from 'The Unified Field Reconstructed' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records ·  den226
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/pianointerrupted]

Piano Interrupted, the anglo / french duo formed by Tom Hodge and Franz Kirmann is a musical entity in continuous reinvention, their music constantly evolving and transforming from concert to concert, record to record. Studio compositions are deconstructed for live shows, becoming brand new pieces, which in turn serve as a basis for future new compositions, like a never-ending “mise en abyme”
It was just a question of time then before the pair turned to other producers to ask them to rework their music. Concentrating exclusively on material from their last LP “The Unified Field”, Piano Interrupted invited a handful of artists and producers from Denovali Records' roster including Hidden Orchestra, Floex, Origamibiro, John Lemke, Saffronkeira and Second Moon Of Winter to reinvent some of their compositions. Oscillating between dub, techno, abstract hip hop, ambient and post-classical, each interpretation offers a completely fresh approach to the work, sometimes barely recognisable, and sheds new light on the infinite directions that Piano Interrupted's intricate compositions can be taken.
“The Unified Field Reconstructed” is a reminder of the possibilities and a promise of more exquisite exploration in the duo's 3rd album, scheduled for later this year, based on recordings taking place in Senegal (where Franz spent his childhood) in February 2015.


The Unified Field Reconstructed

Piano Interrupted - Darkly Shining (John Lemke Rework)

From the album "Be Here Now" 
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Dorothy

NowTheWorksOfTheFleshAreManifest

Espen Eriksen Trio - Gravity

excerpts from the vijay iyer trio's new album ACCELERANDO (release date: march 2012).

2 Optimism

Virthulegu forsetar Part 3

ARTIST: Luton
TITLE: Black Box Animals
CATALOG #: LTS-035 
RELEASE DATE: April 27th, 2018
BUY ALBUM: http://smarturl.it/buyblackbox

‘Black Box Animals’ is the debut release from the Italian duo, Luton, formed in 2017 by Roberto P. Siguera and Attilio Novellino. The album is a textural feast of classically composed phrasing and heavily tar-coated mechanics. Crawling abstract electronic structures meld seamlessly into a wide array of electro-acoustics, built upon a fine edge that is focused on mood as much as melody. With each piece Luton deliver their own curious venom, striving for contrast, never settling into a predetermined genre. 

Contradiction permeates ‘Black Box Animals.’ Caution and weariness are etched into its themes. Luton feeds this uncertainty with its ability to create deeply affecting landscapes, as isolated and claustrophobic as they are warm and disarming. Within these dim seductions, a perplexing balance resides, something so familiar and primal, yet in the same breath so foreign and cryptic.  In truth, the more human, acoustic aspects of Luton’s sound are so tightly woven to that of the machine, one would be hard pressed to find any edges at all.

‘Black Box Animals’ was recorded around Europe with Luton Sinfonietta Orchestra, during several sessions of improvisation and post production in Stockholm, Manchester, Munich and Turin. In addition to the orchestral scores, written by Rob, both musicians played various other instruments including classical guitar, ancient Russian zither, piano, electric bass and guitars, e-bow, pedals and electronics. All tracks were finalized by Attilio in order to find their otherworldly magic.

The album shares some of the moodiness and frantic delivery of Deaf Center or even Ben Frost’s works for film.  Elsewhere, the intense drive and alchemic meld of electro-acoustic elements recall the likes of Rafael Anton Irisarri or Tim Hecker. While Luton find commonalities with these well-known masters, ‘Black Box Animals’ makes an impression all its own, creating an array of complex emotions, leaving us feeling a bit dirty, humbled, inexplicably at ease, perhaps off guard just enough to reshape our damaged conscious into a form of its own likeness.

Black Box Animals

Night Avalanche

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Luton - Night Avalanche (from Black Box Animals)

A03 - Johann Johannsson - Glima

We are thrilled to announce a very special podcast update for today - a start-to-finish live performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson's stunning Miners Hymns LP  featuring NYC's Wordless Music Orchestra. Presented by WYNC and ArtsWorld Financial Centre in January of this year, the performance saw a very rare combined screening of Bill Morrison's archive-footage documentary on the ill-fated mining communities of North East England, The Miners' Hymns and a live, large-scale brass ensemble arrangement of Jóhann's score of the same name - the same instrumentation with which the score was written and originally recorded.

Miners Hymns LP available to buy at http://fatcat.sandbaghq.com/index.php/johann-johannsson-the-miners-hymns.html

Tracklist:
1. Johann Johannsson - They Being Dead yet Speaketh (live)
2. Johann Johannsson - An Injury To One Is The Concern Of All (live)
3. Johann Johannsson - Freedom From Want and Fear (live)
4. Johann Johannsson - There is No Safe Side but the Side of Truth (live)
5. Johann Johannsson - Industrial and Provident, We Unite to Assist Each Other (live) 
6. Johann Johannsson - The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World (live)

Virthulegu forsetar Part 3

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