Otto A. Totland - Days Before

Traverser les espaces, franchir les horizons, imaginer des cieux chaleureux où des non-dieux vous serviraient à boire dans des vasques de bronze...

Derrière le miroir

Classical Mood

Laugardalur

Piano: me
Cello: Lee Caspi
Bass: Hana Ito

© Riverse (Ha Thi Hoang), 19 December 2016.

Berlin Train Station (Piano Day 2017) - Acoustic

from compilation ‘Algorithmics’ (Piano Day 2017)
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2oG1fbz
iTunes: https://itun.es/ca/wNf5ib
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2pfs44p

@edcarlsen
Ed Carlsen: piano, programming
Recorded by Ed Carlsen 
Mixed by Ed Carlsen
Mastered by Emil Thomsen

distorted strings:
Matias Emil Fyhn: Cello
Sofia Kongsgaard Lang: viola
Nanna Treu: violin

Artwork by Marin Blanc (http://www.marinblanc.com)
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Ed Carlsen - Weaved (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

All Its Colours On Me

Johann Johannsson - Corpus Camera

My contribution to Piano Day 2019.
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2GibdU7nW2HBeo6UtZ0Gkx?si=Vxs6Fwa5SJmU5S9ER1zn1g 

Cambria was originally written while being rained in, in a beautiful little cabin on the California coast overlooking the Cambria shoreline and finally recorded in my parents living room on their 1917 Feurich upright while visiting them during the winter of 2019. 
It's the first piece in a series of four pieces, all recorded during that visit.

Cambria

original music: luca longobardi

To my friends in Beirut and their Brothers and Sisters who are claiming with tenacity their right to freedom and identity. You are gentle warriors, dont' give up <3

Day 9 in Martyrs' Square

Sharing a lovely rework of Daigo Hanada's piece 'Under the Starry Sky' by UK composer @mattemery. It's almost a year since the release of Hanada's gorgeous solo EP Ouka, and it's quite special to have the record's closing track reimagined around the cello and violin. We're offering it up as a free download on Bandcamp, and it's also available to stream on all platforms. Here's one of those fancy links to let you choose your own listening adventure: orcd.co/hanada-emery

Original composition by @daigohanada

Performed by: 
Matt Emery - Piano / Synths / Bass 
Fraser Bowles - Cello 
Laci Olah - Violin 
Daniel Thorne - Saxophone 

Produced by James Kenosha and Matt Emery

Under the Starry Sky (Matt Emery Rework)

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Daigo Hanada - Under the Starry Sky (Matt Emery Rework)

Iskra means 'a spark' to ignite. 

Iskra is a collaborative group of string players who enjoy making music together regardless of genre. The quartet has travelled extensively across Europe with Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson, performing at various prestigious concert halls and festivals, including the Steve Reich 75th Birthday celebrations for the Barbican, London and Cork Opera House, Ireland. A highlight includes performances of 'The Miners' Hymns' collaboration with American artist film maker Bill Morrison.

Iskra has also enjoyed working closely with pianist/composer Olafur Arnalds. A concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and European tour led to an invitation to perform at the sold out launch of the album “For Now I Am Winter’ (Mercury Classics 2013) at the Barbican Concert Hall accompanied by the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Andre de Ridder.

The quartet’s work with producer Jamie xx featured on the No. 1 best selling album by The xx entitled ‘Coexist’ (Young Turks/XL 2012). Recently Iskra contributed strings to Jamie's score for Tree Of Codes, a contemporary ballet created with choreographer Wayne McGregor and visual artist Olafur Eliasson for the Manchester International Festival.

Iskra’s collaborations with composer Alex Baranowski have featured on the soundtracks to the twice BAFTA nominated film McCullin (David Morris and Jacqui Morris, 2013) and for Sir Nicholas Hytner’s production of Hamlet at the National Theatre, London starring Rory Kinnear.

In 2007 Iskra were commissioned by Radiohead and XL Recordings to create a string quartet remix of their song ‘The Reckoner’ as part of the promotion of the album ‘In Rainbows’ (XL 2007).

Other highlights include collaborations with artists such as Vampire Weekend, Sufjan Stevens, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Katie Melua, Duke Special, My Brightest Diamond and composers Dustin O'Halloran and David Julyan. Recently Iskra performed as a trio alongside The Lone Bellow on Later...with Jools Holland (BBC Two).

Their forthcoming album celebrates their 10th anniversary and includes contributions from composers Johann Johannsson, Olafur Arnalds, David Julyan, Peter Gregson, Alex Baranowski, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Luke Anthony and Paul Frith.

Johann Johannsson - Corpus Camera

Iskra String Quartet

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