The experience

#1 Billboard Classical
#1 iTunes Classical Album (US)
#1 Amazon Classical

License this piece at - 
https://www.musicbed.com/songs/nocturneinfminore28093op552cno128variation29/12742

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Chopin needed a new introduction.  Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Norah Jones), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a minimalist landscape.

It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.  

Taking 10 Chopin works, Lawson decided to scale the works down to a minimalist setting.  "I knew even if bare-bones, Chopin's works could still be as spellbinding as the original compositions we are so familiar with." says the pianist.  

Produced by Chad Lawson & Alejandro Clavijo. Mixed by Stephen Lee Price.  Mastered by Michael Graves of Osiris Studios (Atlanta, GA).

Chopin Nocturne in F Minor-Op. 55, No 1 (Variation) Piano, Violin, Cello - Chad Lawson

Beautiful track from the upcoming Porya Hatami release, "Arrivals and Departures"...out on September 28th

Porya Hatami..."Arrivals And Departures"   Homecoming

Keith Kenniff - Resolve

Remixed by Cyrus Reynolds 
https://soundcloud.com/cyrusreynolds

Cello: Mike Kaufman 
Viola: Virginia Rockwell 

Track taken from 'Adrift Reworks', released on Injazero Records.
https://injazerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/adrift-reworks

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Steve Gibbs - Patterns (Cyrus Reynolds Remix)

innova 923
https://www.innova.mu/albums/jane-antonia-cornish/continuum

Jane Antonia Cornish: Continuum I

The warmth of the Sun i will miss... (made with blown headphones and when i get new ones i will revise this) would mean the world if you reposted plz :D

awesome art done by @chechenec hhu for all kinds of cover art!

ＵｎｔｉｌＷｅＭｅｅｔＡｇａｉｎ…

A cue from the film Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses 

© Rhian Sheehan 2015

Two Charges

For your enjoyment, happyness and mental health.
@Brombaer

Fljóta & Brombaer - Unknown Passage

A track made for @BestFitMusic's Canadian Christmas album:
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/donwload-free-christmas-album-2015

Frost and Furrow

Debut album Learning To Growl out on May 13th. 

Video https://youtu.be/ZfrTpvXT9tw

Indie Rose

Island Songs

1995 (feat. Dagný Arnalds)

A quick track to fuck around with vocal samples.

Queen

Here's a lovely, short teaser for the track "Turrets" off the upcoming tinycastles, 3" mini CD release...

tinycastles are Lyndsie Alguire and Thomas Boucher...

tinycastles... "Turrets" teaser

Smooth and dope collab with the homegirl @senecabeats Please i highly suggest you check her out

So Many Fall... (w/ Seneca B) [SOLD!]

saturday evening

If I Could Then I Would...change it all for the better

Hi! here is a track i made a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy it! I'm working on a new project i can't wait to share with u. Thanks for listening and have a good one!

take your time

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For full information visit: 
http://www.loop.co.nz/releases/stories-from-elsewhere

STORIES FROM ELSEWHERE  –By RHIAN SHEEHAN

File Under: Post-rock / Ambient, Experimental
 
A series of enchanting instrumental works, Stories From Elsewhere is Rhian Sheehan’s most evocative album to date - an excursion into a soundscape of tender ethereal textures, brooding cinematic string arrangements, and playful experimental lullabies. Sheehan has encapsulated a world of serenity and melancholia within this 12-track album. Stories From Elsewhere is a musical landscape to get lost in.

His first full-length album since Standing in Silence (2009), Sheehan transgresses Ambient and Post-Rock genres and moves deeper into a unique world of haunting atmospheres, reflective ambient electric guitar washes, childlike melodies, and stirring moments of elation.

Principally conceived by Sheehan in his Wellington, New Zealand based home studio; his strong sense of vision for the album’s live representation informed key collaborations, which are bound to extend to the performance of Stories From Elsewhere. Contributing artists included: Jeff Boyle (Jakob), Raashi Malik (Rhombus), Andy Hummel (Rosy Tin Teacaddy), Steve Bremner (The Adults), Ryan Prebble (The Nudge), and string players from the NZSO. Sheehan also enlisted the talents of Lee Prebble to help him put finishing touches on the album.

Sheehan describes how some of the music from the album came about:

 “The album as a whole came about via experimentation. I’ve been moving further away from computer made electronica over the last few years and tinkering away in my home studio with old children’s musical toys and gadgets I’ve collected over the years, working out ways to make interesting and unusual sounds. I mixed half of the album with Lee Prebble, which was good fun. We ran the drums and strings through an old 60’s plate reverb to get a more nostalgic atmospheric tone. Most of the textures on this album were made with electric guitars and vocals run through various outboard effects. I wanted to make an album that sounded very natural and organic - a collection of sonic stories that hopefully will be listened to as one body of work.”

“’Little Sines’ was conceived on my baritone ukulele and an old 80’s toy sampler I use to record and playback sine waves on. I then physically created the main melody on a handmade DIY music-box I own, but didn’t really think it was a particularly interesting melody until my young son began singing it relentlessly. I then knew I had an idea worth pursuing. This melody pops up throughout the album in various forms.”

 “’Creation Myths’ bizarrely came about via the main melody of ‘Little Sines’. One day I mistakenly placed the music-box piano roll melody from ‘Little Sines’ upside down. After some tinkering, I ended up with the finished track.“

“’The Upper Sky’ was a late night collaborative effort with my wife, Raashi and good friend, Jeff Boyle. I had a rough idea sketched out and they both helped guide the piece in the final direction.”

“’La Boîte à Musique’ was the piece that took the longest to complete. Again, the basic tune was conjured up via experimenting with old musical toy instruments. Essentially, it’s an experiment in the sonic manipulation of a simple melody. I had written a rough string arrangement for the outro section that I then passed on to collaborator, Ryan Youens, to put some finishing touches on.”

“’Nusquam’ I guess came about subliminally due to the soundtrack work I do. It’s a very filmic and emotive piece. I’m emotionally connected to it. The melody came very quickly, but I didn’t realise how affecting it could be until much later when I played a rough version to a friend.“

 “’Nocturne 1985’ was predominately created using an old 8bit toy keyboard. The only other instrument on this piece was the drums played by Steve Bremner (that enter mid way through the track). This is the most ‘electronic’ piece on the album. It has kind of a reflective early 80’s game arcade sound to it”.

The imagery for Stories From Elsewhere is the result of a collaboration between Sheehan and artist, Kieran Rynhart. After discovering Rynhart’s work at a local art gallery and falling in love with a print (which now hangs on Sheehan’s living room wall), Sheehan approached Rynhart with some ideas he wished to explore for the album’s artwork. The beautiful results are displayed throughout the Stories From Elsewhere artwork.

For full information visit: 
http://www.loop.co.nz/releases/stories-from-elsewhere


The experience

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