprehensive album of solo piano recordings, Piano Works Vol. 1 — shares first single 'Sonata for the Sirius'.

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Ireland based American songsmith Peter Broderick announces the release of Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker’s Basement) — a new comprehensive album of solo piano recordings out November 25, sharing first offering Sonata for the Sirius. Shining a light on the artist’s ongoing piano-based compositions, this release offers an opportunity to celebrate his more intimate work.

A comprehensive collection of Peter Broderick’s piano work to date, these recordings were originally captured in Berlin to accompany the 2017 sheet music book Piano Works Vol. 1. The book contains 20 pieces for solo piano and a download code to access new recordings of all 20 pieces. Up until now, the only way to hear these recordings was to purchase the sheet music book.

This release sees the original recordings receiving further treatment and processing by Tucker Martine in the customised echo chamber of his studio in Portland, Oregon—the region where Broderick grew up. The clean and unaffected original recordings were intended for educational purposes, so for this release Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths suggested to ‘throw the recordings into the well’, for a more dynamic and conscious listening experience.

“We gave these recordings a bit of a makeover. We sent all the tracks over to legendary engineer/producer Tucker Martine, who processed all 20 of them with unique tape and reverb treatments, utilising the echo chamber of his Portland studio, Flora Recording & Playback,” explains Broderick.




Now these recordings are set to be released on double vinyl, double CD and all digital platforms. The opening piece and lead single Sonata for the Sirius is the only composition in this entire collection which cannot be found on any other release.

“It was during a stint as Artist in Residence at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, Ireland that I began to take stock of all my piano compositions to date. Late into the night I would sit at the piano, trying to recall all that I’ve written on the instrument over the years, transcribing and notating these compositions for the first time, getting them out of my head and onto paper. At some point during this process a new piece emerged. Sonata for the Sirius seemed an apt title, in its homage to the place where it was written, but also in the greater context of Sirius — a star ridden with myth. Not to mention the fact that ‘Sirius’ comes out the mouth like ‘serious’, and the idea of a Sonata for the Serious, in my mind, is rather hilarious.”

Peter continues to tour with a handful of live dates coming up in Ireland and the UK. Starting with a show in Galway, sharing the bill with his dear old friend Shelley Short. Followed by a string of dates in the UK including the long awaited, sold out Hidden Notes Festival in Stroud, a return to Coventry at Draper's Hall, and his first ever concert in Chester at St Mary's Creative Space. October 15 sees him perform at Amplifest in Porto, and on November 5 he'll be celebrating 15 years of Erased Tapes with a one-day-festival at Printworks in London.

Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker’s Basement) will be available on November 25 via Erased Tapes.

Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker's Basement)

Sonata for the Sirius

Peter Broderick - Sonata for the Sirius

Taken from PAMPACD002 - Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk, released on April 29th, 2011.

Robag Wruhme - Tulpa Ovi

Desolate

A1 - Christian Löffler - Lost
A2 - Christian Löffler - Lost (Lake People Remix)
B1 - Christian Löffler - Unknown
B2 - Christian Löffler - Unknown (Nuno Dos Santos Remix)

Digital: pro.beatport.com/release/lost/1666180
Physical: www.kompakt.fm/releases/lost_ep

Christian Löffler

Christian’s sound comes from a small city next to the Baltic sea.
“Lost” between landscapes, his music expresses a unique vibe drifted from a dialogue through an inspiering nature.
Walking alongside “unknown” paths, passing through misterious boundaries of a unique soul.

Lake People’s interpretation is a strong melting pot of different energies.
Breaking through a journey that brings flashbacks of a stroboscopic basement, flashing lights and a tipsy dance floor mood.

Nuno Dos Santos is a magnetic translation of a dialogue between soulful ambients and dark atmosphere.
Hidden voices whisper melancholic anthems of a never ending night.

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