Incandescent. Full of hainted thoughts, reflections. of past experiences of nostalgia and lost into daydreams and of catching yourself. gentle reflections into memories staring at the shadows on the walk. I remember. I remember. 

Heather, this is such a rich & healing piece. Please release this on some physical format!! 

It sounds a bit like her song "Figura" from her new album "Domes" : https://heatherwoodsbroderick.bandcamp.com/track/figura

I’m taking another quick break in the midst of my Best of the Year feature to premiere this beautiful piece, and then, I promise, I’ll finish up publishing all of these year-end lists [only one more to go!] before the end of this week. Meanwhile, let’s all spend some time in the company of Vanessa Wagner, a French pianist who’s, in my humble opinion, doing something for the modern classical scene, what Martha Argerich did for the contemporary classical in the 20th century. It was indeed the debut recital of Argerich’s 1961 performance that thoroughly captivated me in her execution of Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor [I still think it is the best rendering of that beautiful piece]. And it is Wagner’s solo piano virtuoso performances of music by Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Suzanne Ciani, Harold Budd, and yes, even Brian Eno & Roger Eno, on this upcoming release on InFiné is what’s raising the bar for the next level of music appreciation from these present classical composers of the ambient and electronic music scenes. The imprint had previously showcased Wagner’s talent when she partnered with Murcof for Statea in 2016. Three years later, we were graced with Inland, on which Wagner played music by Bryce Dessner, Moondog, and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, among many others. For The Study Of The Invisible, Wagner continues her exploration of the minimalist repertoire, with many rare and unpublished pieces, some that have never been performed on the piano before. In today’s premiere, I’m sharing a composition by Ezio Bosso, an award-winning Italian composer who sadly passed away in May of 2020. This is a gorgeous minimal piece that resonates in the quietude of early morning and leaves behind the traces of melancholy, yearning for hope, and ultimately the acceptance.

More details, plus a video here: https://hcdi.gs/Before6

Before 6

TRACK PREMIERE : Vanessa Wagner - Before 6 [Ezio Bosso]

Like a drop in the ocean, this track has a pressing delicacy capable of disrupting, with the slightest of the movement, the impetuosity of the sea. The piano notes seem to sing an ancestral story that reaches directly to the listener's soul. A state of uncertainty, between the cheerful and the mournful, permeates the entire experience of the track.

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My Significant Other

Luca Longobardi - My Significant Other (Original Mix)

"Comfort Me" is taken from "Prism", the forthcoming album on Preserved Sound by Western Skies Motel.

Comfort Me - Western Skies Motel

Coming soon...

Somewhere between now and the future, a hunt begins in the blue neon space before darkness. The near dark.

Gideon Wolf’s new album lives in the headlights on that empty road, sweeping the distant violence at high speed. A soundtrack to the escape from a Ballardian dystopia.

‘Near Dark’ sees the duelling elements of Tristan Shorr’s musical output merge into one; prophetic ambience driving headlong into rhythm and distortion.  

Think Ben Frost and Max Richter colliding in a futuristic urban landscape – “a vertical Kubrick event horizon that is equal parts Nils Frahm and Oren Ambarchi” (Cyclic Defrost).

Mastered with precision by James Plotkin, the album will be limited to 200 copies, for release in September 2015, with packaging in the customary Fluid Audio style.

www.fluidaudio.co.uk

Gideon Wolf - Hunger

released on Dronarivm,  March 17th

release page : https://dronarivm.com/2017/03/03/lorenzo-masotto-aeolian-processes/

“By the moment my hands touch the piano and I begin to compose, my conscience starts a journey, leaving my body. During its wandering shows me pictures of the places it encounters, creating a sort of connection between my unconscious and my fingers. The colors, the landscapes, the faces of the people it photographs along the way are so clear in my mind to allow me to portray those images, using only the sound that a piano can paint.” 

- Lorenzo Masotto 

Lorenzo Masotto’s journey with music began at the age of nine when he started playing piano. Graduating from Conservatorio di Verona, he consequently started studying composition and jazz. Lorenzo also plays in a prog/post rock band called Le Maschere di Clara, directs a male voice choir, writes music for film and theatre, and teaches piano and composition. “I’ve never only thought about writing in just one music style,” he says, “I love all music, and everything I write increases my confidence and ability to write from a wider perspective.” He has published two albums, “Silk” in 2015 (Alfa music) and “Rule and Case” in the 2016 (Preserved Sound).
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Mastered by Porya Hatami

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LORENZO MASOTTO - A Tree In The Snow

The single of my upcoming album 'Branches of Sun' just premiered at BBC6.  
Pre-order the album. Release March 9th.  
https://aukai.bandcamp.com/album/branches-of-sun

Markus Sieber - ronroco, guitar, percussion
Alexander Nickmann - vibraphone, synth, beats

Mixed & Master by Martyn Heyne
Written and produced by Markus Sieber / Aukai

Branches Of Sun

Colorado

Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm - Live in Berlin - 2011

A wonderfully immersive suite of five stunning new tracks, ‘Shifts’ expands upon Swedish-Iranian pianist / composer Shida Shahabi’s debut album and confirms her as a genuine new force in contemporary piano music.  

A year on from her debut, ‘Shifts’ sees Shida continue to mine her beloved old JG Malmsjö upright piano as a source of warmth and character. Without radically departing from the ‘Homes’ blueprint, this time around her palette is expanded, with the opening three tracks seeing the prominent addition of cello, provided by Linnea Olsson. The timbre and tone of Olsson’s cello perfectly complements and adds emotional resonance to Shida’s own playing, with the two interlocking beautifully.  

From the opening bars of first track ‘Futō’, the mechanics of the piano are again clearly audible, with a wonderfully visceral recording revealing intimate acoustic details and imperfections - the hiss / fuzz of tape machinery, the creaking and clanking of the piano’s pedals, hammers and keys. Recorded by Shida and Elias Krantz in various Stockholm locations, the record was mixed by Hampus Norén and mastered at Calyx by Francesco Donadello (Jóhann Jóhannsson, Modeselektor & Tom Yorke, A winged Victory for the Sullen, Dustin O'Halloran, Lubomyr Melnyk, Hauchka, etc). 

'Shifts' is released on 130701 on 8th November on vinyl and digital formats. The EP will be released in Scandinavia via the Sing A Song Fighter label.

Shifts

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Shida Shahabi - Futō

Cedric Vermue - We Came And Left

A Small Journey For the Mind

Heather Woods Broderick is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist and composer. She releases music as a solo artist as well as collaborating and touring extensively with other artists such as Sharon Van Etten (US), Alela Diane (US), Damien Jurado (US), Efterklang (DK), Lisa Hannigan (IE), and more. To date she has released three solo LPs: Invitation (Western Vinyl, 2019), Glider (Western Vinyl 2015), From The Ground (Preservation, 2009. Additional printed works include Thesis 10" and Homewinds 7"

A Small Journey For the Mind

Heather Woods Broderick

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