Created by Christian Henson: "Ever since recording the LABS Soft Piano some 14 years ago I have always thought “can we go further” make an EVEN more intimate and touching piano.

It’s taken many goes over these last 14 years and my trusty Schimmel has to have become one of the most sampled pianos in sampling history but…. I settled on a pair of Neumann M149s and a KU100 binaural “dummy head” mic, all jammed right into the sound box of the piano THEN… A duvet over the back of them to keep them in the piano and not feel like you were in the room at all.

Then I summed them through one of the ugliest bits of tech I have ever lay my eyes on. Find out more in the youtube video I made about it. How did it work out? Well why don’t you download and see for yourself (Remember binaural recordings always better played on headphones!). Enjoy."

Download it for free here: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/claustrophobic-piano/

Claustrophobic Piano

A selection of 10 tracks submitted in July 2021.

Pianobook instruments used:

Track 01 – TCIPK + NFO: Orchestral Swells
Track 02 – Claustrophobic Piano
Track 03 - See Track Description For Full List
Track 04 – Multiple PB instruments
Track 05 – Buwa’s Harmonium
Track 06 - See Track Description For Full List
Track 07 - Schwechten Grand
Track 08 – OnOff Scrapes + OnOff Scrapes 2
Track 09 – Toy Grand Piano
Track 10 – Bluthner Style 6 #90513

Download all these instruments and many more absolutely free at www.pianobook.co.uk

Monthly Highlights - July 2021

Commercial Tracks

Quick demo for one of the best sampled pianos I've heard

https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/claustrophobic-piano/

Claustrophobic Piano Demo

This is a demo featuring Christian Henson's Claustrophobia Piano for Pianobook. What a delight - such an intimate sound! Also features Southsea Glimmer by Jacob Maloney providing some low end and a few LABS instruments for good measure. Fairly rough production but you get the point. Check out PianoBook!

This is the finished version: https://soundcloud.com/chrislever/tog

Sheet Music: https://www.chrislever.com/product/tog-piano-sheet-music/

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Tog - Claustrophobic Piano - Pianobook

This is a live unedited performance of my recent piece for a felt piano, performed on a "Claustrophobic Piano" library created by Christian Henson for Pianobook. Original photo by Luca Discenza at Unsplash, edited by me.

Clockwise (live unedited)

This track was created as part of the pianobook project using it's free to download 'Claustrophobic Piano' and 'NFO: Orchestral Swells' instruments.

To find out more about the project, how you can get involved and to download these instruments and many more free instruments visit

www.pianobook.co.uk

For further information and updates visit

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh…jA7uvVnIDayerm1zl

Closing Credits

Uses Pianobook Samples: main player=Epic Fireworks
supporting cast=Little Low, The "Cool" Piano, Unhinged, Music Box DLX, Raindrop Guitar
Also uses: Spitfire BBCSO=Horns, Celli, Bass, Tam-Tam
Eric Whitacre Choir
LABS: London Atmos Broken City
composed for the documentary by Last Stand Studios
"American Monument"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVXq6qfrmA&t=34s

American Monument--Strength

Made using a lot of Spitfire Labs instruments, including:
#labscommunity10 #labssoftpiano #labssynthpads #labstapeorchestra #labshandbells

Also used a Wurlitzer running through some guitar pedals

Irresolute - Piano Version

Mastered by Audio Culture: makeitloud.co.za/mastering

https://www.jamendo.com/album/451651/be-stayed
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158363447-bestayed-pianoversion
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158363441-bestayed-violinlowversion
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158363464-bestayed-violinhighversion
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158363437-bestayed-celloversion

Be Stayed (Geringste)

This track uses:
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/buwas-harmonium/

as well as various LABS instruments available here: 
https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/

and Pattern Strings: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/ben-osterhouse/pattern-strings-kontakt

A Field In Memory (Buwa’s Harmonium Demo)

made entirely from instruments available for free at pianobook.co.uk for the second monthly composition/ production challenge in ólafur arnalds' opia discord server.

got a lot of use out of the TCIPK percussion, it accounts for all the percussion in the second half (with the exception of a bit of table lamp)

also made pretty heavy use of the orchestral swells, especially in the first half. 

a more complete description can be found in the youtube video submission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUZa9iX82Q

"pianoconfetti" - opia x pianobook

Ólafur Arnalds' OPIA CONTEST : make a track using only samples from https://www.pianobook.co.uk/

Libraries used ;
Vintage Glockenspiel
November Piano
The "Cool" Piano
TP Project (DX7 Epiano)
TP Project (MKS20 Brass)
TP Project (Strings 1)
Soft String Spurs
DK Solo Cello
Pointillism Guitar
Cassette MOOD
Basement Drums Red Kit

4OA (Ólafur Arnalds' OPIA CONTEST)

https://artlist.io/song/16883/the-motions
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1877973/the-motions
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158329053-motions

The Motions

Main and alternative versions:
https://artlist.io/song/95179/the-motions-reprise
https://artlist.io/song/95180/the-motions-reprise
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/171212942-motions-reprise-cinematic-inspirational-epic-piano-and-orche
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/203158875-motions-reprise-cinematic-inspirational-epic-piano-and-orche
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/203158879-motions-reprise-inspirational-contemplative-piano

The Motions (Reprise)

https://artlist.io/song/16884/winterbeams
https://artlist.io/song/34742/winterbeams
https://www.jamendo.com/album/451656/winterbeams
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158365467-winterbeams
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/158365483-winterbeams-no-percussion

Winterbeams

I still don't really know what I'm doing.

I also write and produce for this project called Hoarder: https://open.spotify.com/album/7KAgOZHqTQCa2dvJ0gA44t?si=Bu2Y6-fLRgOowZMtbg1gUQ

...and play drums in this band (Friends With Pools): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3NPWoA7g83BwdDyA2AoQKw?si=LyDenfTaRymQslA7nB2_GQ

Be Stayed (Geringste)

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