Neo Classical

pipe organ

Lumi

NA CA SO, NA CA ANNO:  Day 51, morning.

Christoph Berg - Paraphrases

Weekend

Vol0417

piano

The new album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: http://www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10 The Line Of Best Fit · 8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times · ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’ Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

erasedtapes.com · nilsfrahm.com

Spaces

Says

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Nils Frahm - Says

nocturne for pipe organ

From the updated version of The Score (Part One). The Score features over an hour of soundtrack themes from the gentle opening through to full and epic hollywood.
 
Download at Bandcamp: http://dexterbritain.bandcamp.com/

www.dexterbritain.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thedexterbritain
www.twitter.com/dexterbritain

To license this music for your project please contact The Music Bed, or see dexterbritain.co.uk for information.

Waiting Around

from the album 'essays in idleness' available 4/7

christopher bissonnette 'entanglements'

www.facebook.com/hugarmusic
www.hugar.is
http://hugar.bandcamp.com

Hugar are Bergur Þórisson & Pétur Jónsson

Other instrumentalists are:
Ólafur Arnalds - Drums
Pétur Björnsson - Violin
Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir - Violin
Guðbjartur Hákonarson - Viola
Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir - Cello

Cover Photography: Anna Iceland
Other Photography: Ólafur Baldvin Jónsson



Endalok

'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

erasedtapes.com · michaelpricemusic.com

Entanglement

Easter

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Michael Price – Easter

The Attachment

Michael Price – The Attachment

Free DL

'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
HDTracks: http://snip.ftpromo.net/hdtracksnf
Qobuz: http://snip.ftpromo.net/qobuznf

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!

Instagram – #pianodayofficial
Twitter – twitter.com/piano__day
Facebook – facebook.com/pages/Piano-Day/382403391947996
Email – share your fun stuff with info@pianoday.org

Solo

Some

Nils Frahm - Some

Johann Vexo au grand-orgue Cavaillé-Coll de la Cathédrale de Nancy
Concert de Carême - 15 mars 2015

Johann Vexo on the Cavaillé-Coll great organ of Nancy Cathedral
Lent concert - March 15th 2015

J.S. Bach - Vor deinen Thron tret ich BWV 668

Johann Vexo au grand-orgue Cavaillé-Coll de la Cathédrale de Nancy

Johann Vexo on the Cavaillé-Coll great organ of Nancy Cathedral

L. Vierne - Cortège (Trois improvisations)

All tracks written by Jón Ólafsson and Árni Grétar
Mixed by Árni Grétar and Jón Ólafsson

Jón Ólafsson: Piano
Árni Grétar: Synthesizer, effects, field recordings

Mastered by Finnur Hákonarson 
Artwork & photography by Sig Vicious 


Jón Ólafsson & Futuregrapher - Nærvera

Simon Scott - Insomni

LNT: http://po.st/olafurLNT  
iTunes: http://geni.us/LNTolafurarnalds
Bandcamp: http://po.st/olafurBC 

Standing at the intersection where techno meets classical music, Ólafur Arnalds directs the new Late Night Tales.

“When I was asked to do the next installation of the Late Night Tales series I thought "This will be fun and easy, only a couple of days work. No problem!". Six months later, I was still pulling my hair out in some kind of quest to make the perfect mix. As someone who has never really done mixes before, I learned a lot of things along the way and the whole experience was very inspiring. I decided to approach the mix in a similar way as I would one of my scores. This is the soundtrack of my life. I included songs from many of my friends and collaborators and tried to deliver a mix that represents who I am as an artist and where my influences are coming from - both personally and musically.” - Ólafur Arnalds, March 2016

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LateNightTales
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/latenighttales
YouTube: http://youtube.com/latenighttalestv
Instagram: http://instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial
Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnor Dan - Say My Name (Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds)

Ashley Bellouin: glass harmonica, electronics
Sarah Davachi: pipe organ

Recorded 1 December 2011, Mills College chapel
Oakland, California

glass harmonica and pipe organ (w/ Ashley Bellouin)

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds set to release his first Hollywood film score.

Ólafur Arnalds’ original motion picture soundtrack for Sam Levinson’s feature film debut ‘Another Happy Day’, starring Ellen Barkin and Demi Moore, will see a worldwide release via UK modern classical label Erased Tapes Records on February 27, 2012.

PRE-ORDER it on CD/Vinyl/Digital now from: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP038

IN HIS OWN WORDS: 

‘In mid-December 2010 I was on a holiday in China when I received an email from Sam Levinson about the film. We got on the phone at like 4 in the morning Beijing time and ended up talking all through the night, instantly connecting. He told me that they had been listening to my music while making the film, so the film was already very influenced by my music. However, it was not until Ellen Barkin – the beautiful force that she is – had pestered the producers for a week, calling them every day about how I am the right one for this film, that they finally gave in. The only catch was that it had to be done two weeks later, in the first week of January. So I ended up scoring nonstop all throughout Christmas, making my mother mad in the process.’ - Ólafur Arnalds

CONTEXT:

Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide and continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements.

'The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

'An artist who can exert power with the lightest of touches’ – BBC Music


TRACK LISTING:  

1. The Land Of Nod  2. Through The Screen  3. Before The Calm  4. Lynn's Theme  5. Alice Enters  6. The Wait  7. A Family Stroll  8. Poland  9. Out To Sea  10. Autumn Day  11. Everything Must Change

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:

OLAFURARNALDS.COM
ERASEDTAPES.COM

Erased Tapes Collection IV

Ólafur Arnalds - Poland

入梅 (Nyūbai) literally means Entering the Rainy Season (tsuyu(梅雨)) in Japanese; the season lasts in Japan from early June to mid July.
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Photo: "June Bokeh" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnystella/">Jonathan Spence</a>

Halo - Scenes from the four seasons - 2.Nyūbai

Taken from my Autumn Stories album, Digipack Edition.

Week #5 (Piano solo)

Track taken from Christoph Berg's upcoming album 'Paraphrases'... 

Christoph Berg - Interlude

Another sneak preview from Christoph Berg's upcoming album 'Paraphrases'...

Christoph Berg - A Small Path Crossing

Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings - Ryan Hebert, org; Haig Mardirosian, cond

A Pieces Of Sounds To The Upcoming Winter.

Composed & Recorded in one night, at home, in a one-shot improvisation.
Instruments / Field Rec / Textures/ No Computer

Headphones recommended.


Monolyth & Cobalt - Asphodel (FutureSequence 5) (October 2012)

Big Smile

Track 8 from <a href="http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013">Late Winter Tales</a> 

Late Winter Tales 

1.Winter Lullaby I [1.12]
2.Kiri [2.51]
3.Hollow City [7.52]
4.Drift [4.48]
5.Marine [3.20]
6.Angel [5.37]
7.Peace Loop [3.56]
8.Sunset [5.43]
9.Winter Lullaby II [1.46]
10.Marine [#] [3.12]

[Released - 15 May 2012]

About: Late Winter Tales is my first ep/album released on <a href="http://dewtonerecordings.com">Dewtone Recordings</a> in May 2012. Recreating an atmosphere of the last days of Winter, all the songs are immersed in an 'end of season' ambience; the end of the winter season is colourfully descripted, depicting snowy evenings but also focusing on the inside, painting emotions and feelings of the period, sounding timeless and human.

 Buy links: <a href="http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013" target="_blank">Dewtone Recordings</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/en/album/late-winter-tales/id523010271" target="_blank">Itunes</a>, <a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/late-winter-tales/905892" target="_blank">Beatport</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Late-Winter-Tales/dp/B007YZ8ABK" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/halo/late-winter-tales/13352814/&quot;" target="_blank">Emusic</a>

Follow us on <a href="http://facebook.com/halosphere">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/halotwtr">Twitter</a>, or follow the blog at our official website http://haloproject.co.uk for the latest news! :)

Mastered by Ludvig Cimbrelius/Alveol
http://dewtonerecordings.com

Sunset

Halo - Late Winter Tales - 8.Sunset

Exclusive track taken from the upcoming 'Sound Architects' CD...

P Jørgensen - Waves
Antonymes - Imagining Figures Of Light
Tape Loop Orchestra - You Cycle You Die (Live Rome 22.07.12)
Simon Scott - Hijiri
Field Rotation - Organ Studies I

This will be a limited edition letter pressed CD  that includes a printed insert and download code and comes with each ticket purchased for the upcoming concert in Bristol on 10.11.12. 

More info and ticket options here:

www.fluidaudio.co.uk/2012/09/17/off-key-sessions-sound-architects/


Tickets available here

Simon Scott - Hijiri

Faint

Dreams of Stairs

Dreams Of Stairs

Written and recorded over a period of more than two years, “Paraphrases” is a collection of chamber music compositions performed, recorded and layered through numerous recording sessions in a small room in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea.

Christoph Berg scores the history of eight narrow worlds, carved only from wood – violin, piano and double bass. The initial composition “Quiet times at the library” defines the tone, but the album also sees many shades; the solo piece “Poems written by an old (prepared) piano”, the crow haunted field recordings of “Interlude” and reverent remixes provided by Yasuhiko Fukuzono (aus) and P Jørgensen specially for the CD edition.

The direct intimacy of the material is a stark counterpoint to the sweeping cinematic grandeur and electronic sound manipulation of previous releases as Field Rotation, and is also the logical progression from 2011 releases ‘Acoustic Tales’ and ‘And Tomorrow I Will Sleep”; the former a tribute to literature, and the latter a paean to hibernation after exhaustion. Completed in the brief escapes allowed by gaps in graduate study, “Paraphrases” is a recontextualisation of the experience of exhaustion, written in other words.

Mastered with precise weight by Ian Hawgood, the 250 run limited edition 180gm vinyl is packaged inside heavy gatefold four panel sleeves, wrapped within an A1 double-sided poster. The package also includes a double sided 12 x 12 hand numbered print along with a hand numbered embossed letter-pressed CD with fold-out booklet featuring striking photography by Aela Labbe. Extras as always will include scent, card and download code containing audio and PDFs. The album is a treasure of both talent and soul, and the extraordinary packaging from the label and considered art design by Ian Hazeldine reflects the classic nature of the material.

Release date: 30.11.12

Pre-orders this weekend through the Facture mailing list.

www.fac-ture.co.uk

Christoph Berg - Buildings At Night

The first track from an EP of refined studio sketches, with two additional remixes by Zvuku & messagetobears, released by futuresequence on 15/10/2012. Available for download from http://tinyleaves.bandcamp.com/ & http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/
(Cover image is by Future Sequence)

Hope Awakening

Track taken from Christoph Berg's 'Paraphrases' album... 

Officially released today!

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/product/christoph-berg-paraphrases

Christoph Berg - Interlude (remixed by aus)

I was happy to have a good friend of mine, Tim Gray (Ethernet), at the studio to promote his new limited edition cassette release on Tamarack Music entitled "Into the Woods". 

For the first half of the podcast, Tim played a live PA set and described it as: 
a tribute to Debussy, in the style of Wolfgang Voigt (aka GAS), entitled "Torschlußpanik: Hommage an Debussy in einem Gas-Stil"! 

The second half is a dj mix by Tamarack Music's label head Elias Foley who played a number of remixes of the album, and a couple of vinyl tracks as well. 

Benoit Pioulard - Alaskan Lashes
Ethernet (Loscil rmx) - Current
Jana Winderen - Surface Runoff
Ethernet (Etbonz rmx) - Current 
Ethernet (DJU rmx) - Current (Offworld Computations TMRK version)
Ethernet ((wndfrm rmx) - Into The Woods (illuviation dub)
Ethernet (Gulls rmx) - Before A Storm (Reduction Version)

For more information of the album: 
http://tamarackmusic.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-woods

Ethernet's 2nd album on Kranky "Opus 2" is due out January 7th 2013 


Optic Echo Presents 
Monday nights 6-8pm PST 
Live on the Portland Radio Authority 
www.praradio.org
www.opticecho.com

OEP 12/10/12 Ethernet live + Into the Woods

I was excited to see this wonderful collection of little piano vignettes released by Nils, one of my favorite piano players and people. The simplicity of these pieces and the honesty I feel in the music communicated a sense of ease and exploration that I immediately connected with.  This is my rework of a beautiful passage contained in the song "Re". 

http://www.unseen-music.com

http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/

Nils Frahm - Re (Helios Rework)

from the album 'cloud room, glass room' available 4/29

pan•american 'project for an apartment building'

Fluid Audio is an independent record label looking to promote new and diverse artists via the presentation of bespoke limited edition releases.

Christoph Berg - Interlude (remixed by aus)

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