Préludes Op.11 No.17

FEDERICO ALBANESE is a composer born in Milan, Italy in 1982, and currently based in Berlin. His musical versatility is a natural gift that pushes him to explore music in all its facets. Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics and psychedelia. Federico started studying piano and clarinet as a child before becoming fascinated by rock music. As a teenager he studied bass and became a self-taught guitarist and soon became one of the leading figures of Milan's underground scene, performing in several bands. Influenced by black music, folk, electronic, modern and contemporary classical music his skills as a composer soon emerged.

In February 2014, Federico Albanese released his debut album entitled "THE HOUSEBOAT AND THE MOON" . He recorded all of the piano parts with a 1969 German tape recorder, the Uher Royal Deluxe, which allowed him to catch all of the tiny hidden shades, the imperfections, the noises of the piano and its surrounding space. Federico melted this rarefied sound with electronics, live recordings, strings, and homemade instruments. The result was a combination of contrasts and colors with a variety of atmospheres that wonderfully represented Federico's musical universe

Beyond the Milk Wood

Recorded in a single afternoon.

Drums - Jon Callan
Everything else written, performed and produced by Tom Adams 

Mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Lupo
Track appears with kind permission by Kowloon Records




Submarine

In celebration of the first ever piano day, here's a little binaural recording of something new I've been working on! 

It was recorded on the beautiful piano at One Good Lied a Day, London.  

- Piano Day 29.03.2015 -

Voices of the Sea (solo piano / binaural recording)

To celebrate Piano Day I recorded a cover version of a piece from one of my favorite piano composers/performers, Michael Nyman.  This piece is titled "Molly" off of the wonderful score to the Michael Winterbottom film "Wonderland". 

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Molly - (Goldmund Cover)

Neumond

'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:
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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.

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“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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Solo

Some

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Nils Frahm - Some

Huge thanks to Nils Frahm and his brand new Piano Day (http://http://www.pianoday.org) for inspiring me to finally setup for proper recording my piano with two microphones, RME Babyface, and Ableton... This is a very short piece that I composed on the spot, as I was too excited to see the fruits of this first recording! 

Now I can play with mic positioning, multi-layering and software effects! :)

Mike Lazarev - Accidental (Piano Day)

Dirk Maassen - Danse

This is a  piece I recorded at home as a  thank you to all my dear supporters thus far for the "Wide Asleep" vinyl release Campaign & features beautiful friend and Cellist Peter Hollo

So I'd like to send my warmest hugs and to say a huge thanks  to the following people:
Chantelle Walker
Juanita Lennox
Christine Leftakis Lee
Nicolette Smith
Rebecca Ramon
Matt Painter
Murray Cook
Steven Bagatzky
Martin Noble
Scott Hunt
Mataias Perez
Ben Grounds
Travis Baird
Julien Marchal
Damien Carter
Grantley Buffalo
Alex Zoloto
Leo Van Hove
Torsten Hermann
Jamie Lickfold
Ralph Etter
Andrew
Mattia Tyskens
Iain
Justin McMillan
Charlie Mort
Rohan Charlton
Robert Rees
Eric Mason
Andrew Skilton
Max Philiips
Jonathan Brockman
Ant Mackarel
Trudie Irle
Arianna
Mike Toehider
Cat Colman
Kyle Gorman
Mark Carry
Jack Frawley
Jeff Stonehouse
Daniel Hodgkinson
Greg Edelmaier
Frances Penton
Lois Wills
Reuben Ingall
Colby Caldwell
Zak Arnot
James Tomlin
Martin Jensen
Wes Prendergast
Chris Bowden
Isaac Middle
Francesca H
Je Suis Jules
Thomas Ebert
Erico Costa Maia
Rebecca Hauri
Mike Evans
James Harrison
Istvan Hubner
Julianna Preston
Andy Nason 
Dale Elefant
Tim Ritchie
Lex Wissink
Peter Farka
Feral Media
Warwick Baker
Graham Nunn
David Wallace
Shane Mason-Pagett
Ian Newey
Wes prendergast
Colby caldwell
Selina Visocchi
Craig Tonks
Dale Elefant
Steven Bagatzky
Doug Wallen
Debbie Ward
Omar Corona
Darleen Ortega
Rosie Sutherland
Kath O’Donnell
Adrian Sikora
Ross & Simone Dickie
Josh Bassett
Jen Cloher
Hadassa Haack
Narinder Kaur
Brian Housman
Cameron Smith
Jared Harrison
Todd Hutchings
and all the Anonymous listed supporters too!


Grace

This track is a live. 
I would like to send you this gift for your amazing support : 830.000 plays on Soundcloud. 
A HUGE THANK YOU everybody !! 
Music means everything to me and I'm so grateful to share it with you <3. 
Stay tuned, a new Ep will be available this autumn.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEEING HERE !

You can find an amazing video on youtube of this track, this is a real improvisation, I'm playing on a lake : https://youtu.be/qzkwCRAGuV0

LOVE <3

Sacha (https://youtu.be/qzkwCRAGuV0 )

some original solo piano pieces...  some mixes from my podcast... some exclusive track premieres...  and some tracks from the albums I review for Headphone Commute... Enjoy!

Mike Lazarev - Accidental (Piano Day)

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