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the short version of v838 as sketched out for kronos quartet using vst viola, cello and two violins. the epic 10min version will emerge one day..

V838 Monocerotis (Kronos Ref Track)

I thought I would have stopped with #1 but another Fragment has born

Thank you SClouders

Fragments #2

www.goldenglobes.org/2013/02/yoshiki-video/
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…amp;v=xTXATRHX8f0
www.yoshiki.net
www.yoshikiclassical.com

Buy on iTunes:
North America: http://bit.ly/YoshikiClassical
Universal: http://smarturl.it/yoshikiclassicalintl



Miracle - Yoshiki Classical (first listen)

Tiny piano solo improvisation for you. 
So nighty. 

Painting by Stefanie Fuenfrocken.

Middle-Summer tiny song

￼
The first full track stream from Nils Frahm's new album 'FELT' which will be released worldwide via Erased Tapes on October 10, 2011.



￼
ORDER it on CD/LP/DL here: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP033
and receive 2 exclusive outtakes and a limited edition postcard.

LIKE and FOLLOW Nils Frahm here: http://facebook.com/nilsfrahm



￼
★★★★ – MOJO | ★★★★ – CLASH | ★★★★★ – MUSO | 9/10 – Drowned In Sound
★★★★ - ROLLING STONE (Germany) | ★★★★★ – WESTZEIT


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CONTEXT: Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm is already a firebrand in the modern classical world, collaborating with contemporaries such as Peter Broderick, Ólafur Arnalds and Anne Müller. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, has won him many fans around the world.

As announced by Drowned In Sound, he finally returns on October 10th 2011 with the successor to his highly acclaimed solo piano works Wintermusik and The Bells. Released on Erased Tapes Records and entitled FELT, the album will coincide with a European tour in November 2011 – a truly memorable and magical live experience.


CONTENT: Having recorded his last album live in a large, reverberant church, Nils Frahm now invites you to put on your headphones and dive into a world of microscopic and delicate sounds – so intimate that you could be sitting beside him.

Recorded late at night in the reflective solitude and silence of his studio in Berlin, Frahm uncovers a new sound and source of inspiration within these peaceful moments:

'Originally I wanted to do my neighbours a favour by damping the sound of my piano. If I want to play piano during the quiet of the night, the only respectful way is by layering thick felt in front of the strings and using very gentle fingers. It was then that I discovered that my piano sounds beautiful with the damper.’

Captivated by this sonic exposition, he placed the microphones so deep inside the piano that they were almost touching the strings. This brought a host of external sounds to the recordings which most producers would try their hardest to hide:

‘I hear myself breathing and panting, the scraping sound of the piano's action and the creaking of my wooden floorboards – all equally as loud as the music. The music becomes a contingency, a chance, an accident within all this rustling. My heart opens and I wonder what exactly it is that makes me feel so happy.’

FELT creates its own personal microcosm, offering a refuge of tender and honest beauty.

A video for the pre-release single UNTER can be watched here:
http://vimeo.com/13833500


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Press reactions to his last album THE BELLS:

'The Bells is a record of astonishing beauty' (8/10) – Drowned In Sound  

'Nils Frahm is poised to become something of a sensation' – The Economist's Intelligent Life  

 ‘Emotionally charged piano music which always errs toward the melodic side of melancholy' **** – Mojo  

 ‘If there’s any justice The Bells, along with his recently released Wintermusik set, will expose Frahm to a wider audience, a demographic with a seemingly insatiable appetite for more prime neo-classicism’ – BBC Music  


TRACK LISTING:       1. KEEP 2. LESS 3. FAMILIAR 4. UNTER 5. OLD THOUGHT 6. SNIPPET 7. KIND 8. PAUSE 9. MORE

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:          

WWW.DURTONSTUDIO.COM
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NILSFRAHM
WWW.ERASEDTAPES.COM 


Felt

Nils Frahm - Snippet

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW – AVAILABLE ON CD/LP/DOWNLOAD.

ORDER DIRECTLY FROM ERASED TAPES and receive a FREE POSTER with each CD/Vinyl order*:
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BOOMKAT:
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AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winged-Victory-Sullen/dp/B005BV5DOQ/
iTUNES:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-winged-victory-for-sullen/id448922166?uo=4

'GEM' ★★★★ MOJO | 'TRIUMPH' ★★★★ UNCUT | 'VICTORIOUS' – GUARDIAN | 'A VICTORY' – BBC MUSIC
'CELESTIAL' 9/10 – DROWNED IN SOUND | 'OTHERWORLDLY' 7.3 – PITCHFORK | 'SUBLIME' – EXCLAIM
★★★★ SPIEGEL | 'EIN TRIUMPH' – DE:BUG | ★★★★ DE MORGEN | 'EEN PAREL' – FOCUS KNACK | 'PRACHTPLAAT' – GONZO 


EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM VIA OUR FRIENDS AT DROWNED IN SOUND:
http://drownedinsound.com/news/4143522**

*as long as stock lasts.
** for a limited time only.

---

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

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW – AVAILABLE ON CD/LP/DOWNLOAD.

ORDER DIRECTLY FROM ERASED TAPES and receive a FREE POSTER with each CD/Vinyl order*:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP032
BOOMKAT:
http://boomkat.com/cds/437680-a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen-a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen
AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winged-Victory-Sullen/dp/B005BV5DOQ/
iTUNES:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-winged-victory-for-sullen/id448922166?uo=4

'GEM' ★★★★ MOJO | 'TRIUMPH' ★★★★ UNCUT | 'VICTORIOUS' – GUARDIAN | 'A VICTORY' – BBC MUSIC
'CELESTIAL' 9/10 – DROWNED IN SOUND | 'OTHERWORLDLY' 7.3 – PITCHFORK | 'SUBLIME' – EXCLAIM
★★★★ SPIEGEL | 'EIN TRIUMPH' – DE:BUG | ★★★★ DE MORGEN | 'EEN PAREL' – FOCUS KNACK | 'PRACHTPLAAT' – GONZO 


EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM VIA OUR FRIENDS AT DROWNED IN SOUND:
http://drownedinsound.com/news/4143522**

*as long as stock lasts.
** for a limited time only.

---

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.

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Requiem For The Static King Part One

Buy LP/CD/DL

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Requiem For The Static King Part One

You can PRE-ORDER Living Room Songs on CD/LP/Download or Special Edition CD&amp;DVD here: 
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP037

ABOUT LIVING ROOM SONGS:

Icelandic contemporary composer Ólafur Arnalds created and released a new song, one per day for one for one whole week during the month of October 2011. The songs were recorded and filmed live in the living room of his Reykjavik apartment and released instantly for free as streamed videos and mp3 downloads.

Thousands of fans followed this exciting project online at: livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com

Living Room Songs will now also be released on CD, Vinyl, Ltd. Special Edition CD &amp; DVD and as High Quality Downloads on December 5th via Erased Tapes.


Following in the spirit of Ólafur Arnalds’ critically acclaimed Found Songs (2009) now comes Living Room Songs. This time Ólafur takes the idea further and invites the audience into the comfort of his living room, where the songs were recorded live and the whole process filmed. The songs were instantly released in form of a free mp3 download and video stream- straight from Ólafur's Reykjavik apartment.

IN HIS OWN WORDS: ‘One night I was just playing my piano here in this apartment and I was writing a new song and I didn't have my phone on me which I usually use to record ideas. So I actually took out my MacBook and I didn't want to open like a proper recording program, so I just opened Photo Booth and recorded a video of myself playing the song so that I would remember the song. And I really liked the atmosphere of that video and that's when I thought I should do a series of songs in my living room...’             – Ólafur Arnalds


Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide since his 2007 debut Eulogy for Evolution. Ólafur Arnalds’ second full-length album ...and they have escaped the weight of darkness, continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements. Ólafur is currently touring with Ryuichi Sakamoto on his Trio Tour throughout Europe.

'The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

'Timeless and sublime’ **** – Uncut

'An artist of immense maturity' (9/10) – Drowned In Sound

'Hotwired to the soul. ...will reduce you to wordless tears'  – The Quietus


 
TRACK LISTING: 

I. Fyrsta 
II. Near Light 
III. Film Credits 
IV. Tomorrow's Song 
V. Ágúst 
VI. Lag Fyrir Ömmu 
VII. This Place Is A Shelter


Near Light

Ólafur Arnalds - Near Light

Featured in trailer for Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus'. (international trailer)

Trailer here http://youtu.be/a9jRaa4Wkbk

Taken from the album 'Memoryhouse' available to buy at:
http://fatcat.sandbaghq.com/index.php/max-richter-memoryhouse.html?options=cart


BUY HERE

Max Richter - Sarajevo - Music from Prometheus Trailer

Album out now on Erased Tapes. You can order it here: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP048

'Captivating as ever' – The Wire
'Modern classical raptures' ★★★★ – Uncut
'Superb' ★★★★ – Mojo
'Hypnotic' ★★★★ – Rolling Stone (DE)
'One of the most remarkable albums of his career' ★★★★ – DeMorgen (BE)
'Epic, meditative stillness' Album of the Week – WQXR Q2 Music (US)

ABOUT THE ALBUM:

April 2013 will see Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk, the pioneer of Continuous Music, return with his first release on UK’s contemporary music label Erased Tapes. Entitled 'Corollaries', the album was recorded and produced with the help of Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, Martyn Heyne and label founder Robert Raths, who decided it’s time to share the great musical legacy of their new found friend. Or as Melnyk put it: ‘Where were you guys when I was thirty?’

IN HIS OWN WORDS:

‘My first encounter with Peter was at the Ambientfestival in Cologne, when I came into the cathedral where he was playing along with Nils. I was amazed and enthralled by the beauty and power of their music. The colours and majesty of the cathedral coupled with their music made it a great experience I will never forget. The music seemed to come out of the great stone pillars of the cathedral and from the very walls. It was an ecstatic moment. And I was so pleased that after his show, Peter came and spoke with me about my music and things, which was so nice since he is a gentle soul. Some time later, Peter contacted me with an invitation to come visit him in Berlin and try creating some music together. 

I arrived in Berlin with some apprehension over what our collaborations would be like. I had not played improvisation with other ambient musicians before, having worked solo for all these past years. So it was such a relief to start playing at his studio and hear his wonderful input. He was adding a beautiful and delicate dust cover of sounds and pearly effects that cast a lovely sparkle over the piano music --- I loved it.  

My piano music was happy with this new dimension of sounds. Peter just felt, in his natural way, the right things to do. It was a thrill to hear Continuous Music in some new clothes! And with the addition of Nils and Martyn, we all felt the beautiful spell of the communal flow as the music carried us into wonderful spaces.’  – LUBOMYR MELNYK

The album artwork was created by American contemporary artist Gregory Euclide, best known for his sculptural relief work and cover art for Bon Iver. Euclide was listening to early mixes of the recordings on repeat whilst creating the two paintings contained in the record, describing his visual counterpart to Melnyk's work as 'a continuous cycle of growth and decay'.

lubomyr.com
erasedtapes.com
peterbroderick.net
gregoryeuclide.com

Corollaries

The Six Day Moment

Lubomyr Melnyk - The Six Day Moment

Bedtime Stories (Austin Peralta Reinterpretation)

Creative Commons Volume. 5
Contemporary Classical soundtrack music.

Download at dexterbritain.bandcamp.com

www.dexterbritain.co.uk

Like me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedexterbritain
Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/dexterbritain

Download / License

The Time To Run (Finale)

A track for the new year.

Keep me making free music by licensing its use on my website.
www.dexterbritain.co.uk
(www.dexterbritain.co.uk/products/nothing-to-fear)

Like me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedexterbritain
and follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/dexterbritain

Name Your Price

Nothing To Fear

Music by Fabrizio Paterlini

Fabrizio plays the piano
Live electronics by London DC

Violin: Eugenio Gargiola
Cello: Silvia Dal Paos


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After the rain there will always be the sun

'Scenes from the four seasons' is a collection of unreleased tracks and b-sides from 2012, running through the four seasons and stopping at some intimate moments in Winter, a tranquil evening in Autumn, two seaside scenes between Spring and Summer. 

I decided to have all these tracks together in this collection not only because of the common theme, but above all because, when I started working on my first modern classical album, that will be released later this year, I didn't want to left all these works incomplete, even if they were mostly expression of ideas and style still imperfect and evolving.

However I'm sure you'll find a moment of peace and tranquillity in these notes, and even some passages that represents your life during the seasons, an intimate moment, as when you're at home and the snow starts falling in winter, or when you first see the seaside in spring.

Thank you for taking time to listen to these songs.
All your support is appreciated, especially in view of a strings recording session for the production of my new modern classical album.

Cover artwork is "Restleness" by Agnès Caixas, photographer from Barcelona - Spain. Find her online at:

http://www.flickr.com/people/agnolia/

Follow the latest news about Halo at:

haloproject.co.uk
soundcloud.com/haloproject
facebook.com/halosphere
twitter.com/halotwtr

I take this chance to remind you that my previous EP, "Late Winter Tales", is still available at http://dewtonerecordings.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013 and on the major internet music stores.

Thanks heartily for all your support.

released 03 March 2013 
All tracks Composed, Recorded and Mastered by Pasquale Riviezzo. 
© 2013, All Rights Reserved.

Scenes from the four seasons

Sea and Sand

Halo - Sea and Sand

A Work In Progress. This album focuses on love, romance, weddings and emotional music that embodies feelings of ardor.

License this music at The Music Bed: http://www.themusicbed.com/get-music-list.php?artist=Dexter%20Britain

www.dexterbritain.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thedexterbritain
www.twitter.com/dexterbritain

Our Biggest Day Yet

My Remix for the wonderful Keith / Helios.
Available here: http://unseen.bigcartel.com/product/helios-remixed

Helios - Every Hair On Your Head (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix)

Light Dance, from the solo album "how my heart sings" in 2011.
Sync/Licensing inquiry to: info@schole-inc.com

official site: https://akirakosemura.com/
bandcamp: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4n1lW38WKgyPEIZowQ3AND?si=gwGM3HyeRACgj5z4pSVlug
itunes/apple: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/akirakosemura/216327255

Bandcamp

Light Dance (with violin) (2011)

Light of Life Interlude Part One

Dirk's piano a joy to be inspired by.
He has sent to me the base of Caduco and let me express my interpretation of it.
The result is something we both felt in love and we hope it will pass to you our feelings
Thank you all and thank you Dirk

Piano and arrangement: Dirk Maassen
Electronic and Orchestra: London-DC

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