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"Really top quality." - Owain K
"Good work!" - Namito
Awakening featured in <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pig-pig-and-dan/vicious-feb-3">Vicious Radio Show</a>.</i>

Josh Winiberg graces Plus Plus Records with the breathtaking Awakening EP. A journey to the depths, where the ethereal meets the emotive, a delight for the senses and for the dancefloor. The original tracks Weeping Willow and Awakening demonstrate Josh’s razor sharp, understated production abilities, juxtaposed with his refined composer’s ear for melody. First to take Josh’s bittersweet productions to a different corner is Toulouse’s The Shining-inspired Re-Drum, with a slowed-down deep industrial disco rework. Next up, permanent fixture on the Dutch underground electronic scene Florisz Janvier gives Weeping Willow a leftfield house treatment, skittering percussion interplaying with shimmering synths. Plus Plus Records boss Jason Bay takes the controls with an epic tech-infused journey deep into the night, that builds and builds into a joyous electronic disco crescendo. And finishing off the package with aplomb, SAES takes us to left-of-centre, downbeat electronic house territory.

Artwork - 'Awakening' by Jennifer Perlmutter: www.jenniferperlmuttergallery.com

Awakening (Out now on Plus Plus!) [2014]

Vinyl only release on Berlin's Really Records.

Really004 has a special concept. Our friends Dürerstuben created a one minute introduction (which isn't featured in this preview). Five artists then continue the track independently in their own way. The result is five tracks with the same beginning which then go in different directions.

Inspired by the French surrealists' game Exquisite Cadaver, and of course by the collaborative novel The Floating Admiral which was a similar process.

Featuring Alex Milne on electric guitar.
Mastering by @Sygaire @ Audiomoto

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The Floating Admiral feat. Alex Milne (Out Now on Really Records!) [2015]

@PlusPlusRec marks its 30th release with the return of a label stalwart - the UK based producer and composer Josh Winiberg.
Lost in Time EP brings together three previously released tracks and breathes new life into them with a fresh set of remixes.

AMT blends ethereal piano, cello and vocals samples with driving percussion and pulsating synths to create an intense track which garnered support from Daniel Bortz, Josh Butler and Matthias Vogt to name but a few.
The title track is a much slower burner, its churning bassline and organic afterhour vibe finding favour with the connoisseurs of deep over at SEKOIA.
Rounding off the three originals is Acid Angel - hypnotic, 303-infused ambient techno, with slowly building pads and glitchy, minimalist beats.

First up on remix duties is one of Frankfurt's finest - Sweatlodge resident @Matthias-Vogt. His take on AMT strips back the percussion somewhat to make room for emotive synths that gradually rise to a beautiful climax.
@Re-Drum's more dancefloor-focused perspective on Acid Angel is next in line, with all the characteristic attention to detail and groove that we've come to expect from this talented Frenchman.
Leading us into darker territory is Amsterdam's very own @SomeChemistry, with a techy, dystopian bomb of a remix for Lost in Time which stands in stark contrast to the natural ambiance of the original.
Following up on his latest releases on Moodmusic and Making You Dance is Berlin resident @Affects, aka Jacques Müller. Also remixing Lost in Time, Affect provides us with a truly entrancing epic.
The final icing on the cake is provided by Plus Plus head honcho @Jason-Bay, returning to AMT with a tearout remix that's destined to bring huge vibes to many a sweaty dancefloor.

Lost In Time (Affect Remix)

Lost In Time (Some Chemistry Remix)

Acid Angel (Re - Drum Remix)

AMT (Matthias Vogt Remix)

Acid Angel

AMT (Jason Bay's Late Night Affair Remix)

30-05-20 (Unsigned, Unmastered)

09-06-20 (Unsigned, Unmastered)

JOSH WINIBERG BA (Hons) DipABRSM (piano) is a UK based pianist, composer and producer who specialises in soundtracks.

A relatively late starter on the piano, Josh began teaching himself to play in 2002, aged 14. What he lacked in experience and formal education, he made up for with an insatiable hunger for music. A year later, this drive intensified following the terminal diagnosis of his step father, who gave Josh his keyboard. After chancing upon Ludovico Einaudi on Classic FM, Josh was inspired to compose an album to give to his step-father before he passed away.

Following an intense few months of non-stop work on this project, by 2004 Josh had composed and released his first solo piano album, ‘Sunrise’. Although very rough around the edges, it received positive feedback from Ludovico Einaudi who complimented the playing and described the album as full of character. As a result Josh was invited to perform his work at the prestigious Ravello Festival, Italy, where he debuted his second piano album, ‘Silent Embrace’.

A year later, Josh received his first commission, composing the soundtrack for the cartoon platform game ‘Mr Smoozles Goes Nutso’ (by Steve Ince of ‘Broken Sword’ and ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’ fame). As of 2020, Josh and Steve are once again collaborating on the upcoming point-and-click game, ‘Crow Girl’.

Upon finishing school, Josh began studying a BA in Music Composition at Dartington College of Arts. In 2008, he took part in an ERASMUS exchange program to Berlin, a city he returned to on a long term basis following the completion of his degree. While continuing to compose soundtracks for films, theatre productions and contemporary dance performances, Josh became increasingly inspired by the nightlife in his new home. Within a few months of sampling the Berlin scene, (and true to every cliché about the city), Josh was producing and performing electronic music, blending his classical flair with the hypnotic German flavour of after-hour techno. Since then, Josh’s productions have been supported by some of the world’s top DJs and electronic music magazines including John Digweed, Pig & Dan, Josh Butler, Faze Magazine and DMC Word Magazine.

Returning back to the UK in 2013, Josh was approached by American Film Institute alumnus and long term collaborator Quan Zhou to provide the soundtrack for his next film, Woman in Fragments. This powerful drama went on to be screened at film festivals internationally, including Cannes.

The soundtrack to Woman in Fragments, as well as the narrative themes running throughout the film, formed the basis of a new instrumental album, Change, which was released in 2017. This album was featured by the HDSounDI YouTube channel and has since received over a million streams.

In 2018, Josh turned his attention to the traditional piano repertoire, taking part in classical festivals and competitions, winning the 2018 Southend Music Festival piano section with three gold medal performances of Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert. A year later, he gained the DipABRSM performance diploma in piano.

The last two years have seen Josh return more extensively to soundtrack writing, scoring three short horror films (‘Off the Hook’, ‘The Woods Near Jacob’s Farm’ and ‘See What She Did’), as well as the drama ‘Paradise’.

Other notable credits include a commission for the National Lottery’s 20th Anniversary (2014), and a spot on BBC’s ‘The One Show’ directing the Fishwives Choir (2013) alongside Jon Cohen and Phil da Costa (Military Wives Choir). Music from his 2009 album, ‘Those Nights’, was used in the BBC radio documentary, ‘A Fishwives Tale’. In 2009, hang drum pioneer Manu Delago premiered one of Josh’s compositions for hang and string quartet.

As of 2020, Josh is working on a series of new releases, re-works and remixes, with a busy release scheduled line up for 2021.

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