This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Lucy Claire - Kelp

Consonance

Loving Kindness

Dobrawa Czocher - Loving Kindness

Perceptions Vol. 3

First Light

Garreth Broke - First Light

Pascal Nanlohy is a pianist. In addition to numerous pop productions, he has chosen to create music that he loves. Inspired by pianists such as David Foster, Ludovico Einaudi, and Robbie Buchanan, he aims to convey nothing but music to the world that embodies love, inspiration, and wishes to take the listener into his world of music.

One Goodbye

All tracks written by Jón Ólafsson and Árni Grétar
Mixed by Árni Grétar and Jón Ólafsson

Jón Ólafsson: Piano
Árni Grétar: Synthesizer, effects, field recordings

Mastered by Finnur Hákonarson 
Artwork & photography by Sig Vicious 


Jón Ólafsson & Futuregrapher - Nærvera

This track is a rework I did for the track Dualisms by Illuminine.

Available on Tape on the label Dauw.(http://dauwlabel.tumblr.com/)
Digital: https://dauw.bandcamp.com/

Sebastian Plano's rework of 'Dualisms' by Illuminine

A new whimsically macabre piano solo released in celebration of Piano Day, March 28th, 2016. (Piano Day is the 88th day of the year.)

More Whimsically Macabre Music is available at https://whimsicallymacabre.bandcamp.com

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This is the Way

From the self titled debut album by Aukai 
written & produced by Markus Sieber
recorded & mixed by Martyn Heyne

Markus Sieber - ronroco
Anne Müller - cello
Jamshied Sharifi - b3 
Bogdan Djukic - violin 
Alexander Nickmann - additional violin arrangement

Image with courtesy by Dan Isaac Wallin Photography

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Pulse

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.  

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Jacob Pavek

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