2019

Lichterflirren

the images

did so many collaborations with great musicians and friends, but there is one left. He is a great pianist and surely has a great future ! ... We made friends thru SC a while ago and helped each other here and there, so I will dedicate my next piece to him. We never met (this may come one fine day) but our music is like an invisible band between us !

Thanks my friend Il'ya !

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Dirk Maassen - Krasnoyarsk (to Beshevli.... to friendship :) -> pls. support me on spotify !

'INSIDE LIFE' CD & Digital available > https://ampl.ink/vPY63
Cello: Julián Kancepolski
Analog Mastered by Ian Hawgood · Tokio
Artwork & layout CD by Andy Ruggia · Buenos Aires
"Inside Life immerses the listener into magnificently expressive modern classical realms, tranquilly minimal, yet exquisitely nuanced, abundantly poignant and delicately filigree, where stirringly pensive sadness is masterfully counterpointed with hauntingly embracing stillness, while intensely evocative ambient subtleties are deliberately permeated by yearning haze. A truly fabulous bravura performance by Bruno Sanfilippo and his guests!"  
Bruno is an Argentinian classically trained musician, producer, and composer based in Barcelona who writes for strings, piano, and electronics.  In 1998 he started as a producer for ad21, a personal platform and label. His Piano Textures series, started in 2007, is one of Sanfilippo’s most representative set of recordings, but he has also gained wider recognition in modern music – one of his piano compositions formed the basis for Canadian rapper Drake’s seminal hit, ‘Started From The Bottom’.
www.bruno-sanfilippo.com

Inside Life

Tea Leaves At The Botton Of A Cup

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I took some time away to write a short collection of piano and string pieces named 'Of Sleep and Time'. This is the opening piece.

Of Sleep and Time is available for free download at https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/

I have recently released an alternate version 'As she passes (nocturne)', included on my album A Shifting Lightness https://levipatel.bandcamp.com/album/a-shifting-lightness

Of Sleep and Time

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As she passes

Little remix a made of a track I love produced by Antoine Malye ! 

Enjoy ! 

Spotify

Antoine Malye - Paris (Lost Frequencies Remix)

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taken from the upcoming album Zenith... 12.12.2015 in all major stores...

pre release on bandcamp here: https://dirkmaassen.bandcamp.com/album/zenith

Stars In Dreams (follow @dirk_maassen on instagram)

Für Lena † 2011
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her short life ended so suddenly and unexpected with only 20. beside the huge pain i experienced through her decision to leave, i think i can now say after years of thoughts and reflection, that it was also the event i learned the most of.

this day changed literally everything. it was the hardest reminder that we only have very limited time together, so early in life. it effected all my decisions, every breath is a deeper one since this day. i see with a clear mind and open heart now. it gave me more passion, the ability for self care, it strengthened my empathy & understanding and created a even stronger will to leave the world better than i found it.

i’m sharing this because i don’t want her to become forgotten and meaningless. so, this is what i learned. maybe you get something good from it, too.

be good to yourself. be good to people, even the ones you think that don’t deserve it. be kind to every other sentient being. everyone has her or his own invisible struggles, be aware of it and respect it. keep the people that don’t make you grow and keep you small out of your life. trust yourself, but be ready to question yourself, too. fight. try to find beauty in the saddest and darkest moments. don’t be surprised of change, because it will happen. don’t live a life of bad compromises, go for the whole. don’t fear insecurity. be more brave than you actually are.

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Was am Ende

Buy / Stream Album: https://lnk.to/wsmsettlers

Follow WSM on Bandcamp: http://westernskiesmotel.bandcamp.com
 
'Settlers' is the new album from Western Skies Motel in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.  'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, with master lacquers cut by Roger Siebel at SAE.  The first 50 Vinyl & CD's ordered come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled 'Settlers'. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West. 

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment. 

Words hardly do justice to the rich, immersive experience of 'Settlers'; yet a few may help to set the stage. Schelbeck is a remarkably well rounded instrumentalist, who spent his early days losing his hearing in local punk rock bands. This youthful love for walls of sound and discordant guitar squalls survives in his modern sound palette. However, a more mature approach to these techniques brings moments of palpable tension, adding in uneasy waves of guitar feedback and droning harmonium. 

But ultimately, the truth of what Schelbeck hopes to convey through his music may rest rmly in his subconscious. In hindsight, 'Settlers' is about moving between worlds: not in the dimensional sense, but more as a constant change in form. Each influence and sound Schelbeck incorporates into his music feels native to the delicate ecosystem of these songs and each turn feels as organic and nuanced as that of the natural world. Just as a tree’s leaves wither and fall; a fire sparks and expands only to expend its last bit of fuel, extinguished and left for ash. So true are the parallels we find in our own existence, the complex ritual of growing old and returning to dirt. Decay is inevitable for all life, yet through this it becomes the rich soil for all things proceeding. Western Skies Motel's weighty instrumental mantras may root in this and other meanings yet to be culled. One thing is clear, this music contains signicant power, and, regardless of our conceived themes or geographic locations, it tells a story that is lasting and instantly familiar. 

'Settlers' sees a 180-gram heavy weight gatefold release very similar to the recent Mute Forest debut, 'Deforestation'. The acetate and test pressings were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed audio dealer, Arizona Hi-Fi.

Western Skies Motel is building upon a busy year in 2015, having released two very different full-length albums 'Prism' (Preserved Sound) and 'Buried and Resurrected' (Twice Removed).

Settlers

Whirl

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Western Skies Motel - Whirl (from Settlers)

Firestarter

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds set to release his first Hollywood film score.

Ólafur Arnalds’ original motion picture soundtrack for Sam Levinson’s feature film debut ‘Another Happy Day’, starring Ellen Barkin and Demi Moore, will see a worldwide release via UK modern classical label Erased Tapes Records on February 27, 2012.

PRE-ORDER it on CD/Vinyl/Digital now from: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP038

IN HIS OWN WORDS: 

‘In mid-December 2010 I was on a holiday in China when I received an email from Sam Levinson about the film. We got on the phone at like 4 in the morning Beijing time and ended up talking all through the night, instantly connecting. He told me that they had been listening to my music while making the film, so the film was already very influenced by my music. However, it was not until Ellen Barkin – the beautiful force that she is – had pestered the producers for a week, calling them every day about how I am the right one for this film, that they finally gave in. The only catch was that it had to be done two weeks later, in the first week of January. So I ended up scoring nonstop all throughout Christmas, making my mother mad in the process.’ - Ólafur Arnalds

CONTEXT:

Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík, the 24-year old composer has always enjoyed pushing boundaries with both his studio work and his live-shows. Through relentless touring and determination this young artist has steadily gained recognition worldwide and continues his mission to lure an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements.

'The indie kid who knows the score’ – Guardian’s Observer

'An artist who can exert power with the lightest of touches’ – BBC Music


TRACK LISTING:  

1. The Land Of Nod  2. Through The Screen  3. Before The Calm  4. Lynn's Theme  5. Alice Enters  6. The Wait  7. A Family Stroll  8. Poland  9. Out To Sea  10. Autumn Day  11. Everything Must Change

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:

OLAFURARNALDS.COM
ERASEDTAPES.COM

Erased Tapes Collection IV

Ólafur Arnalds - Poland

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Parable

Waru -  Mihi (Neighbourly Deed)

@garrethbroke
Spotify/Apple Music: https://ffm.to/spire.odl
Bandcamp: https://jamesonnathanjones.bandcamp.com/track/spire

Recently, the wonderful pianist Garreth Broke sent me a lovely composition filled with strong melodies and cascading multi-tracked piano parts and asked if I would be interested in adding some textures. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. The result is a blending of mangled eurorack effects, layered synths, and his original piano themes.

Spire

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Spire - Garreth Broke, Jameson Nathan Jones

"Håller Mig" is Swedish and means "Hold Me".

Håller Mig

Windlicht

Finding

Nebukadnezzar

Vosges

Butterfly

Castle

Hi,
my name is Joachim Heinrich and I compose my own music.
I'm constantly searching and finding my own note and it's always a great pleasure to share this process with you through my music.

Thanks a lot for listening!

All the best,
Joachim Heinrich