The violin reminds me of lost time. It will be 110F• today. The sky is as blue as yesterday. The birds make their way across the panorama. The toothbrush whines.

Satellite is the 4th album from Graham Richardson's Last Days. Richardson who is now well known for his cinematic electro-acoustic pieces that effortlessly invoke an almost inconceivably tangible imagery has this time around turned ever inward for Satellite's core inspiration. While Richardson credits the album with certain personal themes in tow he's more apt to let the listener gather their own meaning of the album's affinity of satellite and stars. The song New Transmission features vocals by Beth Arzy (Aberdeen, Trembling Blue Stars) and could very well sum up the album's apex while delivering the most pop affected Last Days song to date. Satellite is out Sept 17th on n5MD

Last Days - Fidra

I often think about childhood experiences. Don't you? Remember those magical moments of discovery of how something in this universe truly works or the slow disintegration of fiction into reality or the self-guided journey into a fantasy, knowing full well that it's really imaginary and yet completely giving in, and letting it absorb you into other worlds? For me, there were adventures into outer space, of alien planets and improbable lands, of other beings just like us, and yet completely different in every way. It's no wonder that many of my fantastical voyages were accompanied by music, made, of course, by instruments unknown. This "space music" is what continues to attract me to some aspects of the cinematic, electronic, and experimental sounds of today. It's no wonder I still attempt to recreate each voyage with the lush pads of my synths. For British composer and musician Angus MacRae, this reflection on childhood imagination comes in a form of his new album, Vivarium. Across twelve pieces, each representing a specific memory, MacRae uses the immediate presence of acoustic instrumentation (piano, strings, woodwinds, and even voice) to capture the emotional experience of the unreal worlds. Today I am premiering a track from the album titled "Flame" which is due out as a single on September 1st. This is a gorgeous and dynamic piece, pairing a gently wavering piano melody in a whirlwind of a rising emotional gust. Listening to this piece you can't help but get lifted into a torrent of a sentimental storm and get carried away into those other worlds. "Written against the backdrop of a changing world, this need to escape inside the vivarium, to recapture the magic and mystery within, and to ultimately learn the limits of the glass - seemed to me more important than ever."

Vivarium

Flame

TRACK PREMIERE : Angus MacRae - Flame

The Young Flautist 2024



Taken from the album 'Taking The Veil', released worldwide on May 24, 2015 on Kitchen. Label

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“Shadows surrounding, this lucid veil that will not conceal.”

‘Taking the Veil’ is the debut solo album on Kitchen. Label by Berlin-based musician Hior Chronik. Originally from Athens, the new album is a follow-up to his previous work on the label as the duo Pill-Oh in ‘Vanishing Mirror’. The established foundation are intact on ‘Taking the Veil’: the bitterly romantic strings and gentle electronics whisper melting over plaintive piano scores. Hior Chronik has a penchant of producing subtly immense and cinematic compositions which are remarkably chilling in its beauty.

The latest release follows Hior Chronik’s distinctive compositional path with the pairing of a collaborator on each track. This time the instrumental colors are most intimate, honed to evocative perfection with each collaboration bringing its own nuances to a permeable set of motives. Through the contemplative moments, what give it life is the varied scoring which goes from solo piano to string orchestra, opening up a space that shimmers with stirring melancholy. Featuring classically aligned contemporaries such as Field Rotation (Denovali Records), Sophie Hutchings (Preservation), Lüüp (Experimedia) and Japanese composers Yasushi Yoshida (noble), Yoshinori Takezawa (Schole Records) among many others. The biggest change in this new album is the addition of vocals by Amber Ortolano and Fabiola Sanchez (Familiar Trees) on four songs. Figured centrally in the soundtrack as recurring lyrical voicing, the Amber Ortolano and Hior Chronik pairing also produced a rearranged version of ‘Twice’ originally written by Swedish electronic band Little Dragon.

‘Taking the Veil’ is presented in a 16-page art book format, also featuring the New York based Amber Ortolano as a photographer. The subject in the visual narrative of ‘Taking the Veil’ is of young women imprisoned by their flow of thoughts and their dark imagination. The delicate beauty and ambiguous gestures of feminine protagonists serve as powerful metaphors of the veil as the title of the album reflects – They reveal and conceal all at once, reviving emotions conjured by a sense of mystery. The album underlines this atmosphere that probe the consciousness imbued with burnished hues of something half-remembered and half-dreamed. ‘Taking the Veil’ is the best company for late hours and memory searching in a world of mist and shadows.

Released & distributed by Kitchen. Label
Ⓟ & © 2015 Kitchen. Label

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Hior Chronik - Cold Winter Morning (Featuring Luup)

Eighty-Eight Days

August (Luke Howard)

Written, performed and recorded by Leah Kardos
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

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Pairs

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Singles Series # 5
'Footsteps', a collaborative track between IDM artist Arovane and pianist Mike Lazarev.

Download: http://bit.ly/2KxlbEN
Stream: spoti.fi/2nkJCwg

Composed by Mike Lazarev and Uwe Zahn 
Mastered by Porya Hatami

Singles Series 005

Footsteps

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Mike Lazarev and Arovane - Footsteps

From 'Orbit Reworked' out now: http://moderna.fanlink.to/Orbit_Reworked

@slowmeadow rework 'Be Still, My Tongue'
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Original song appears on @snorrihallgrimsson 'Orbit' album.
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Orbit Reworked

Be Still, My Tongue (Slow Meadow Rework)

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Snorri Hallgrímsson - Be Still, My Tongue (Slow Meadow Rework)

The western coastline in Denmark, is famously known for its windy weather. Often strong and harsh, rarely soft and gentle. When walking through the forests near the coastline, you will hear the trees sing in harmony with the western wind.

Western Wind is the second single out of four. All inspired by the city of Esbjerg and the surrounding areas.

Recorded at the Danish National Academy of Music in Denmark, on a small upright Schimmel piano. Composition/Production/Mixing etc. + photo and editing by David Nørlund

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"Seventh Sea" is available on all music services including: Amazon, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube, iHeartRadio, iTunes, Napster, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal etc.

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Western Wind

Untitled 28 was a sculpture, video and sound installation created in 28 days by artist Marie-Louise Jones and composer Lucy Claire. It was exhibited in July 2017 at Here East in London as part of Gavin Turk and Anna Maloney’s show, Inside Out. 

The music reflects each sculpture in the installation and explores themes of duality and pairs through atmospheric binaural recordings, beautiful violin melodies and vocal textures. The materials used in the physical installation; wood, stone and metal play a prominent role in the soundtrack and the sounds created when collided together were used to create unusual textures which were weaved into the piece.

Pools Re-works

The Wooden King

Jim Perkins -  The Wooden King - (Floraleda Sacchi Re-work)

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!

TRACK PREMIERE : Angus MacRae - Flame

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