Preview track for my upcoming album 'Companion' released for PianoDay 2021

Otto A. Totland - Days Before

6 Pieces for Piano

I look back at 2022 and realize that I didn’t put out the “usual” amount of mixes for the HC podcast. This is indeed because right after the celebration of the music from the year before, I was utterly preoccupied with the thoughts turned towards Ukraine. As a result, there were two “For Ukraine” mixes by Brian Housman of Stationary Travels and Peter can Cooten of Ambient Blog. In the last two weeks, with the annual Best of the Year tradition, I managed to broadcast and archive a few of my selections from each list, showcasing appearing artists. You can stream these via my Mixcloud account. But it’s not the same as the typical fair. So today, I’m back, along with the amazing Mike Jedlicka of Optic Echo, to share his favourite vinyl selections of 2022. This is that one particular tradition that I refuse to let go of, with today’s mix being the 12th instalment in the series. There is not much left to say, and we both hope the music speaks much louder. Please enjoy!

Mixes

Optic Echo Presents - Best Vinyl of 2022

Composed by Daniel Wohl, from AORTA album on New Amsterdam Records (2016)

Bones

This month sees the 30th anniversary reissue of “Music for Nitrous Oxide”, the debut album from seminal ambient / drone artists Stars of the Lid. 

Adam Wiltzie marks this milestone with an hour of music that influenced him and fellow member, Brian McBride, who sadly passed away in 2023. The mix features sounds from Cocteau Twins, Ennio Morricone, Vangelis, as well as original tracks. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/adam-wiltzie-stars-of-the-lid-24th-july-2025

Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid) 240725

EP released in celebration of Piano Day 2019.
Bandcamp: derekhunterwilson.bandcamp.com/album/memory-invention
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/memory-invention-ep/1457601154
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2EhDVNazQyihVcjegMIspz
Amazon: amazon.com/Memory-Invention-Derek-Hunter-Wilson/dp/B07PWYPXQ9/

Composition Notes:
Over the past year I've been listening a lot and learning how to play music by Bach. My piece "Memory Invention" takes a similar progression as some of his keyboard works and adds strings to it. The two alternate versions couple this with the idea of how what we remember about an event changes and can even deteriorate over time.

Abstraktes #7 continues my series of solo piano music exploring the line between improvisation and composition.
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Piano and Cello - Derek Hunter Wilson
Viola - Mirabai Peart

Recorded at Type Foundry, Portland, OR

Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering by Jason Powers

Memory Invention

Memory Invention (Screwed)

heart like a keep
small stone on the outside
reverse engineered
boundaries on the borderline

HA!!


there’s something inside of you
why do you repress?
surface level bullshit 
don’t confuse me, i see through you!!  

deception revealed 
consuming lives
silver cross released
its just a matter of time  

now that I’ve got you
figured out
you’ve shown me nothing
but the void,  i see through you

first time they crept up on me
second time was my own damn fault
third time there was no excuses
we must move on 

as you expected
the steel remains
always tainted
covered in rust

HEY!!!


Music, Mixing, Mastering, and Art by Magic Fades

The Keep

PRE ORDER AVAILABLE -
https://thesisproject.bandcamp.com/album/thesis-16-ben-lukas-boysen-martyn-heyne

Ben Lukas Boysen - editing, zen garden.
Martyn Heyne - guitar, organ.

Composed, mixed, and mastered by Martyn Heyne + Ben Lukas Boysen at Lichte Studio Berlin.
Additional engineering by Matthias H. Franz Hahn. Vinyl cut by Mike Grinser.

Thank You!
Gregory Euclide, Matthias H. Franz Hahn, everyone at Manners McDade, Erased Tapes Records & Publishing, Claudia Gödke, and Karolina Zenobia Heyne.

Dedicated to Frieda and Frau Bellmann.

THESIS 16 - Ben Lukas Boysen & Martyn Heyne - June

Becoming //2018

Derek Hunter Wilson is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Portland, OR. 