My debut album "Heart Strings", is now available to download on many online music stores, including iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

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Heart Strings (album available to download on iTunes)

Piano

light music

Hi all. Here is a selection of orchestral tracks that I've recently created.

Ed Haydon - Orchestral tracks

Relaxation..

Peace of Mind

Relaxing

revised bedtime

A new orchestral track from me. Hope you enjoy!

My debut album "Heart Strings" is now available on iTunes...https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

The Wish

Collaboration with the amazing vocalist Maya Ines, who can be found using the below links:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maya-Ines/239441632766817?id=239441632766817&sk=info
http://www.youtube.com/mayaines

Original lyrics credit to Angus & Julia Stone:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/big-jet-plane-ep/id365359192
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTvbcNhEgc

OverHertz ft. Maya Ines - Big Jet Plane

A new double A side 7" from Julia Holter set for release on August 19 (North America) / July 28th 2014 (Rest of the world).

'Hello Stranger' also appears on Julia Holter's Loud City Song out now.

A Don't Make Me Over (Written by Burt Bacharach / Hal David; originally performed by Dionne Warwick) LISTEN: http://bit.ly/dontmakemeoversc
AA Hello Stranger (Barbara Lewis) LISTEN: http://bit.ly/hellostrangersc

Pre-order and receive an instant mp3 download of both tracks
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http://juliashammasholter.com/
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https://twitter.com/JULIA_HOLTER

Julia Holter - Hello Stranger

#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

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Song From A Secret Garden

Pre-order the long-form EP on 10"/CD/DL here:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP064
Or via iTunes to receive this song for instant download:
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Erased Tapes first introduced Lubomyr Melnyk and his unique continuous music technique to a wider audience with ‘Corollaries’, an album produced by Peter Broderick in 2013. Now he returns with a 24-minute mini album entitled 'Evertina'. Featuring three newly composed solo piano pieces, the long-form EP showcases another side to Lubomyr Melnyk – his more gentle and melodic work.

In 2012 Lubomyr's ears began to notice the remarkable tonal depth of upright pianos. To Lubomyr the upright piano sound is like a natural forest of microcosmic colours. 'Evertina' and 'Awaiting' were created on a middle-aged upright piano at a friend's home in New York in October 2012 – just before Hurricane Sandy hit the city. Some children were listening to Lubomyr as he played in a hotel lobby in Cologne and 'Butterfly' is the piece that he made for them. It was recorded on a battered grand piano somewhere in Switzerland in late 2013, with the lid closed down to soften the effect. ‘Evertina’ will be available on 10” vinyl, CD and download from December 15th.

IN HIS OWN WORDS:

"The piano for me has so many different faces, so many personalities and wonders, it is like life itself, ever-changing yet always holding to a permanence of beauty. Like butterflies that never fly in a straight line but always carry their loveliness with them in their multi-angled paths. I want people to hear these pieces, that are always hidden from the world. I keep them locked away in a quiet place, far from the concert hall. Why do I do that? I guess it is because they are so easy to play, so effortless, I can do them while sleeping. Whereas my more demanding abilities on the piano come out in the forceful nature of continuous playing. There, the new ground is being broken and a new door is being opened for the world. But that does not mean that I am bound by nature or by god to do only continuous music. My heart moves into these pieces just as it moves into the continuous modalities. So here, for the very first time, I am bringing three of these little miniatures to the public view. May everyone enjoy them for their gentle simplicity and quietude.

These three pieces fit so nicely together in spirit, they present a tableau, a tiny triptych that can reach the world without waiting for a major work, they stand beautifully on their own, and do not need an album to surround them with comfort and padding. No, they are what they are, and a short musical interlude as this record gives, is just perfect for their nature."

– LUBOMYR MELNYK

The cover artwork was created by American artist Gregory Euclide, who also designed the relief cover art for the album ‘Corollaries’. 

TRACK LISTING: 1. Evertina  2. Awaiting  3. Butterfly (for Solo Piano)

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  lubomyr.com · erasedtapes.com

Evertina

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Lubomyr Melnyk – Evertina

Otjánbird Pt. I

'Entanglement' is out on Erased Tapes.
Order the album on CD/LP/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP067
Or via iTunes: http://geni.us/entanglementitunes

“No click tracks, no headphones, and no film. Just the spontaneity of performance and the sound of musicians hearing, connecting and responding.” 

‘Entanglement’, the debut album by Michael Price fulfils his long-term desire to explore new musical territories, featuring Michael on the piano, with the addition of cello, soprano voice, string orchestra, modular synth, tape effects and electronics.

Throughout the record you will hear street sounds from 'Budapest' captured and processed on Michael’s mobile phone, as well as chamber music recorded direct to tape with vintage microphones in single takes. Album track ‘The Attachment’ was partly recorded onto a 1940s magnetic disc recorder, which immediately connected the piece back to a pre-digital musical age.

The cello and soprano vocal parts throughout the album were written specifically and directly for cellist Peter Gregson and vocalist Ashley Knight, whose expressive voice features on tracks ‘Maitri‘ and ‘The Uncertainly Principle‘. The lyrics for both songs are Japanese poetry sung in English, dealing with age, loss and the inevitable fading of beauty.

‘Entanglement’ was written over a period of two years on paper and by hand with Michael exploring oldest and newest technology at Abbey Road Studios and Snap Studios in London, before most of the recording and mixing took place at Vox-Ton in Berlin.

“I wanted to make an album that sounded like a dark, Berlin record store discovery from the 30s. Something that had timeless emotive power, and pre-digital rawness. Something that I hope would make a deeper connection in superficially networked times. I think there is a duty for artists to be honest, and vulnerable. Because then there is a possibility of real connection. Entanglement is both honest and vulnerable and to go through the two year process of writing, refining and recording an album has been more intense and more beautiful than I could have possibly imagined.

Entanglement is a very personal expression of my obsessions: music, love, physics and the inter-connectedness of things. There is structure and freedom, chaos and control, and the beauty of ancient instruments set against impassive machines." – Michael Price

ABOUT THE ARTWORK: Resembling the inter-connecting parts, the cover art for ‘Entanglement’ was created by South London artist Supermundane, with the packaging’s layout done by long-term Erased Tapes-collaborator Torsten Posselt at FELD in Berlin.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Tape Overture 2. Easter  3. Little Warm Thing 4. Budapest  5. The Attachment  6. Maitri  7. Digital Birds  8. The Uncertainty Principle 9. Entanglement

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Entanglement

The Attachment

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Michael Price – The Attachment

The path

'Il Sentiero' was improvised in Gmin & recorded on February 1st. @VictorNiglio gives you @NigliosPiano, an outlet for all of his piano compositions and improvisations that normally don't see the light of day.

Il Sentiero

Keith Kenniff - Resolve

Chet Baker - Estate

Memories Of Murder OST Memories Of Night (Piano Solo Theme)

salma nova - the end of a love affair

Reminiscent Of Spring

Hi all - I hope you enjoy this piano instrumental.

My debut album "Heart Strings", which includes this piece, is now available to download on many online music stores, including iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

Please follow me on Facebook... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

Listen to the rest of the album here... https://soundcloud.com/edhaydon/sets/heart-strings-album-release

Desire (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

Recorded in a single afternoon.

Drums - Jon Callan
Everything else written, performed and produced by Tom Adams 

Mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Lupo
Track appears with kind permission by Kowloon Records




Submarine

In celebration of the first ever piano day, here's a little binaural recording of something new I've been working on! 

It was recorded on the beautiful piano at One Good Lied a Day, London.  

- Piano Day 29.03.2015 -

Voices of the Sea (solo piano / binaural recording)

A little something for a stormy night. Recorded impulsively at home, especially for the very first Piano Day, curated by Nils Frahm...

Isotach

Hi all,

This track is taken from my forthcoming album Heart Strings, which will be released on 9th May 2015.  This piece was written a couple of years ago, but has been fully remixed.  I hope you enjoy this track.

Follow me on Facebook for details of my forthcoming album... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

Ed

Hope (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

Neumond

TREE - #PianoDay

“TREE” is a part of a composition written for Simphonie Cinétique, a collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter. Re-edited and mixed for release in celebration of Nils Frahm’s #PianoDay and features Nils himself on celeste.

Composed, arranged and performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Violin: Viktor Orri Árnason
Celeste: Nils Frahm

Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin.
Mixed at E7 Studios, Reykjavik.

See more about Symphonie Cinétique here:
https://vimeo.com/70897666

TREE

Debby's Theme -  Passion Flower -   Francis Lai

AMANIC - Improvisation Im April

This is another track from my new album called Heart Strings. 

The album is now available to download on many online music stores, including iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

Please follow me on Facebook... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

Lament (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

This is another track from my new album called Heart Strings.

The album is now available to download on many online music stores, including iTunes... itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-s…ings/id989429326

Please follow me on Facebook... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

Heart Strings (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

Hi all - I hope you enjoy this ambient piano instrumental.

My debut album "Heart Strings", which includes this piece, is now available to download on many online music stores, including iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

Please follow me on Facebook... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

The Promise (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

This track is taken from my debut album "Heart Strings" and features a piano / orchestral arrangement.

The album is available to download on iTunes... itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-s…ings/id989429326

Please follow me on Facebook... www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

The Wish (from my debut album "Heart Strings")

Asian piano prince 《V.K》presents you another surprising masterpiece, the original movie soundtrack for《Four Hands》!

After the success of piano album 《Love‧Infinity》 in performing music in the Chinese regions , 《V.K》, who amazes us every time, makes his first challenges for cinema music.

Majestic orchestral arrangements, soul stirring Chinese music, stunningly describes the characters’ emotional world  straightforwardly, without reservation.

Always leading the trends in performing music in the Chinese regions, Asian piano prince 《V.K》is invited by the Golden Horse Award winning director You-Ning LEE to exploit his amazing talents in the different field and composed original music for the movie 《Four Hands》.

From composing, arranging, to recording and conducting, 《V.K》took parts personally which shows the importance and anticipation for this original movie soundtrack.

V.K’s remarkable creativity and unique sound concepts result in a combination that brings the perfect balances for motion pictures and music.
Blend sweeping western orchestral music, the movie’s main themes also features many instrumental solo passages, including piano solo performed by V.K himself.  The majestic orchestra represents the forceful momentum that can be seen, yet the expressive sorrowful solo melodies linger on as if the movie emotional scenes are right before your eyes once again.

In this original movie soundtrack, 《V.K》once again shows his expertise for arranging.  Adding his own music style, the famous Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 3 becomes a vivid colored new piece with full pop elements, which kept the melancholy tastes of the original piece, at the same time pushing the magnificent piano techniques once again to the top.

V.K’s first time cinema music, 《Four Hands》original soundtrack, is an album definitely not to be missed by his fans and a must for any one's collection.   

Purchase on cdbaby : http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/vksounds
V.K Facebook : www.facebook.com/VKstyle

20. Homecoming / 返鄉之途

well, i broke my thumb, so i had to take it easy. so if you break your left thumb one day, you be still able to play this. enjoy!

FREE DOWNLOAD: http://screws.nilsfrahm.com

Screws

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You (song for 9 fingers)

I made this remix of 'We Come Running' by Youngblood Hawke for their remix contest. It's totally different from what I usually do. I think you can call this genre/style Chillstep. I hope you like it!

Download: http://bit.ly/WarriyoDownload

Youngblood Hawke - We come running (Warriyo Remix)

I have teamed up with Alexander Hallberg to produce this version of the Last of the Mohicans.  Alexander pulled the main production together - my contribution was the piano / choir and some suggestions on the arrangement.  It was great fun to work with Alexander on this one and I hope to team up again this year.

You can hear some great music from Alexander at the following link... https://soundcloud.com/booback/

This track is part of the album "Beyond the Horizon" by Ed Haydon & Alexander Hallberg and is available to buy from iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-the-horizon/id669200648


Haydon & Hallberg - The last of The Mohicans (Remix)

An orchestral track produced for the Piano Cloud's 4 chord challenge, using F C G Am.

Originally uploaded 23 Feb 2013 - this version remastered in Jan 2016.

Composition and production by Ed Haydon.

This track is part of the album "Beyond the Horizon" by Ed Haydon & Alexander Hallberg and is available to buy from iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-the-horizon/id669200648


Freedom

Hi All - this is my submission to the Piano Cloud's International Challenge, which was set up to express a musical a style which is native to your home country or in the style of a famous artist from your homeland.

I took most of my influences from Holst and Vaughan-Williams.  I think the idea for the melody came from growing up singing hymns at school.  As you will hear the track starts off with some gentle piano and introduces further instruments as it progresses.  I apologise in advance for the final section - it wasn't my original intention to create such a bombastic finale! :)

This track is part of the album "Beyond the Horizon" by Ed Haydon & Alexander Hallberg and is available to buy from iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-the-horizon/id669200648



The same "Surrey Hills" was inspired by the fact that it's the birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams and it's also very close to where I live, so I visit there quite often.

I hope you enjoy this track - please let me know what you think. This was quite an ambitious project for me because I built the orchestra from the ground up and used many individual layered tracks to create the overall effect.

Surrey Hills

FREE DOWNLOAD: 
http://www.samblackmore.xyz/music.html

Above & Beyond - Love Is Not Enough (Chillstep Remix)

I hope you enjoy this re-made and extended version of a track I produced last year.  

This track is part of the album "Beyond the Horizon" by Ed Haydon & Alexander Hallberg and is available to buy from iTunes... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-the-horizon/id669200648

You can also check out the video here...http://vimeo.com/69757892

Many thanks to Alf Pilz for creating such wonderful effects; the magic world of freezing water, growing and disappearing raw frost, amazing crystal diversity and enchanting twilight situations.


Faded Memories

Epic chill out. 

Vocals: Felicia Farerre

ISRC UK-EU8-15-00010

Shadows & Mist

Ed Haydon is a composer and pianist from London who creates music that combines classical elegance with a contemporary twist. Ed is passionate about both tradition and trying new things and his music takes you on a journey, mixing enchanting melodies with exciting crescendos, which is sure to transport you to another world.