P I A N O

Rembihnútur (Liminal re-work by Paul Corley)

'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

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Whelm

Nile

Douglas Dare – Nile

Philip Glass - Glassworks (piano)

Recently, I've been going through my older posts, circa 2009 or so, re-reading my thoughts on the music of yesteryear. It is slightly self-indulgent, I'll admit, but this _is_ indeed a blog of mine, and this was its purpose all along—to capture a moment in time with words and music. It's interesting to note how my tastes evolved, how familiarity with the artists I covered, and my experience in music production have coloured my perception of these sounds. I can tell you that mostly they have stayed the same. And as the genres evolve and musicians move on, others fill in the void with the sounds that allure me in my particular corner of the universe. For example, I see that Nils has announced yet another live album, capturing the energy he brings to the stage with the performance. Although I appreciate documenting these events, I always return to the early studio albums. Meanwhile, Augsburg-based composer Linus Alberg captures my heart with his unique essence of modern classical warmth and sensibility. While I cannot deny the influence of giants in his music (I hear Jóhann Jóhannsson, I hear Max Richter... of course, I hear Frahm), there is indeed sentimentality that is uniquely him. This is only his second release for the beloved Moderna label, with the debut, Elements, premiering here in 2023. It gently drifts from the upright piano, inviting strings, Wurlitzer, Harmonium and synths to carry you along. There are only five pieces on this 23-minute EP, and yet it perfectly conveys an intimate moment that Alberg cares to share. That's all I ever want... that's all I ever ask of music...

Read more on Headphone Commute:
https://headphonecommute.com/2024/11/08/linus-alberg-signs-from-outer-space/

Signs from Outer Space

TRACK PREMIERE : Linus Alberg - signs from outer space

'Some' is taken from the new album by Nils Frahm – 'Solo'. Revealed on Piano Day as a free download and available on CD/LP/DL here:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP065

iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/soloitunes
Spotify: http://snip.ftpromo.net/solospotify
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Recorded as an Improvisation. Single take, no overdubs.

Fans can donate to the special piano project which will enable Nils and piano builder David Klavins to create the Klavins M450, the tallest piano in the world.

Read More here: www.pianoday.org

“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.” – Nils Frahm

HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE PIANO DAY?

create your own piano events with friends or simply share your videos, poems, photos - anything that is piano inspired. don’t forget to tag us in your posts!

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Email – share your fun stuff with info@pianoday.org

Solo

Some

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Nils Frahm - Some

Piano Love Song ten

09,Echoes of Silence

Third track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Luke Howard (www.lukehoward.com , @lukehoward) : 

Australian Music Prize-nominated composer Luke Howard has been described as “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6) and his music as “an ambient masterclass” (Musos’ Guide), but no words can fully capture the potency of Howard’s enthralling compositions. A pianist since childhood, Howard has scored films and performed with artists as diverse as Lior and Jeff Mills, capturing audiences with contemporary classical arrangements that curl and twist around the boundaries of a particular emotion. Though wordless, Howard’s songs perform a function unique to music as a medium – that of evoking without describing, bringing listeners to a feeling which defies articulating. 

Now signed to UK label Mercury KX (Lambert, Olafur Arnalds, Solomon Grey) and joined live by drummer and collaborator Daniel Farrugia, 2017 has Howard working across several projects: arranging the keyboard works of photographer William Eggleston, a pioneer of colour photography; a European tour beginning in the UK and ending with a performance at Germany’s legendary Elbphilharmonie; and a new record. 

Howard is one of Australia’s foremost practitioners of contemporary classical music. Having already accomplished so much and with more on the horizon, he is set to captivate audiences worldwide.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Sólfar Reworked

Ten (Luke Howard Rework)

Joep Beving - Sleeping Lotus (cover)

Piano miniature from my album 'Second Yard Botanicals' out August 3rd on Apollo Records
http://smarturl.it/secondyardbotanicals

Paul Frick - Neo Biedermeier

Shida Shahabi is a Swedish-Iranian pianist / composer, currently based in Stockholm. The beautiful, intimate and homespun piano of ‘Homes’ marks Shida’s debut release and the fourth in a row of new albums by female-fronted artists released on 130701 this year.

The entirety of the album was recorded at various home locations. During the writing process, Shida was renting a one bedroom appartment which she used as a studio space, before moving to a new house in the midst of the recording. So the music was actually written in one home studio and recorded in two different living rooms, hence the title, ‘Homes’. A sense of this homeliness and unpressured ease is clearly audible across the album – something utterly natural and unforced. There are no whistles and bells attached here, no big name guest performers or hired studio hands. Absolutely beautifully played and composed, it is a deeply charming record that exudes a confident warmth and an emotional depth and honesty in every note. Its production eschews the prioritising of cleanliness, with a warm, fuzzy noise floor audible from the very first track immediately immersing the listener into this sublime yet imperfect reality – as though the whole existed beneath a layer of dust. It posits comfort over obsessive cleanliness. Living comfortably with traces of wear and decay, the recording makes audible intimate acoustic details and imperfections – creaking and hissing; tiny distortions; the pressure exerted by fingers and feet against the piano’s pedals and keys.

Homes

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Shida Shahabi - Abisme

I recorded this song at my grandparents home. Playing the age-old piano wich hasen't been played since they both died.

Composed by Luis Diehl
Record, Mix and Master by ACY

Contact: luisdiehl@acy.berlin

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZIfA8rtn-A

Copyright: Auditive Confectionery, Berlin 2018
ACY: www.youtube.com/channel/UCL270OtTw64JNhZI3FBpy8A

Creepy

from the album 'connected' available oct22.

oren ambarchi & robin fox 'standing mandala'

Being Human Being

Origin of the World

Through Inland - Vanessa Wagner - was able to gift us with imaginary landscapes, through which the listeners could roam freely in a gently throbbing natural world, and where each note was a step and every sound formed a path… Inland Versions is the electronic extension of the project and includes 6 reworks by GAS, Suzanne Ciani, Vladislav Delay, Marc Melia, Hüma Utku and Nadia Struiwigh

Your are listening to GAS rework aka https://soundcloud.com/wolfgang_voigt for Vanessa Wagner´s piano solo interpretation for Wim Mertens "Struggle for Pleasure".

Inland Remixes available in 12" in Kompakt Shop in Cologne from 27.09.2019
& free to share on Spotify / Apple Music / Deezer from today on !

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Vanessa Wagner - Struggle For Pleasure GAS Version [Wim Mertens]

We are thrilled to announce our latest release, a reissue of the 1987 hidden gem Resonance, by Japanese pianist Yumiko Morioka. Originally released on Akira Ito’s ‘Green & Water’ label Resonance remains her only solo record - a truly stunning, timeless collection of compositions that deserves to find a new audience in 2020. 

Just a little over two years ago, Yumiko was fortunate to escape with her life when a neighbour woke her in the middle of the night to tell her that wildfires were closing in. Thirty minutes later her California home, along with all her musical recordings and equipment, was destroyed.

Now back living in Tokyo, where Resonance was created, she is doing well and is excited that her music is being given a new lease of life. It’s our great fortune that Yumiko, and the music she recorded back in 1987, survived and we’re honoured to be able to share the remastered recordings with the world.

Resonance draws influence from the popular environmental music culture prevalent in Japan during the late 80s, but it’s also heavily inspired by Western musicians like Erik Satie and Brian Eno. Listening today, it still feels fresh and pertinent; like the great pioneers of classical and ambient music, there's a timelessness to Resonance - a comforting, familiar feeling, as if these melodies have always existed.

Resonance will be released on limited edition vinyl & digital on April 15th. You can pre-order the album here: https://metronrecords.bandcamp.com/album/resonance

Yumiko Morioka - Komorebi

FatCat Records is a British independent record label founded in 1997.

Shida Shahabi - Abisme

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