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Official Piano Day 2021 Playlist

Happy Piano Day!

Piano Day 2021 Playlist

Unseen keys and piano vibes

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Piano Day 2021 (to be updt..)

Piano

“Hypnagogia" taken from Vetle Nærø’s forthcoming album ‘Introspecion', out on April 16th 2021 on 7K!

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Hypnagogia

‘Loon’ will be released on Erased Tapes as a 12” vinyl as well as digitally on October 2nd. 
Pre-order it here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP072
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/loon

Containing five synthesiser-led pieces, ‘Loon’ was recorded in autumn 2014 across five days at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin, and continues on from the ambient sounds of ‘Stare’ but with the addition of more percussive elements and dub influences. For this new EP the duo wired an Oberheim 4 Voice and a Korg PS3100 to the mixing desk and performed live takes on both instruments. With all four hands on its pots, all mixes were recorded straight onto 2-track ½-inch tape.

Like on ‘Stare’, their first collaborative affair in 2012, they simply followed what was laying in front of them, and this time they were driven by some new synths, a kick drum and tape effects. Indulging in dub, the tracks where all performed rather than engineered, with Ólafur riding a few elements on faders and Nils bringing effects in and out. After running several mixes, they went for the five strongest moments from this session. The release was announced on a joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com together with the launch of an intimate 45-minute studio film titled ‘Trance Frendz’, featuring another seven improvisations.

“Nils got some new synths and we thought we’d try them out. We loved them so much that we didn’t actually end up using anything else to make these songs.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“When I was young I was smuggled to Goa parties by my brother. The music played there in the late nineties had a somewhat deep effect on me. ‘Loon’ is almost a blurry memory of these times. In other words, it is what I’d like to remember that music sounded like back then. In fact it sounded probably really cheesy.” – Nils Frahm

Loon

Four

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Four

Pre-order 'Trance Frendz' on LP/DL: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP081
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Having been available exclusively as the second disc to 2015's 'Collaborative Works', Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm's improvised audio recordings 'Trance Frendz', taken from their 45-minute studio film of the same name, have been given their own vinyl release – out March 4th, 2016.

Prior to a string of collaborative Erased Tapes releases, which include 2012's 'Stare' 10” and last year’s 'Life Story Love and Glory' 7” and 'Loon' 12” – compiled on the 'Collaborative Works' 2-CD set, Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm spent many hours together in their studios across Berlin and Reykjavik. Both have carved out genre-defying musical careers and formed unique live shows, creating a fan base loyal to their prolific output.

During a session at Durton Studio in Berlin last summer, Nils and Ólafur invited Alexander Schneider and his camera to document it. The recording continued long after the first take, stretching out into the next day until, eventually, several new improvisations had been recorded in 8 hours with no overdubs or edits. The unexpected nature in which these pieces had been created was reminiscent of their first on-stage improvisation many years ago. It became immediately clear how special these songs were.

"At the end of the night we had all this music that sounded unfamiliar even to us, loudly asking to be included in this collection.”

Originally made available as a 45-minute film on their joint website (www.arnaldsfrahm.com) last September, 'Trance Frendz' will be available to own on vinyl from March 4th, 2016.

Press for their 'Collaborative Works':

'A particularly joyous wash of slinky percussion and juddering layers' (8/10) – Clash

'An enchanting listen. The bar for a Lads' Night In has just been raised a few notches' (7/10) – Drowned In Sound

‘This is music for slowing down the pace of modern life... An immersive listening experience is guaranteed, while we must hope Frahm and Arnalds go on ‘holiday’ together more in future, and don’t forget to take their musical instruments.’ ★★★★ – MusicOMH

'A collection of gorgeously intimate piano compositions and eye-opening synth pieces, each never aggressive but always powerfully poignant' (8/10) – Under The Radar

'What Collaborative Works offers is something strange: a shared world created by two mad geniuses. Long may Arnalds and Frahm tinker' (8/10) – PopMatters

'Collaborative Works further proves just how natural a fit Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm are together' – Resident Advisor

Trance Frendz

20:17

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 20:17

Taken from their forthcoming mini-album 'Ellis' out July 8 on Erased Tapes.

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or from iTunes here: http://snip.ftpromo.net/ellis

For the first half of the twentieth century, Ellis Island stood as the gateway to America. For some twelve million people, it was their first encounter with the land they hoped to call home. 

Directed by acclaimed artist JR, ELLIS tells the story of one such migrant. Starring Robert De Niro, the film winds its way through the crumbling hallways of the abandoned Ellis Island hospital complex, now home to JR’s Unframed art installation. It’s a place that reverberates with the hopes and fears of those who passed through it, the echoes especially resonant today.

Entwined with the narrative is a score composed by Woodkid, performed and co-written by Nils Frahm. The delicate piano motifs of Winter Morning I culminate in a crescendo of strings, while the harmonium swells on the B-side are the foundation for De Niro’s narration: an encomium for those who shaped modern America. 

There’s perhaps never been a more fitting time for this story, with all the proceeds going to the Sea Watch initiative, a non-profit charity dedicated to the protection and rescue of civilian refugees. 

Following a screening as part of Nils’s Barbican Weekender, the ELLIS score will be out July 8th, the same week as America’s great federal holiday. It will be available via Erased Tapes as a mini album on CD, vinyl and in digital format containing a 12-page picture booklet.


IN THE ARTISTS’ OWN WORDS:

Nils Frahm: ‘The opportunity to work on JR´s fantastic short film ELLIS came through my good friend Yoann aka Woodkid. We agreed on recording the piano parts in my studio in Berlin and so it happened that JR and Woodkid were guests at Durton studio on a wonderful late summer day in 2015. We managed to record all the crucial elements that day. The music fell in our laps and melted with the images: a wonderful experience. The film has stuck in my head ever since; it moved my heart and changed my soul.

A couple of weeks later I had to cancel a trip to Brussels because of a terror warning; all events got cancelled and I stayed home, having an unexpected day off. I felt rather depressed that day, thinking that the Europe I knew was already gone. I sat down at the harmonium, listened to Robert De Niro’s voice and played for the rest of the day. The result is ‘Winter Morning II,’ the B-side of the ELLIS soundtrack release.

Robert says it all in 17 minutes. We are not facing a refugee crisis. We are facing a crisis because we do not embrace, we do not sympathise and we cannot give up fear. Art can encourage so I hope this project will help fight the fear in all of us.’

Yoann Lemoine, aka Woodkid:  ‘Ellis is my second collaboration with JR after the New York City Ballet piece for Les Bosquets. I initially wanted this piece to sound like it was recorded on an old piano that we found in the ruins of Ellis Island, in the restricted area that is not open to the public, where JR pasted the pictures on the walls for the film Ellis.

I had worked with Nils before and I wanted him to create a sound for this piano part that I composed that was extremely gentle and organic. I wanted the listener to hear the mechanisms, the breathing of the instrument. I wanted it to be imperfect, to sound like a ruin, a trace, an echo, the way the pastings on the walls seem to be ghosts, almost imperceptible.

After a few rehearsals, Nils stripped down my piano parts and we removed almost all orchestration around the piano. He then worked on the extended version that is his interpretation of my piece, with Robert de Niro’s vocals.

Because this film and this recording is historically meaningful, it was important for us to create this piece as an echo to the immigration situation in Europe, and decided to release it in support of Sea Watch.’

Ellis

Winter Morning I

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Woodkid & Nils Frahm - Winter Morning I

This is my favorite movie Soundtrack
→ Piano Improvisation Track 09. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki OST
オヨステ・アイナ おおかみこどもの雨と雪
Take your headphones, close your eyes, enjoy! (´∀｀*)


Oyosute・Aina - Piano Improvisation 「 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki」

Contemplative short film
Video & Music by Benoit Courti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBE9QrAQWU

Temps Mort

Video: https://vimeo.com/benoitcourti/samling

SAMLING

Video: https://vimeo.com/benoitcourti/macros

M A C R O S

Erased Tapes Collection V

Little Boy in a Space Suit

Idées Noires

‫موسيقي تصويرية فيلم الهروب احمد زكي ‬ 

December 2, 2010 - Ivory II Italian Grand Piano
Eric Miller
"A Rainy Day in Provence"
Eric Miller, Composer/Pianist, France
http://www.reverbnation.com/ericmillertvfilmcomposer

Eric Miller - A Rainy Day in Provence

Préludes - Avant le Jeu

2021

Prélude No. 3

"MONOLOGUES" (B. Courti) © Write Here Music pour le compte de David Grumel

Monologues piano version

Monologues - Piano version

حفل الحلم - أوركسترا فواد ومنيب - مكتبة الاسكندرية فبراير 2020
Just In the memory - فقط في الذاكرة

Composed by (Piano) : Mohammed Fouad 
تأليف وبيانو : محمد فواد

Rearranged (Violin): Ahmed Mounib 
اعادة توزيع وكمانجا : أحمد منيب

Clarenatte : Nader magdy
كلارينيت : نادر مجدي

Conductor : Hesham Gabr
مايسترو : هشام جبر

Just In The Memory, Fouad & Mounib orchestra [2020]فقط في الذاكرة(أوركسترا فؤاد ومنيب)- فبراير

مقطوعة روزيتا من حفل "أوركسترا فؤاد ومنيب " بأوبرا الأسكندرية
Rosetta track , Orchestra Fouad & Mounib , Alexandria Opera House

Rosetta - Fouad & Mounib Orchestra - روزيتا - أوركسترا فؤاد و منيب

Solo Steinway 2020

30/07/20

Second single 'Dance' from Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres' debut album 2 YEARS STRANGER releasing Nov 20th 2020

All tracks written and produced by Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres
Mastering | Freddie Prest
Publishing | Manners McDade
Distribution | The Orchard
Artwork | SABR Mask by Tim Hamilton

Dance

When I needed space, I needed you

Piano Day 2021 sees Nils Frahm surprise the world with his Erased Tapes debut. Wait, what? How? Anyone who has seen the trail blazing sonic pioneer live will know Nils likes to deadpan a joke. Graz is in fact the first studio album he recorded for the label back in 2009, that somehow remained a secret… until now.

Stream, download & pre-order Graz now (CD & LP shipping on May 21): https://idol.lnk.to/Graz 

"A grand piano is a particular kind of beast to play, which will only sound refined and beautiful if you command a strong control over the keyboard. Each slight change in touch results in a different timbre, which will be rewarded when used wisely and will be your trapdoor when you fail to hold the horses. I remember how I had to squeeze the music out of the grand piano in the Graz sessions, and while I enjoy listening to it now, I kept these recordings secret for a good while – they sound like a much younger version of myself to me, and a lot of the musical expressions from that time would be impossible for me to replicate today. Close friends whom I had shared the record with reminded me of it once in a while, and some of the pieces got released in other versions on the album Spaces in the meantime. But somehow, any piece of music you create wants to get out there in order to find you, which is why I’m glad to share this beast with you and do hope you enjoy listening to it too!
Love, Nils"

Graz

Hammers (ft. Peter Broderick)

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Nils Frahm - Hammers (ft. Peter Broderick)

Improvised and produced by Robin to Roxel.

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𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢

Music by Jeff Gburek 'Madludzi 935' https://soundcloud.com/jeff-gburek/madludzi-935
Sonopoetry and mixing by I.Boffa
Pic by I.Boffa

Tidy Up poem

'January

Tracts of land, unploughed
The eye’s attempt to tidy up

Month of beginnings and 
transitions, January

stores fatigue and anticipates
sowing

So many Januaries'

Tidy Up, Madludzi 935 (J.Gburek&I.Boffa)

Music and thoughts composed by Daniel Floyd