Matthew 5:3-12  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you

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CONTENT: ‘A Winged Victory For The Sullen’ is the first installment of the new collaboration between Stars Of The Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O’Halloran. The duo agreed to leave the comfort zone of their home studios and develop the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos that had the ability to deliver extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including string quartet, French horn, and bassoon, but always juxtaposed is the sound of drifting guitar washed melodies. The recordings began with one late night session in the famed Grunewald Church in Berlin on a 1950s imperial Bösendorfer piano and strings were added in the historic East Berlin DDR radio studios along the River Spree. One last session on a handmade Fazioli piano in a private studio on the Northern cusp of Italy, before the final mixes took place in a 17th century villa near Ferrara with the assistance of Francesco Donadello. All songs were then processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape. Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle the compositions. The final result is seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. In ‘Requiem For The Static King Part One’ – created in memory of the untimely passing of Mark Linkous – they have taken the age-old idea of a string quartet and then shot it out of a cannon to reveal exquisite new levels of sonic bliss. Of the 13 minute track ‘Symphony Pathétique’, Wiltzie says ‘after almost 20 years of struggling to create interesting ambient drone music, I feel like I have finally figured out what I am doing’. Notable guest musicians include Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, as well as Erased Tapes label comrade Peter Broderick on violin. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is not a side project – it is the future of the late night record you have always dreamed of.

CONTEXT: On May 24th 2007, in Bologna, Italy, Adam was on tour and playing with the late Mark Linkous & his beloved Sparklehorse, on what would be their final European tour. That night Adam invited friend and colleague Francesco Donadello to see the concert, and Francesco's guest this evening was composer Dustin O'Halloran (Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ O.S.T.). Through a strange twist of backstage conversations surrounding passport cache conundrums, and love of Italian gastronomy, a curious friendship began that now has brought forth an offspring of truly curative compositions for the world to savour.

As announced by Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound the self-titled debut album of A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be released worldwide on September 9, 2011 via Erased Tapes Records (except for North America where it will be out on Kranky).

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears

A child's dream

When the Night Won’t End

Longing — sorrowful, yet so beautiful.
It comes without a sound,
suddenly, like light touching water,
a heartbeat caught between then and now.
Moments return —
one by one they rise,
drifting through the mind,
echoing softly in the heart.
Piano keys fall like quiet rain,
the wind brushes past the window,
light spills over the scent of tea.
Each note carries a breath of memory,
floating, falling, floating again.
I miss not only you,
but the self I was —
the one whose heart burned bright,
whose eyes were clear as dawn.
As the melody flows,
and every note begins to dance,
she wakes — gently, silently —
within the music,
and breathes again.

思念，憂傷又美麗。
在某個瞬間，猝不及防地發生——
是曾經的一個個瞬間，
在腦海浮現，在心裡迴響。
如鋼琴鍵輕輕落下時，
風掠過窗，光灑在茶香之上，
回憶的氣息在音符裡浮起又落下。
想念的不只是那個人，
也是那時候的自己——
那個心跳熾熱、眼神澄澈的自己。
音符在空中飛舞，
曾經的她隨著旋律悄然復甦，
再度——輕輕呼吸。

I Miss You｜Not Just You, But the Way I Used to Be

Light fractures on the endless spires, casting shadows that hum with forgotten echoes. Moments stretch between dawn and the weight of silence, folding time into crystalline shapes. Towers gleam, crowns bend, and the air trembles with unspoken oaths. On radiant, empty horizons, presence and absence intertwine, leaving only the pulse of eternity suspended in the spaces between.

Crystalline Dawn

We Are Still Shattered

Artist : Ed Carlsen
Track : Rain
Album : The Journey Tapes

CD/Digital : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-journey-tapes
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-journey-tapes/id1146407663
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/4Zc9a61Q9FptcK43dZ2XAx

Ed Carlsen - Rain
Composed/Produced by Ed Carlsen
Ed Carlsen: piano, electric guitar
Bryony James: cello
Sophie Ryan: violin
Mastered by Francesco Donadello at Calyx Mastering Berlin

The Journey Tapes

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Ed Carlsen - Rain

Voices from the Sky

I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi

Dismantle

Remove The Complexities

Drifting Among Strangers

Delicate Transitions

Coming in at just over two hours long (two hours and nine minutes to be precise) is the first part of the first "The Emporium Project" ... a collection of collaborations that span multiple genres but hold true to their central, uniting force ... Cousin Silas. 

On 1.1, Cousin Silas & his Friends bring to the table: longform ambient and unique sounds inspired by ska ... atmospheric soundscapes that use field recordings and tracks that feel like they were recorded in an out-of-the-way Blues club ... dark ambient eeriness and more percussive sounds. It is, without doubt, a varied set, one that will appeal to the curious and the adventurous in equal measure.

As mentioned above, this is the first part of the first Emporium Project ... you can expect four more parts in the coming days and weeks ... roughly ten hours in total and plenty to keep you occupied in the dark days of winter (in the Northern Hemisphere).

As before, we will use this series as an opportunity to give a little back to our wider community. All monies raised from the sale of this album will be donated to Hospice UK. I am both fortunate and grateful to work for an employer who actively matches all donations made ... so every purchase will be doubled for the benefit of a very worthy cause.

I really do hope you will enjoy this album as much as I have.

- Thomas

**Please Note:** due to the fundraising aspect of this album, it will not be added to our collection over at archive.org.

The Emporium Project - 1point1 (waag_rel123)

Alone In A Crowd Part 1 (Cousin Silas & aka:man)

Release Date March 29th, 2019 for #PianoDay
Music by Judson Hurd
Published by Judson Hurd Music (ASCAP) 2019
Record Label Bad Architect Records

Deconstruction

Judson Hurd - Deconstruction

Released for Piano Day 2019 as a part of Recollections Vol. 2 by Sonder House.

You can listen to it on:

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Recollections Vol. 2

Noctilucent

A three part series recorded over two evenings, it is a semi-improvised exploration through a limited number of technical and melodic patterns.

Composed, Performed & Recorded by Christopher Dicker. 
Artwork by Jarryd Cooper & Matt C White 
Mastered by Alex Saltz 
Released on Sonder House

Impromptu No. 1: Hope

Pianist & Composer

Ephemera, my full-length album is available on all streaming platforms.  

Listen/Follow on Spotify: linktr.ee/christopherdicker

You can reach me at: christopherdickerpiano@gmail.com

Impromptu No. 1: Hope

Christopher Dicker

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