This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Brueder Selke - Lotos

From the album "Ivory" released via Kitchen Label (2018)

IVORY

Duende

Dazed (Foam And Sand Remix)

Sangro River

"Ever since I was a child music has been a sacred space for me to dream inside of," says Adam Miller and his recently released solo debut "Gateway" underlines that with haunting meditative sounds. . His distinctive cinematic, neo-psychedelic wave guitar play we've all come to love from his work with Chromatics is still the heart of his sound but by being freed from conventional structures it allows the artist do dive deeper into the actual sound and its dream-like state. "Gateway" is an ambient album designed with and for guitars and that's something you don't see that often these days.

For NBHAP he compiled an exclusive mixtape that works like a companion piece to the whole "Gateway" concept and it's a joyful ride. About it Miller says: "Each song in my mix is its own little world to me, and each song here creates that space for me to dream. Some of these songs have been standbys for the majority of my life. Others have entered into my awareness only more recently."

More information and full tracklisting at: https://bit.ly/3HQ5jfi

Exclusive: A Meditative Gateway Guestmix By Chromatics Founder Adam Miller

Seeking (Holographic Field Rework)

Woven Song — piano reworks

Laudness is a solo project by the Danish musician and electronic producer Laurits Smedegaard. He now releases his first EP ‘Skyformationer’.

‘Skyformationer’ →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

The EP reflects what Laudness does best – he makes you daydream.
It’s melancholic, pleasing, and adventuress all at once. It’s also meditative in a way that makes one look back at memories, recognize them and miss them.

Shift away with Laudness...

Connect with Laudness
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/032QRrarZ8LCUfTnjPAGRS
IG : https://www.instagram.com/laudness_/
SC : https://soundcloud.com/laudness

Connect with Music For Dreams
FB : https://www.facebook.com/musicfordreams
SC : https://soundcloud.com/music-for-dreams
YT :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8HNI0C0QGdOoHWrTqhVWA 
IG : https://www.instagram.com/musicfordreams/
TW : https://twitter.com/musicfordreams
BC : https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/
Home : https://musicfordreams.dk/

Laudness - Skyformationer (Full EP) - S0635

Premiered on Hania Rani's Cercle show.
https://youtu.be/J5oZ80Daduc

Abu Simbel (Hania Rani Invalides Version)

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WhoMadeWho - Abu Simbel (Hania Rani Invalides Version)

The guest in this Electronic Beats Podcast is Hania Rani, an award-winning pianist, composer and singer hailing from Gdansk in Poland. 
Hania was initially inspired to study classical music and was later introduced to jazz and electronics at music school, widening her interests and as she puts it, “mixing Chopin & Schostakovitch with Dave Brubeck and Moderat”. Other inspirations include composers such as Max Richter, Esbjorn Svensson, Miles Davis, Nils Frahm, Murcof, Portico Quartet, Radiohead and even The Beatles. But Rani’s inspirations aren’t just musical, she has drawn inspiration from places she has lived and visited. 
Over the past few years Rani’s music has gained widespread recognition, earning many acclamations such as the Sanki Award as the “New Face of Polish Music” and Transatlantyk Golden Ark Award for “Best Young Polish Composer” amongst others. Recent years have seen Hiani scoring soundtracks for several movies, collaborating with the likes of Portico Quartet and Christian Löffler and performing live shows for ARTE and Cercle, her unfaltering drive has made Rani one of the most intriguing artists in the contemporary classical world.
In this episode our Host Lindi Delight speaks with her about initial spark for her love for music, first touch with the piano, meaning of improvisation, classic and neoclassic music, Melancholie and much more.

Hania Rani - Inspiration, Improvisation & Instruments

In All This Heavy Blue

Sunni Colon – I dont mind
Freeenationals & Chronic – Eternal Light
Mick Jenkins & Earthgang – The Light
Frank Ocean – Pink & White
bLack pArty – Bloom
Lion Babe & Moe Moks – Rockets
Smino & No Name – Amphetamine
Bilderbuch – Taxi Taxi
Moonchild – The List
Emma Ndobo – Living On The Inside
Cleo Sol – When Im In Your Arms
Lex Amor – 100 Angels
Brent Faiyaz – Make Luv
Frank Ocean – Thinking Bout You
Sango & Xavier Omar – The Motive/Used To The Melody
McClenney – Just Stay

James Freud - Hope Your Flowers Bloom (Guest MixTape 01 / 2023)

The latest episode of the radio show which I host every Sunday night from 9 to 11pm on Select Radio. Expect a live mix of upfront contemporary music, ranging from nu jazz and classical, to innovative electronica, underground house and techno, and joining the dots in between. Starting slow and deep but upping the pace into heavier sounds as the show progresses.

Featuring new music by Andrea, Yasiin Hazim, Jazuelle, Urbs, Mr G, Tosca, Iori, Stimming, Inigo Kennedy and Nathan Fake.

Departures 09/04/23

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

Our final demo sound and video recording of the M450i Vertical Concert Grand at the workshop, before we brought it to Berlin - Nils Frahm's studio at the Funkhaus Berlin - one of my favorite pieces of Hania's beautiful compositions.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8veLuNmQbI

Hania Rani - SUN on the Klavins M450i Vertical Concert Grand

Please meet the Electronic Beats Weekly: Every Thursday, podcast hosts Juba, Kikelomo and 0tt0 Kent dissect what everyone is talking about in electronic music and club culture. From new releases, to the big headlines we didn’t have on our bingo card, to the hypes shaping our social media feeds right now – expect background info, plenty of hot takes and special guests from the universe of forward-thinking beats and dancefloor shenanigans.

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