Is it a hint for a new library including the Shakuhachi and Izar? I hope so!

Good morning. It’s me again. Tired of hearing from me with almost daily updates? Well, it’s not my fault that there’s so much amazing music out there! I am already pre-booked for the entire next week for nearly a new announcement and a premiere every day! And I suspect there will be more, as some of this post-lockdown music pours out, matures, and then sees the light of day. Reminds me of a good ol’ whiskey bottled up in the last century that we’re finally only tasting right now. Speaking of lockdown, before we were all forced to stay in our homes and our countries for months, there was this wonderful thing called “international travel,” which not only built up entire new nations on the economy of tourism, but also exposed the travellers to other cultures, places, and lives. Such was the case with Christopher J Vibberts, who was born in the high desert mountains of central Mexico, and then, upon hearing so much amazing music originating in Iceland (no doubt lauded on these pages as well), decided to visit this Nordic island country and experience it for himself. I, too, have been to this wonderful, geologically active place on our planet and can confirm that it is a truly magical land (I even went inside the glacier!) Ah, such fantastic memories. Similarly, for Vibberts, his trip to the 2019 November Iceland Airwaves festival left  him with an indelible impression and “an impact that had a profound and lingering effect that can be heard throughout the album.” For this exclusive track premiere, I am sharing a piece titled “I’m Losing You,” in which, if you listen closely, you can hear the many influences of the Icelandic present classical music scene, including that of the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, who, through his music, we will never truly lose.

"Somber piano and cellos float toward the future, as the past slips away. No matter how hard we hang on, time will change us… and our world, and yet the sounds of who we were will always be part of us. Can you hear me?"
— Christopher J Vibberts

This is Vibberts’ third full length under his Chrystal Für moniker, recorded for the What Are We Records. The full album, titled Elusion, is released on May 28th, available as digital and on a matte-finished 4-panel CD. And yes, one of the pieces on the album is featuring the very same Echo Collective that has most recently released 12 Conversations With Thilo Heinzmann on which they’ve collaborated with Jóhannsson. I think you’re going to love this record, folks! Highly recommended!

Elusion

I’m Losing You

TRACK PREMIERE : Chrystal Für - Elusion

Tommy gave his fans an opportunity to do whatever they wanted with the 5 tracks from his recent video "The Journey". So I took the tracks and mixed them down to my specs...enjoy!

The Journey (My mix of Tommy Emmanuel song)

Gayatri Mantra

Part of THEMATIC EXPLORATION, the new electronic infused hybrid soundtrack album by Peter Heckmann and members of the Ethnic World Orchestra - released in June 2024.

Written, produced and arranged by Peter Heckmann

Featured musicians:
Keyboards, Drum Programming, Bass, Synthesizers – Peter Heckmann
Lead and Backing Vocals - Aliye Mutlu, Hayat Selim, Conny Kollet, Filip Kutev Ensemble & Choir and Yucca Rose
Orchestration – Peter Heckmann

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann

All Graphic Design and Track Artwork provided by Peter Heckmann
Album Artwork (Painting) provided by Yucca Rose.

Thematic Exploration

The Answer

Buy at Bandcamp

The Yield

This is the 5th track from my upcoming album 'Repetitions'.

I wrote this album after coming back from a trip to Poland in August 2014. It's about my relatives, the farm, the sea, trains and train stations, and other things. I took ideas about repetition and combined them with my experiences from the trip, and ended up with what to me is a very personal album. Two other tracks, 'Held' and 'Escape', were written for a collaborative work between Pamela Tzeng, Jenna Swift and myself called 'What is More'. They provided me texts, descriptions of movement and feeling, and then the music came from that. There was a lot of overlap between this album and that project, and seeing as they fit the mood and worked wonderfully with the flow, it only made sense to include them. I hope you enjoy it!

releases 13 August 2015 

Music by Krzysztof Sujata 
valiska.com 

Mastered by Lawrence English @158 
lawrenceenglish.com 

Cassette Artwork/Design/Logo by Whitney Ota 
whitneyota.com 

Cover photo by Krzysztof Sujata 

Dawn

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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The imagery that this piece evokes for me is so strong and so specific that I've written a little introduction to the setting:

Setting: Venice, Italy circa 1432

As night tightens its icy grip on the city of Venice, people flood the streets for the annual festival of Carnivale. Hidden behind elaborate gowns and masks, they shed the restrictive chains of station and allow their baser instincts to navigate them through the Venetian night. Spectacle, pomp, and debauchery abound in the soft glow of lantern light that floods the cobblestone below. In the shadows however there lurks a different thing entirely. Something dark. Something sinister. An assassin.

My sincere thanks for listening.

Masquerade

www.myspace.com/deadcandancetribute

Dead Can Dance Tribute were:

Carla Corsi - Vocals
Davide Caresta - Keyboards & Pc Programming

Dead Can Dance Tribute - 03. Saltarello

This is the audio from our live improvisation filmed 17th March 2016: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXXAz_6pxfQ&feature=youtu.be . The audio has been taken from the video and improved for listening. Faith Brackenbury plays Violin and Joel Pike plays Guitar and Piano. It is completely improvised and live in one take with no rehearsal beforehand. It's also called "If We Play -variation" as it shares the same key and a small theme from that track appears somewhere in the improv. If We Play is a track from the forth coming 3rd album from Tiny Leaves. Thank you for listening!

If We Play - variation  [live improv]

Invites (August 2017)

Night Sounds - Breathe

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