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Akira Kosemura - Petrarca

All The Pennies

In celebration of both artists performing in London this month, Max Cooper is offering this wonderful remix of his dear friend Nils Frahm, who'll perform an electronic set on October 18 as part of The Hydra: Erased Tapes label night at the Village Underground.

Tickets available via Resident Advisor: 
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?517392

A second remix of Juno track 'For' can be downloaded via XLR8R:
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2013/10/download-max-coopers-new-remix-n

In Max's own words:

'Nils Frahm is one of the best artists out there in my opinion, with pretty much the best live show I've ever seen. But aside from all that, this was just a really enjoyable remix to work on because the original is such a great piece of music, and seemingly so well suited to what I wanted to do with it - which was to try and turn Nils' instrumental jam on his Juno, into something house/techno/club/44 compatible, but still carrying the class and feeling of the original. It was one of those remixes that just seemed to fit and flow easily, with minimum strain and maximum enjoyment on my part - usually a good sign for a remix (the one's that have to be forced never seem to quite get there).

Not only is this one of the best remix projects I've been lucky enough to be involved with, it's also available totally free for you to download and share as you like, courtesy of Erased Tapes and Decibel festival where myself and Nils played last weekend, as well as XLR8R, who were good enough to first feature the 'For' remix.

And of course, it's also a thank you to YOU for listening an supporting my work over the years....thank you and I hope you like the track!....

ps if you're in London on the 18th, Nils is playing an Erased Tapes showcase at Village Underground.'

'Frahm's beautiful, clever piano melodies are a perfect match for Cooper's emotional, distinctive breed of production, blurring lines between the recital hall and the dance floor.' – Earmilk

Juno Reworked

Peter (Max Cooper Remix)

Nils Frahm – Peter (Max Cooper Remix)

Nils Frahm is one of the best artists out there in my opinion, with pretty much the best live show I've ever seen. But aside from all that, this was just a really enjoyable remix to work on because the original is such a great piece of music, and seemingly so well suited to what I wanted to do with it - which was to try and turn Nils' instrumental jam on his Juno, into something house/techno/club/44 compatible, but still carrying the class and feeling of the original. It was one of those remixes that just seemed to fit and flow easily, with minimum strain and maximum enjoyment on my part - usually a good sign for a remix (the one's that have to be forced never seem to quite get there).

Big thanks to Billboard for featuring this remix, which is now available as part of my Balance 030 compilation:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8454339/max-cooper-nils-frahm-remix
http://smarturl.it/Balance030MaxCooper

Stream / buy

Nils Frahm - For - Max Cooper remix

114 FINAL FANTASY - Lightning's Theme

Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd
iTunes Worldwide order link: snip.ftpromo.net/spaces

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10  The Line Of Best Fit ·  8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times ·  ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’  Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

www.nilsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Spaces

Hammers

Buy LP/CD/DL

'WHELM' is out now. ORDER the album incl. poetry book 'Nine Poems' on CD/LP/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP057 
or via iTunes here: snip.ftpromo.net/whelm

TOUR DATES:

12.07. DUSSELDORF (DE) – Open Source Festival
22.07. GHENT (BE) – Boomtown Festival
28.09. SEATTLE (US) – Erased Tapes x Decibel Festival

TICKETS: www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/22/Douglas+Dare

douglasdare.com · erasedtapes.com

Whelm

Nile

Douglas Dare – Nile

Theme ver.2

Pareidolia

A Colour Of Diagonal Nature

Joel Nicholson first gave us a glimpse of his deepest thoughts three years ago with his debut as Butcher The Bar ‘Sleep At Your Own Speed’, an album that dealt with the fleet-footed uncertainties of growing up - recorded in the intimate light of his bedroom. 
Since then Joel has moved into a whole house in Manchester, the rooms of which must be sunny and flooded with light, for the latest songs, with all their delicate melodies, conjure up images of sparkling particles of dust dancing in the sunlight. 
Taken as a whole, the songs on ‘For Each A Future Tethered’ make an album, and its an album with which Joel not only continues telling his own personal story, but which adds a new chapter to the history of great song writing in the tradition of musicians like Nick Drake, Paul Simon and Elliott Smith.

Nicholson has also shown new sides to his creativity in his arrangements. While the songs on the debut album were largely based on the traditional folk instrumentation of guitar, banjo and vocals, on ‘For Each A Future Tethered’ there’s a wider range of musical accompaniment, with the inclusion of trumpets, clarinets, harmoniums and pianos to name a few, resulting in a richer, fuller sound. The music is somewhat reminiscent of label mates Seabear, on ‘Bobby’ for example, but also of indie-pop greats such as The Lucksmiths. Some songs – like the confident lullaby ‘Cradle Song’ and ‘Blood For The Breeze’ - could be folk standards, while others set new standards for folk music. Right from the word go, the opening number ‘Sign Your Name’ shows an astonishing measure of depth and tremendous fluidity, where Joel's voice becomes entwined in the sound of the instruments. Butcher The Bar play folk-pop with a big heart, and anyone who ever wanted to throw their arms around the whole world should feel loved back when listening to this album. 

ButcherTheBar: Bobby

'Adrift' appears in ‘First Song’ from Spotify, who have partnered with The Starkey Hearing Foundation to help bring hearing and music to people in Puerto Princesa, Philippines living with hearing loss.

‘First Song’ tells the stories of Eugene, Jessa Mae and Isagani, as they share their experiences hearing music for the first time after receiving their hearing aids.

http://spoti.fi/1E4jcwX
https://youtu.be/ipBiOdQ6oCY

'Adrift' also appears in the following projects: 
• ‘Lumina’, a Topshop | Topman fashion special for Rankin’s Hunger Magazine (https://vimeo.com/114766696)
• VIMEO STAFF PICK: ‘Christ Air’ by David Dang (http://vimeo.com/101556601)
• Story of Deerz (https://vimeo.com/112709019)

LP/DL - OUT NOW

Steve Gibbs - Adrift

Albatross (featuring Yuki Ishii)

Crochet

Jacopo

Bedtime

Sakura

Amelia

MS John Soda first was a project by Stefanie Böhm (Couch) from Munich. Over the years it became a real band. Nowadays Stefanie Böhm is playing with Micha Acher (the Notwist), Thomas Geltinger (Couch) & Carl Oesterheld (FSK). MS John Soda released both of their albums on Morr Music. 

MS. John Soda: Outlined View

Italian Producer Populous and Short Stories from New York met in the width of the world wide web. Together they did an album for Morr Music. Populous produced the music, and Short Stories, who is also playing in "Gregory and the Hawk", is singing. 

Populous with Shortstories: Only Hope

eleven

Unknown Coordinates (Dom Mino'+ Akira Kosemura)

remix by 
aspidistrafly
http://www.aspidistrafly.com/

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original track

「graf」 + 「Luz」
by haruka nakamura

「graf」  from  - afterglow -
&
「Luz」  from - grace -

vocal / April Lee

kitchen.label
http://www.kitchen-label.com/

Luz  -aspidistrafly remix-

This track is taken from the album 'Symbiosis' ('Circulation' remixes) by Nels 
(2012)

SIDE1 
01. Christopher Willits remix 
02. Federico Durand remix 
03. Sawako feat. Taishi Kamiya remix 
04. Hior Chronik remix 
05. aus remix

SIDE2 
06. Caroline remix 
07. Cokiyu remix 
08. Dom Mino' remix 
09. The Green Kingdom remix 
10. Gurun Gurun remix

Release date: Oct 10, 2012 


Nels//Circulation- Dom Mino' Remix

haruka nakamura - Arne

We are pleased to announce that new female artist Noah (from Nagoya, Japan) has signed with us. Debut release will be split ep with Sela. from California who was known as producer for Kitty Pryde and Deezerific Vitamins etc. 
out February 2013.
anyway, for now please enjoy the christmas gift from Noah. we hope you like it. 
Merry Christmas!

Noah - Winter Morn

flower   (electric piano arr. - akira kosemura)

Joe Hisaishi- One Summer's Day (Spirited Away Theme)

Child's View

Silver Screen - Really No Wonder

Silver Screen - Mercy

download:
http://mannersmusic.bandcamp.com/ 
away from you ep

i'm lying with her, here in her bed in the dark. i can feel her breathing and the burning glow of the streetlight outside of her window falls soft on her skin. i can see her pulse beat in time in the space between her collar bones and i have this great need to wrap my arms around her and pull her close. smother her like a fire burning light and lucid in this darkness. 
i can feel her and smell her in the air around us and she is beautiful. this need to have her close holds itself inside me, gripping and twisting; entwining itself in my ribcage. but instead i lie here next to her and shut my eyes and feel her around me just a bit more before i drift out of the world and dream beneath her blanket and think that she is beautiful.

credit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y39onPhgPXU

if it sparks any interest;
http://eveningstatic.tumblr.com/post/51466918897/heres-my-process-the-idea-or-inspiration