Rust

First Harvest

it's a piece about farewell...
...hope you enjoy

Cover photo from the amazing SUNG SOO LEE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tjoy7/

Gare du Nord

Lost and Found

Dreams Of Light

Swirling Around, a meditation for Rin Gong, Mellotron, Lyra-8, Ranjani +5, and SOMA Cosmos. Recorded August 4th 2025 in Naperville IL USA.

Monday August 4th 2025 Swirling Around

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Having been available exclusively as the second disc to 2015's 'Collaborative Works', Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm's improvised audio recordings 'Trance Frendz', taken from their 45-minute studio film of the same name, have been given their own vinyl release – out March 4th, 2016.

Prior to a string of collaborative Erased Tapes releases, which include 2012's 'Stare' 10” and last year’s 'Life Story Love and Glory' 7” and 'Loon' 12” – compiled on the 'Collaborative Works' 2-CD set, Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm spent many hours together in their studios across Berlin and Reykjavik. Both have carved out genre-defying musical careers and formed unique live shows, creating a fan base loyal to their prolific output.

During a session at Durton Studio in Berlin last summer, Nils and Ólafur invited Alexander Schneider and his camera to document it. The recording continued long after the first take, stretching out into the next day until, eventually, several new improvisations had been recorded in 8 hours with no overdubs or edits. The unexpected nature in which these pieces had been created was reminiscent of their first on-stage improvisation many years ago. It became immediately clear how special these songs were.

"At the end of the night we had all this music that sounded unfamiliar even to us, loudly asking to be included in this collection.”

Originally made available as a 45-minute film on their joint website (www.arnaldsfrahm.com) last September, 'Trance Frendz' will be available to own on vinyl from March 4th, 2016.

Press for their 'Collaborative Works':

'A particularly joyous wash of slinky percussion and juddering layers' (8/10) – Clash

'An enchanting listen. The bar for a Lads' Night In has just been raised a few notches' (7/10) – Drowned In Sound

‘This is music for slowing down the pace of modern life... An immersive listening experience is guaranteed, while we must hope Frahm and Arnalds go on ‘holiday’ together more in future, and don’t forget to take their musical instruments.’ ★★★★ – MusicOMH

'A collection of gorgeously intimate piano compositions and eye-opening synth pieces, each never aggressive but always powerfully poignant' (8/10) – Under The Radar

'What Collaborative Works offers is something strange: a shared world created by two mad geniuses. Long may Arnalds and Frahm tinker' (8/10) – PopMatters

'Collaborative Works further proves just how natural a fit Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm are together' – Resident Advisor

Trance Frendz

20:17

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 20:17

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"Evolution" is a collection of blurry reflections, an emotional journey through memories of love, and loss.

▒ CREDITS ▒

Enthusiastically written, painstakingly recorded, carefully mixed and diligently mastered by Francesco Berta

▒ Flute: Luke Howells

▒ Bassoon: Mike Summers

▒ Violin: Liam Raw

▒ Cello: Aríanna Hönnudóttir

░ SPECIAL THANKS ░

My family, Sara, Kieron, Isaac and my prehistoric friends.

Additional thanks to Piero and Simone for their late night last minute mixing advice: I hope all the kick drums sound louder now.

Evolution

Download on Bandcamp

Adagio

Dufresne

Spent - Deaf Center / Dufresne

“The Auditorium” Poetry by Shauntoodles Music-“For Stormboy” by Rhiannon Bannenberg (on Spotify)

Faun

For Piano Day 2019 | www.medardfischer.com |
medardfischer.bandcamp.com | Instagram: @medardfischer

Borrowed

01. Too Soon

Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 3

Sun, Cloud

Family

Artist: Eluvium
Title: Entendre
Album: Nightmare Ending
Release Date: May 14, 2013
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Eluvium - Entendre

" Music speaks to our hearts and can never lie, it's my first love and will be my last "

"There is a beauty in how things can be put together again in a whole new way"

Industrial designer with a fine arts background, seeking to change peoples perception of beauty by creating new products from selected waste; creating modular designs from waste sources such as factory waste, dead stock and e-waste.

Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Jacob Pavek first visited modern classical music at age 21. After earning a degree in Music Composition, Pavek released his debut album ‘Bloom’ in 2012 -a collage of pieces written for piano and cello. ‘Bloom’ enjoyed an early success with select works performed by The San Jose Orchestra in 2013, and other tracks featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary "Haiti Love" in 2014 (produced by Dana Johnson and filmed by Dan Huiting).

Since the release of Bloom, Pavek developed his craft further, honing in on the sounds that come from deep down in the subconscious from sitting down at a piano. These sounds formulated his 2015 sophomore release 'Illume'. 11 songs comprised of piano and violin, Illume feels less of a collage of works and more of a cohesive experience with each track blending into the next creating it's own world. The rich grand piano and Leah Ottman's soaring violin performance make it feel as it you were sitting in a dimly lit, empty cathedral. Illume is a clear evolution of Pavek's ability to write from the modern day romantic's psyche, allowing the listener the relation of their own past experiences.  

Dreams Of Light

Jacob Pavek

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