A piano note, dropping into a hole in the heart.

Three and a half years have passed since her 4th solo album 'Piano Fantasia' which fascinated music fans in the world by its lovely melodies and piano sounds. The Tokyo-based pianist and member of the cinematic instrumental music band, Anoice, and its side projects, RiLF, Films, and Mizu Amane, Yuki Murata, will release her 5th solo album 'Sunny Spot Story' on April 27, 2022.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Yuki has been working energetically with not only new releases under her own projects such as Anoice's latest album 'The Hidden Forest' and RiLF's latest album 'My Beloved Farewell' but also soundtracks for various types of video works; Robin Bain's 'Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story', Joey Fingers's 'Reduction In Force', and Osamu Minorikawa's 'I Eat the Tears', TV drama series such as TV TOKYO's 'My Husband is Sleeping in the Freezer' and MBS's 'Love Phantom', and enlightenment videos produced by Japanese government's organizations such as Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. However, her talent, which is admired by famous Japanese composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nobuo Uematsu, and Takeshi Kobayashi, and has left her name in the history books of the three major international film festivals, Cannes, Berlin, and Venezia, is alive here.

This album 'Sunny Spot Story' comes in a set of two CDs; Disc.1 with 14 songs and Disc.2 with 10 songs. The songs included in Disc.1 were recorded at Anoice's studio and a large concert hall, together with the same instrumental players with Anoice's latest album 'The Hidden Forest’. It consists of mainly simple piano solo songs such as the first lead single 'shall we dance' and 'song for brahms', and also beautiful neo-classical songs with warm atmosphere played by a piano and string trio formed by a violin, a viola, and a cello as heard in the second lead single 'with all of my love' and 'my perfect place'. Disc.2 includes improvised solo piano compositions which Yuki played on her own piano with a simple recording equipment while under a state of emergency due to the pandemic and features a more stripped down sound in contrast to the songs on Disc.1.

This is a new masterpiece featuring a piano just like the great works from film music composers Thomas Newman and Alan Silvestri and neoclassical artists Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson.


The album 'Sunny Spot Story' will be released on number-limited 15cm×15cm-sized box version which includes two compact discs, personally signed sheet music of one of the album songs 'shall we dance', and two visual cards with music credits.Disc.2 and its 10 songs will only be available on this box-set, and will not be on any digital music platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify.

Continuing from Anoice's latest album 'The Hidden Forest', Naoko Okada took charge of the illustrations and Takahiro Kido from Anoice also joined as the art designer, bringing together a perfect collaboration with Yuki Murata's beautiful music.

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Sunny Spot Story

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shall we dance (Anoice / Yuki Murata 'Sunny Spot Story')

Lag samið handa Mörtu Maríu, af tilefni afmælis hennar 23. mars 2022 frá eiginmanni hennar Páli.

Til hamingju með afmælið Marta

Mar Ta (sheet done)

Collection of soothing piano tracks for work and relaxation.

A Dreamer’s Reverie

Zesty Zarzuela

Taken from my debut LP "Ichiru".

Stream/Buy the full album (12 tracks LP)-(CD/Digital): 
Bandcamp : modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ichiru
iTunes : itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ichiru/id1198539909
Spotify : open.spotify.com/album/4rVHa8DsyPyT12IMpdSQOL

written and recorded by daigo hanada

Ichiru

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And This Is How It Ends

A demorecording of one of my piano songs. More to come soon... =)
I hope you like! 

Take care everyone,
Silvio

#PianoDay
#Pianoday

Eternity was not enough

'Can I read life as a book?' was composed three months ago for Muge Yildiz' video project of the same name. 

Artwork by Seraphina Theresa.

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Can I read life as a book?

The Unknown Song

S.O.L Best of Album is out 16.3.2018 !
finally, physical CD and digital release is availabe in all major stores

I am so happy to announce that finally you can get and order my physical Best of CD in all major german stores. Even better, many markets already have them on stock. Here is the list:

Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann Berlin
Media Markt Berlin
Saturn Braunschweig
Saturn Bremen
Saturn Frankfurt
Saturn Hamburg
Saturn Köln
Saturn Magdeburg
Hot Rats Magdeburg
Media Markt Ulm
JPC

For all my fans outside Germany you can of course get your copy on my website (dirkmaassen.com)or on amazon. Also the album is ready to stream and to download on all digital stores around like spotify, deezer, apple music, amazon, google play, and many more.

Skin on Skin // Dirk Maassen

First single for the upcoming album "Lifestream" by Francesco Nigri. 
You can pre-order the album directly from our site. 
Thank you!

Lifestream

Morning Rain

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Francesco Nigri - Morning Rain

Piano Day single by Japanese composer and pianist Daigo Hanada

Stream on Spotify: http://bit.ly/dh-fernweh
Download: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/fernweh

Composed and recorded by Daigo Hanada 
Piano: Daigo Hanada 
Mastered by Martyn Heyne

Fernweh

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Daigo Hanada - Fernweh

Gone

Listening to Peruvian pianist and composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas feels like waking up with soft sunlight on your face. His songs are raw and soft, like terracotta and honey, and flow through the world like a tranquil river. 

With over twenty million streams worldwide, several concerts around Europe and South America, and collaborations with record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, 7K!, and LEITER Verlag, Sergio’s second full-length album Muerte en una tarde de verano was released on the 10th of March, 2023, via Nettwerk Music Group. The release was accompanied by a forty-minute-long film, two handcrafted vinyl editions, an exclusive CD edition for Japan, a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Lo-Fang, and a European release tour.

Instagram: @bonjoursergio

Can I read life as a book?

Sergio Díaz De Rojas

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