Calm Piano

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I often think about childhood experiences. Don't you? Remember those magical moments of discovery of how something in this universe truly works or the slow disintegration of fiction into reality or the self-guided journey into a fantasy, knowing full well that it's really imaginary and yet completely giving in, and letting it absorb you into other worlds? For me, there were adventures into outer space, of alien planets and improbable lands, of other beings just like us, and yet completely different in every way. It's no wonder that many of my fantastical voyages were accompanied by music, made, of course, by instruments unknown. This "space music" is what continues to attract me to some aspects of the cinematic, electronic, and experimental sounds of today. It's no wonder I still attempt to recreate each voyage with the lush pads of my synths. For British composer and musician Angus MacRae, this reflection on childhood imagination comes in a form of his new album, Vivarium. Across twelve pieces, each representing a specific memory, MacRae uses the immediate presence of acoustic instrumentation (piano, strings, woodwinds, and even voice) to capture the emotional experience of the unreal worlds. Today I am premiering a track from the album titled "Flame" which is due out as a single on September 1st. This is a gorgeous and dynamic piece, pairing a gently wavering piano melody in a whirlwind of a rising emotional gust. Listening to this piece you can't help but get lifted into a torrent of a sentimental storm and get carried away into those other worlds. "Written against the backdrop of a changing world, this need to escape inside the vivarium, to recapture the magic and mystery within, and to ultimately learn the limits of the glass - seemed to me more important than ever."

Vivarium

Flame

TRACK PREMIERE : Angus MacRae - Flame

All About That - 6:13:24, 4.34 PM

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

"Shadow Play" is my entry to Piano Day 2018.
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From the album "Fortepiano"
http://fortepiano.io

Written, arranged and produced by Daniel Soffner

Mash Waves Music is a music project by Daniel Soffner based in Melbourne, Australia.

Blog: http://mashwavesmusic.soffner.com
Bandcamp: http://mashwavesmusic.bandcamp.com
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Shadow Play

Dear Shadows - Piano Day 2018

The expanded double CD re-issue of The Licence To Interpret Dreams will be released late August / early September 2018. The original multitracks have been refreshed to give a new life to the album. Alongside this there is an additional CD, which features remixes by Marconi Union, Hummingbird, The Humble Bee, Tape Loop Orchestra, Peter Jørgensen, Ben Chatwin, Ian Hawgood, Aaron Martin, Olan Mill, Bill Seaman, Field Rotation, Antonymes and Clem Leek. The remixes are very special and the whole thing has been lovingly remastered by James Plotkin.

This very limited album comes out on the wonderful Fluid Audio imprint and will include a 24 page perfect bound book housed in a heavyweight card sleeve.

Here's a sneak preview, the Antonymes remix which takes elements from several tracks on the original album.

Lost In Waves Of Light

The first single off my upcoming album "By the Woods"

You can pre order the full album here

Bandcamp: https://johnhayes.bandcamp.com/album/by-the-woods

By The Woods

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Title track from Daigo Hanada's forthcoming EP 'Ouka' out June 21st 

Pre-order the album on CD/DL : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ouka 

Stream the track on your favourite digital platform : https://orcd.co/single-ouka 

Written and recorded by Daigo Hanada 
Mastered by Martyn Heyne

Ouka

Buy CD/DL

Daigo Hanada - Ouka

Goya

From my new album, Elixía. Available in my shop: https://shop.oskarschuster.com/album/elix-a and on all main streaming platforms.

Elixía

Isobel

Horror Vacui

Hannes Kretzer - TREM0R

Nazareth

ORDER CD HERE -> www.gizehstore.com
A limited edition of 175 copies as part of Gizeh's 'Dark Peak' series. Housed in a black, gatefold, recycled card sleeve. Each copy is printed and assembled by hand at Gizeh HQ. Download code included. Release 25.10.19
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• FIP "Le mythique Nanook of the north sublimé par Christine Ott & Torsten Böttcher" • NEW YORK MUSIC DAILY "Fans of both Philip Glass and Terry Riley ought to enjoy it." • ICI MUSIQUE, RADIO CANADA "A la fois sobre et éblouissant" • MAGIC RPM "une musique au naturel à la hauteur de ce film des grands espaces. (...) un album magnifique" • TSUGI "Les morceaux collent parfaitement à l’atmosphère du film" • INDIE ROCK MAG "Entre néoclassique et jazz, le spectre est large et le duo en explore une part conséquente des contours. Sombres ou sautillantes, jamais plombantes, les compositions telluriques nous ramènent à des éléments primaires qu’il serait finalement assez urgent de considérer comme actuels. En effet, comment peut-on se projeter sur une planète dont nous refusons de comprendre les besoins ? Le pouvoir de la musique est fort lorsque de tels questionnements s’ajoutent à la beauté intrinsèque des compositions. Christine Ott et Torsten Böttcher accomplissent donc une œuvre à la fois maligne et pleine de justesse." + INTERVIEW AVEC CHRISTINE OTT, "Par les temps qui courent" Marie Richeux, FRANCE CULTURE : "Les images vous font aller dans les recoins de votre univers sonore" www.franceculture.fr/emissions/par-les-temps-qui-courent/christine-ott

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Christine Ott & Torsten Böttcher - Nanook

Pace

These five tracks were live recorded during the preparation sessions of some setups for which I was experimenting with new instruments and research. The compositions are at the same time different but similar because they were born from the same need to tell precise feelings and thoughts of this moment of my life.
My winter tales represent a suspended world in which I try to reinvent, once again, my emotional space.

00.00 Winter tales
05.24 Dichotomy
10.58 The rosemary flower
13.25 Bounds
17.20 The day after

original music: luca longobardi
all tracks live recorded in Rome

Winter tales

Winter Tales (mixtape edit)

Winter Tales (Mixtape Edit)

Pianist and producer among other things.



Contact/enquiries: John@johnhayesmusic.com

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