Derrick May's techno anthem revised by Francesco Tristano and remixed by Apparat. Out on Infine "If We Pop" summer compilation. Enjoy!

Strings of Life - EP

Strings of Life (Apparat Remix)

Igor Stravinsky: 3 movements from Petrushka - 1 Danse Russe

Igor Stravinsky: 3 movements from Petrushka - 2 Chez Petrouchka

Igor Stravinsky: 3 movements from Petrushka - 3 La Semaine Grasse

Live Setup comprised by Yamaha Motif XF8, Yamaha CP-1, Moog Voyager XL, Dave Smith Evolver, and laptop. Engineered and mastered by Clement Marie.

Francesco Tristano live @ Sun Burn Party Porto Sant'Elpidio August 2013

JS Bach: Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 140 (arr. Francesco Tristano)

JS Bach: O Mensch Bewein' Dein' Suende Gross, BWV 622 (arr. E. Naoumoff)

Alice Sara Ott (Steinway D piano) & Francesco Tristano (Yamaha CFX piano) live June 20, 2014 at Miyazaki Medikit Arts Center, Japan

Ravel Bolero (Francesco Tristano version for 2 pianos)

Based on JS Bach Prelude n. 2 in C minor BWV 847 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Produced and edited by Francesco Tristano & Francois Baurin aka GM French
Engineered an recorded by Francois Baurin aka GM French at  Studio Splendid Paris
Mixed and Arranged by Carl Craig at Planet-e communications Detroit
Released 2014 on Sony Masterworks
Buy here: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Hot-Bach-Various/dp/B00HUH1AUK
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Francesco Tristano & Carl Craig: LudePre (Edit)

Francesco Tristano & The New Bach Players: Bach Concerto BWV 1055 - I. Allegro

Francesco Tristano & Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin perform Francesco Tristano's Opa! live at Stattbad Berlin, November 30, 2014
Recording engineer: Sie Medway-Smith
Francesco Tristano plays Yamaha CFX piano 

Francesco Tristano & Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin: Opa! live

live recording of antonio vivaldi's 'spring' concerto from 'le quattro stagioni' (the four seasons). transcription for piano & strings by francesco tristano. performed by francesco tristano & the new bach players. I allegro II largo III allegro

vivaldi/tristano la primavera (from 'le quattro stagioni') fratrist & the new bach players live

Bach: The 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830

Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande

Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande

Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue

Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue

FT + P41 Chester Copperpot- Lost In Caves

FT + P41 Chester Copperpot - Original

Composed, arranged & produced by Francesco Tristano. Recorded 2009/2010 at planet e communications, Detroit

Francesco Tristano: Grin (only on LP version of idiosynkrasia) 2010

francesco tristano, piano & conducting / sabine raynaud & florian cousin, flutes. the new bach players

http://www.amazon.com/J-S-Bach-Complete-Keyboard-Concertos/dp/B0007TKGOY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1318236482&sr=8-7

johann sebastian bach: concerto in f major, BWV 1057 - III. allegro assai

It’s not everyday that pianist and composer, Francesco Tristano, joins forces with one of the Belleville Three — the godfathers of Detroit techno — and yet, anyone who’s followed the Luxembourg artist will know that expectation is not a currency he deals in. 

Set for release on Transmat, the groundbreaking label from said techno pioneer, Derrick May, Surface Tension is not just the latest album from the prolific Tristano, but perhaps the most significant in his ongoing explorations into electronic music. Described by the man himself as his “most techno and synth-based project yet,” the eight-track effort is both a celebration of electronic instrumentation and the first record May has worked extensively on for the better part of two decades. “I had to lure him into my studio,” Tristano says of May with a smile, “he was like Alice in Wonderland when he saw the synthesizers.”

Originally developed as a way create new material for Tristano’s p:anorig project — a unique live set-up debuted at Barcelona’s Sónar festival earlier this year, which finds the artist surrounded by large array of keyboards, synthesizers and other equipment (although ironically, no piano) in full view of the audience — Surface Tension grew into a project in its own right. Now 34 years old, Tristano explains that he is only now at a time in his life where he has a studio he can truly call his own. “I can hook up all these synthesizers that I’ve picked up over the years,” he continues, “it’s the fulfillment of that.” With an instrumentarium of analogue, digital, classic and modern gear — ranging from Prophets to Moogs, to Rolands and Yamahas — at his and May’s disposal, Tristano has aimed to keep processing to a minimum from the word go. The pair aren’t just using these synths, they’re paying tribute to them, honoring the rich, recognisable sound palettes that have made them household names.

The result is an album that feels, at once, nostalgic and fresh; that feels like an old friend, but one who never ceases to surprise. From the ambient vision of ‘Esoteric Thing’, drifting along to the sound of birdsong, to more beat-centric pieces such as ‘The Mentor’ and the quirky ‘Xokolade’ , the equipment, and the love it’s been treated with, shines through. Both Tristano and May’s individual presences are obvious too, yet work in a way so complimentary to each other as to blur the lines at which they cross. ‘Pacific FM’ is a lesson in uplifting techno, keys fluttering over padfoot bass; the futuristic Detroit dance of ‘In Da Minor’ is undercut by eerie, unpredictable glass synth-work; ‘Rocco's Bounce’ is free-form jazz tugged into line by structured four-to-the-floor; there’s even an itchy, jittering, Decca Records-sanctioned remix of Japanese pianist and general Renaissance man, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s classic ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’.

Those hoping for a Francesco Tristano piano album: be duly warned. “The piano is there, but it’s more like the shadow of the piano. We don’t have the mass of that sound, it’s more like the reminiscence of that sound,” says Tristano. But it’s this which gives Surface Tension the aforementioned significance. Tristano hasn’t abandoned his roots — they’re deep, but there, for those who wish to find them — yet has simultaneously transcended what it means to be a pianist in the 21st century. Tristano and May have brought together old and new, within themselves and on a wider musical level, and in doing so, rekindled the spirit of futurist expression that techno was first founded on all those years ago.

Francesco Tristano Feat. Derrick May - The Mentor(Snippet)

The Melody - EP

The Melody (Carl Craig Remix)

Piano Circle Songs

Grey Light

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto n. 2 for Piano & Strings in E major, BWV 1053
Francesco Tristano, piano & conducting
The New Bach Players

Bach Concerto BWV 1053

Lazaro (Solo Piano Version)

Hiroshi Watanabe Cosmic Signature (Francesco Tristano Version)

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