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My selection of 2016 Piano Day compositions.
The full playlist: https://soundcloud.com/nils_frahm/sets/piano-day-2016-playlist

Piano Day 2016

Piano Day 2016 Playlist

This is my handpicked playlist for Nils Frahm's PIANO DAY 2016 on 28th of March 2016. A compilation of wonderful piano pieces made by people all across  the world. All of them moved myheart <3. 
Enjoy the journey while listening to all those great piano sounds...
HAPPY PIANO DAY 2016 from MACRIMA :)


MACRIMAs PIANO DAY 2016

Piano

klavierstücke

Classical

einschlafen

Takumi Kaneko (cro-magnon) 1st solo piano album "Unwind" 

all tracks composed & performed by Takumi Kaneko 

cat # : JSPCDK-1017 / Jazzy Sport 
Price : ¥1,500 ( w/o tax) 
Release date : 2013.9.18


Available on bandcamp now with high quality sounds 
http://jazzysport.bandcamp.com/album/unwind

Track List
01.This world today
02.Dreams
03.Open the Galaxy
04.Somewhere
05.G.O.A.T
06.Unwind
07.L.E.S
08.Love Lost
09.Glow
10.Radio Taiso 2075
11.Garden
12. I said so
13.Dawn
14.Perspective
15.Peace & Love

"Unwind" official MV  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br6eX0FHeCk


Takumi Kaneko / Unwind snippet

glimmer release 
Split album "glimmer" is Takumi Uesaka and Peter Broderick's work.
This album's concept "If Takumi and Peter make the song for a quiet midnight".
With naive voice and quiet melody, Takumi & Peter delicately presents
the calm mid-night,and then "Quiet night" would surrounds and lull the audience.

Peter Broderick
With the new relesae "How They Are" in september, Peter Broderick is
one of the representative figure in the scene.
In this "glimmer", all his pieces are recorded at Grunewald church in Berlin.
Adding the peculiar atmosphere to church and reverberation to his
pieces,his pieces ever more simple and deeply resounding.
These pieces are truely the songs for "night".You can't stop shutting
eyes and deeply absorbed into it.

About 32minutes quiet midnight.

Peter Broderick / Eyes Closed And Traveling

Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd
iTunes Worldwide order link: snip.ftpromo.net/spaces

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10  The Line Of Best Fit ·  8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times ·  ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’  Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

www.nilsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Spaces

Hammers

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Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd
iTunes Worldwide order link: snip.ftpromo.net/spaces

After releasing his critically acclaimed album Spaces in late 2013, and a completely sold out North American Tour in spring, Nils Frahm will return for the autumn run of his Spaces Tour with a special gift to his fans: an exclusive stream of album track 'Said And Done'.

'Touring the US again? I hope my folks at home wont get jelous but it is just starting to become some serious fun! Expect me to return with more crazy ideas about how to wreck an old New York Steinway and more tips: how to manage travelling UNITED AIRLINES. There will be more half broken tape delays, overclocked synths and hopefully I can score another silly drum computer. I am very much looking forward! Plus, if you want me back, I am coming. See you soon!' – Nils Frahm

His feverish playing is so stimulating that it's slightly nerve-wracking' – Pitchfork

'If you've ever caught Nils Frahm live, you can attest to what a powerful experience it can be' – Exclaim!

'It’s a powerfully moving experience watching him create all manner of sounds with his fingertips' – KEXP

'He had the audience laughing, at the point of tears and ultimately on their feet with a standing ovation' – Resident Advisor

www.nilsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Said and Done

Amber Cain

Recorded as an Improvisation. Single take, no overdubs.

'Wall' is taken from the new album by Nils Frahm – 'Solo'. Revealed on Piano Day as a free download and available on CD/LP/DL via www.pianoday.org

Fans can donate to the special piano project which will enable Nils and piano builder David Klavins to create the Klavins M450, the tallest piano in the world.

“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.” – Nils Frahm

HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE PIANO DAY?

create your own piano events with friends or simply share your videos, poems, photos - anything that is piano inspired. don’t forget to tag us in your posts!

Instagram – #pianodayofficial
Twitter – twitter.com/piano__day
Facebook – facebook.com/pages/Piano-Day/382403391947996
Email – share your fun stuff with info@pianoday.org


Solo

Wall

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A little something for a stormy night. Recorded impulsively at home, especially for the very first Piano Day, curated by Nils Frahm...

Isotach

'Some' is taken from the new album by Nils Frahm – 'Solo'. Revealed on Piano Day as a free download and available on CD/LP/DL here:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP065

iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/soloitunes
Spotify: http://snip.ftpromo.net/solospotify
HDTracks: http://snip.ftpromo.net/hdtracksnf
Qobuz: http://snip.ftpromo.net/qobuznf

Recorded as an Improvisation. Single take, no overdubs.

Fans can donate to the special piano project which will enable Nils and piano builder David Klavins to create the Klavins M450, the tallest piano in the world.

Read More here: www.pianoday.org

“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.” – Nils Frahm

HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE PIANO DAY?

create your own piano events with friends or simply share your videos, poems, photos - anything that is piano inspired. don’t forget to tag us in your posts!

Instagram – #pianodayofficial
Twitter – twitter.com/piano__day
Facebook – facebook.com/pages/Piano-Day/382403391947996
Email – share your fun stuff with info@pianoday.org

Some

Nils Frahm - Some

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

Pre-order 'Trance Frendz' on LP/DL: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP081
or digitally iTunes: snip.ftpromo.net/trancefrendz

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

Compline is a monastic practice where monks gather to reflect & mark the completion of the working day.

There's no religious significance as such for me, but the concept of reflecting on the day's events right at it's very end, is an interesting and fascinating idea. Feel free to listen to this song in this way, and maybe with headphones.

I recorded this song for Piano Day 2016, held on 28th March. I hope you enjoy it! www.pianoday.org 

Download

Compline (Piano Day 2016)

It's been a mildly trying week.... on the plus side, I got a nice new chair today. 

A little improvisation before I turn in for the night....

I Got A Nice New Chair Today

My second album "Different Ways" is now on Spotify!

open.spotify.com/intl-tr/album/1K…lYRoqlF_cNKKdZcQ

Different Ways

This is a piano piece written for, and dedicated to, Piano Day 2016

And We Danced (Piano Day 2016)

The Commonplace for solo piano. Composed for Piano Day 2016

www.jeffchipman.com

The Bleak Midwinter

The Commonplace

Solo Remains are previously unreleased tracks from Nils Frahm’s album Solo, which was recorded on the M370, the world’s largest piano, built by the visionary piano maker David Klavins in 1987.

Nils fell in love with the sound of this giant and joined David for the new project – building an even higher piano – the Model 450. The aim of it is to explore the not yet reached physical limits of the piano instrument and also to push forward into new musical dimensions. The M450 will be characterized by an even clearer sound with more depth and richness of overtones as well as an unrivaled frequency spectrum and intensity of sound and tone. In time for the 2nd anniversary of Piano Day, Nils decided to give four previously unreleased songs from that very session to his fans and supporters of the Klavins 450 project.

“In the end, every album production leaves you with the same tough task – making the choices for the final track selection. You leave out some tracks for various reasons: some of the tracks are wonderful by themselves, but they simple don’t fit anywhere in the album and others have to be left out because otherwise the vinyl would become too long for a cut in good quality. However, these outtakes are often as important as the final selection and I thought, they might be a great surprise for Piano Day too. I hope in this case, it’s both …”

Solo Remains is available for free download in 24-bit and mp3 format.
http://www.nilsfrahm.com/works/solo-remains/

Passing

Vice Versa

This is a spontaneous and simple track I composed for the second Piano Day ever (http://www.pianoday.org), which we'll celebrate on 28 March, 2016. Hope you enjoy it and happy piano day!

Photo by:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/solea/14164105589

Closer (for Piano Day)

New recording for #PianoDay 2016
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Wander (Piano Day 2016 Version)

Composed for Nils Frahm's second PIANO DAY on 28th March 2016. Enjoy my relaxing and soothing piano solo track "Windwalzer".
This track is to celebrate the PIANO DAY 2016. 
With "Windwalzer" (eng. "wind waltz") I try to capture the moment when you  turn your eyes up to heaven and see the big clouds  floating across the sky...

Music: MACRIMA

Picture: Maria Träg-Engerer




PIANO DAY 2016: Windwalzer

"Every day is piano day"

To celebrate Piano Day, I'm sharing one of my morning improvisations  with all of you , please enjoy ! 

Every day is indeed piano day !

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Impromtu in B minor

HAPPY PIANO DAY

Chilly Gonzales - Impromptu in B Minor

An improvisation for Piano Day 2016

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www.pianoday.org



James T-M : HOMESPUN

Study for Player Piano (i)

From the multi-nominated Album of the Year release, The Piano, hear samples of each song from the album.  

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Free Download

Shelter

Chilly Gonzales - Rideaux Lunaires

http://chillygonzales.com/

https://www.facebook.com/chillygonzales

http://www.forthemusic.fr/?p=1145

Chilly Gonzales - Rideaux Lunaires

'Scenes from the four seasons' is a collection of unreleased tracks and b-sides from 2012, running through the four seasons and stopping at some intimate moments in Winter, a tranquil evening in Autumn, two seaside scenes between Spring and Summer. 

I decided to have all these tracks together in this collection not only because of the common theme, but above all because, when I started working on my first modern classical album, that will be released later this year, I didn't want to left all these works incomplete, even if they were mostly expression of ideas and style still imperfect and evolving.

However I'm sure you'll find a moment of peace and tranquillity in these notes, and even some passages that represents your life during the seasons, an intimate moment, as when you're at home and the snow starts falling in winter, or when you first see the seaside in spring.

Thank you for taking time to listen to these songs.
All your support is appreciated, especially in view of a strings recording session for the production of my new modern classical album.

Cover artwork is "Restleness" by Agnès Caixas, photographer from Barcelona - Spain. Find her online at:

http://www.flickr.com/people/agnolia/

Follow the latest news about Halo at:

haloproject.co.uk
soundcloud.com/haloproject
facebook.com/halosphere
twitter.com/halotwtr

I take this chance to remind you that my previous EP, "Late Winter Tales", is still available at http://dewtonerecordings.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013 and on the major internet music stores.

Thanks heartily for all your support.

released 03 March 2013 
All tracks Composed, Recorded and Mastered by Pasquale Riviezzo. 
© 2013, All Rights Reserved.

Scenes from the four seasons

Sea and Sand

Halo - Sea and Sand

I am a pianist and composer in Maine; USA

My album "The Bleak Midwinter" was released October 2016. "A Distant Arcade" was released July 2022.

Thank you for listening!

The Commonplace

Jeff Chipman