The only way to close a current chapter is to start a new chapter

A New Chapter

''Håpefull is an optimistic word with two meanings in Norwegian. It can mean 'hopeful', but a person can also be 'håpefull' - someone whom people expect to be prosperous.'' - Ole-Bjørn Talstad

🎧 https://moderna.ampl.ink/hapefull

Canadian minimalist instrumental label Moderna Records presents their annual piano day collection featuring twelve pieces from composers and pianists around the world. Their 2023 compilation 'Fractals' is centred around the upright piano, with a curation focused on the label’s signature melodic minimalism. The contributions were selected with great care, while showcasing each pianist’s unique flair on the instrument. Fractals includes pieces from Akira Kosemura (JP), Hiroco.M (JP), Jacob David (DK), Eik Octobre (DK), Ole-Bjørn Talstad (NO), Julia Gjertsen (NO), Sten Erland Hermundstad (NO), Mike Lazarev (UK), Pêtr Aleksänder (UK), Jozef De Schutter (CH), Felix Rösch (DE) and Nat Bartsch (AU). The series is mastered by Tom Adams in the UK and set to artwork by UK designer Iain Perry.

Fractals

Håpefull

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Ole-Bjørn Talstad - Håpefull

Story #3

Esmerine - "The Neighbourhoods Rise"
from 'Lost Voices'

Out 16 October 2015 on Constellation:
cstrecords.com/cst116

Lost Voices

Esmerine • "The Neighbourhoods Rise"

Tides of the Beyond is a ceremonial ambient journey crafted for deep inner exploration, guided by the soothing elements of the ocean. Inspired by the sensations of lying on warm sand, hearing distant seagulls, feeling the sea breeze on your skin, and dissolving into the rhythm of the waves, this album is designed for truffle journeys and expanded states of consciousness.

With layered soundscapes, nature textures, subtle trance elements, and ethereal female vocals, each track invites you to surrender, drift, and return transformed. A musical odyssey between shore and soul where boundaries blur and the tide takes you beyond.

Created for psychedelic ceremonies, meditative dance, and lying fully immersed in nature’s embrace.
Best experienced with headphones, eyes closed, and heart open.

Beyond the Tide

Made for the haiku challenge 607 of Naviar records.

Winter waterfall a rock untouched by sunrise or sunset

by: Setsuko Nozawa

Setsuko Nozawa (1920–1995) was a poet from Yokohama. Inspired by the works of Bashō and Rinka Ōno, she started writing haiku in the 1930s, joined the magazine Shakunagein 1939, and later moved to Hama in 1946. Later in life, she dedicated herself fully to poetry and ikebana, and in 1971 she founded the haiku magazine Ran, later directed by Kōzaburō Wada.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Winter waterfall (naviarhaiku607)

Waterfall

One of four bonus tracks from the limited edition release. 

A Small Balloon and a Great Mountain (feat. Hammock) [Bonus Track]

Noemi Bolojan, Alive in Time Travel, Heart Of Hearts, 2016

Heart Of Hearts

Pre-order Peter's 'Grunewald' EP – out December 9 – on 10"/CD/DL here: phonofile.link/grunewald

Not long after the release of Peter Broderick’s seventh solo album ‘Partners’, the composer closes 2016 with his equally exceptional ‘Grunewald’ recordings, out on December 9th via Erased Tapes.

Born in just one night inside the four walls of the discrete yet majestic Grunewald Church, situated on the outskirts of Berlin, this five-track EP is an exploration of the alluring partnership between the acoustic space and Broderick's solo performance on piano and violin. Reflecting the grandeur of the room and the natural interaction between the instruments and their surrounding environment, 'Grunewald' pays homage to a very unusual space that's become a haven for an entire generation of contemporary composers.


Words from Peter, October 2016:


“In the few years between 2008 and 2011 or so, the Grunewald Church in Berlin was something of a hotspot for a group of us musicians. It started when Nils scouted it as a location in which to record The Bells . . . and then it seemed like we were in there every month or two for a while, either for recordings or for concerts.

There was a lady living just down the street from the church, and we’d just knock on her door, give her a couple hundred euros, and then she’d hand over the keys to the church! To be given unsupervised access in a space like that is really quite unheard of most of the time… For anyone who likes reverb, the Grunewald is a dream come true. That in combination with the beautiful old Bösendorfer piano made it the perfect place for both recording and performing.

When mixing the recordings that comprise this EP, simply titled Grunewald in homage to that old haven of ours, there were no artificial reverbs or delays used . . . only the natural sound of that epic space. Originally these piano recordings were released as part of a split album on a small Japanese label, and the violin piece was included on a compilation, also Japanese . . . but all these pieces were recorded on the same night, in the same space, and it is with great pleasure that I see them reunited for this release.”

TRACK LISTING:

1. Goodnight
2. Low Light
3. Violin Solo No.1
4. It’s A Storm When I Sleep
5. Eyes Closed And Traveling

www.peterbroderick.net · www.erasedtapes.com

Grunewald

Peter Broderick - It's A Storm When I Sleep

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"