Night

Mellow

Ambient Pation01

A blend of ambient music from Keith Kenniff - Helios. 
Everything belongs to him, I do not own anything.
Enjoy. ♥

Farewell (Ambient/Calm)

Four short piano themes / variations. 

For licensing and other information please visit http://www.unseen-music.com

Photo by Jocelyn Catterson and Jeremy Daigneault 

Keith Kenniff - Memories

Memories

Keith Kennif

Office

piano

You can PRE-ORDER this release on Ltd. Vinyl or Digital Download via Erased Tapes:
http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP039

And the CD edition from our Japanese friends at Cote Labo:
http://www.cotelabo.com/discography.html



Nils Oliver Frahm + Peter Ray Broderick = Oliveray.

Being musical companions and label mates for years, it was just a matter of time until modern contemporaries Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm would start their first standalone project together.

Oliveray was born in their shared home city of Berlin and will see its debut release Wonders – a nice little collection of eight musical pieces – available on Vinyl/Digital via Erased Tapes and on CD via Japanese friends Cote Labo from December 12th, 2011.


Say hello to Oliveray!
Blog post by Peter Broderick:

I am super excited to announce the debut release from a project very dear to me!
Oliveray consists of me, Peter Ray Broderick, and one of my greatest friends in the world, the incredible musician / producer Nils Oliver Frahm. We’ve been collaborating in many ways these past couple years and traveling a lot together. Now finally we have arrived with our first truly 50/50 collaboration effort entitled Wonders.
It all started when I was asked to create a cover version for my great friends Efterklang. I asked Nils if he’d like to work with me on the project. So one day we got together in his studio and ran through the song (Harmonics) a couple times and then laid it down to tape in the most relaxed way possible – me playing the guitar and singing and him on the piano… We were both really happy and inspired with how easy and fun this process was. We thought you could hear and feel that relaxed atmosphere in the song.
So when our Japanese friends Cote Labo asked us to prepare some kind of release for our Japan tour, me and Nils set aside a couple days to record some music in a similar manner. Without much preconception we just set up the mics and started recording, with an aim to create a short album of half instrumentals, half vocal-based songs. We ran through a few fresh musical ideas that each of us had, improvising along with each other, sometimes just improvising entirely. And before we new it we had a nice little collection of eight intimate pieces of music.
The first official output of what will hopefully be a lifelong collaboration, Wonders feels really special to me. Here comes Oliveray!


TRACK LISTING: 01. Growing Waterwings 02. The Book She Wrote And In The Time 03. Piano In The Pond! 04. Harmonics 05. Hiding Hydiration 06. You Don't Love 07. Just Resign 08. Dreamer


OFFICIAL WEBSITES:   
      
PETERBRODERICK.NET
NILSFRAHM.DE
ERASEDTAPES.COM     


Wonders

Oliveray - Growing Waterwings

Ecovillage - Waiting For A Better Day

Ecovillage - Telepathy

"Moiety" is a new Helios album free for download at http://www.unseen-music.com/free .

Helios - Nothing It Can

Helios - Your Zenith

Helios - In Everything Was Given

Helios - Nature People

Jasmine

Chillout version of the track Nemesis which began as a simple piano idea in Devon and which Pizz@dox has done wonders with in his Nemesis (Original Mix).

Will be released with Pizz@dox Original mix of Nemesis and B-sides, Pizz@dox and Patrick Ytting - Ascalion Heavenly & Chillout Mixes on Abora Recordings in early November 2012.

The inspiration for this chillout is a massive thanks and shout-out to a great collaborative experience with @pizzadox 

Released by: @aborarecordings
Release date: Nov 5, 2012 

Pizz@dox - Nemesis (Patrick Ytting Chillout Mix) [Abora Recordings]

September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm, but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in the form of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled 'Screws'.

Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from his bunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a broken thumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk and talk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with the situation in the only way he knew – playing his piano.

With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he started recording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9 intimate piano recordings.

Fans can download 'Screws' as mp3s or in full 24-bit 44.100 kHz audio quality here (http://screws.durtonstudio.com), and pre-order a Vinyl/CD edition from the Erased Tapes online store (http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP046), which will be released later this year.

'I am sitting in front of a sheet of paper. My right hand is bending over my left thumb. The first day I got out of my cast I could bend it by 15°. Now I am already at 50° and that makes me happy. Things are going uphill...

As you can imagine, it is really bad news for a pianist when he gets diagnosed with a broken thumb. That day I was sitting in the emergency room, feeling rather dizzy while thinking of a zillion shows coming up and all the people involved around it. I realised in that moment how busy things have become. It is hard to turn down interesting projects and opportunities, since I surely love my work. It actually never felt like work. Playing piano and playing it for wonderful people is the greatest joy I can imagine.

For a couple of days I felt like this all could be over. How pathetic. But hey – also feeling sorry for yourself has its place somewhere. All of a sudden I had so much time, an unexpected holiday. I cancelled most of my schedule and found myself being a little bored. Even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, I just couldn't resist. I started playing a silent song with 4 fingers on my left and the remaining 5 on my right hand. I set up one microphone and recorded another tune every other night before falling asleep.

The day I got rid of my cast I had recorded 9 little tunes. They have helped me feel less annoyed about my accident and reminded me that any good is something I can only achieve, when I am making the most out of what I've got.

Thank you all for listening!

With lots of love,

Nils


9FINGERS North American Tour 2012

09/16 New York (US) – West Park Presbyterian Church 
09/21 Boulder (US) – Cherryvale Studios
09/22 Colorado Springs (US) – The Mesa
09/23 Santa Fe (US) – O'Shaughnessy Performance Space @ Santa Fe Uni
09/24 San Fransisco (US) – private show (RSVP only)
09/29 Seattle (US) – Decibel Festival @ Broadway Performance Hall
09/30 Portland (US) – Classic Pianos
10/03 Mexico City (MX) – Mutek

ERASED TAPES 5th Anniversary Tour w/ Ólafur Arnalds & A Winged Victory For The Sullen

10/08 HAMBURG (DE) – Fliegende Bauten
10/09 PRAGUE (CZ) – Palac Akropolis
10/10 BUDAPEST (HU) – Trafo
10/11 MANNHEIM (DE) – Alte Feuerwache
10/13-14 BERLIN (DE) – Radialsystem
10/15 AMSTERDAM (NL) – Paradiso
10/16-17 LEUVEN (BE) – Stuk
10/18 LONDON (UK) – Hackney Empire
10/19-20 ISTANBUL (TR) – Salon IKSV

PREVIOUS PRESS:

'No. 42 Best Albums Of 2011' -The Guardian
'Felt is a transportative album, a balm for troubled minds.' BBC Music
'Frahm’s hyper-intimate recording technique for the album makes Felt a captivating listen' (9/10) DIS

★ ★ ★ ★ – Popmatters ★ ★ ★ ★ – Uncut ★ ★ ★ ★ – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ – Mojo

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: screws.durtonstudio.com · facebook.com/nilsfrahm · twitter.com/nilsfrahm · erasedtapes.com

Screws

Buy CD/LP/DL

Nils Frahm - Sol

Nils Frahm - Si

IN-I: THE APOTHEOSIS (Akram Khan & Juliette Binoche)

sideshow cars and plastic stars,
a turgid affair,
illuminates the dwindling scars,
they point and stare,

I've been longing for a son like you,
I've been searching for a way out too,
and somebody - somebody's looking for you.


If I find some way out,
Then I will stay,
With heart split two ways down,
Like tears down my face,

We'll find our way out,
Without a map just our hearts,
And when we get out,
We'll topple your house of cards,

Koda - The Last Stand

Taken from my Autumn Stories album, Digipack Edition.

Week #5 (Piano solo)

Marihiko Hara - flora - Memoire (sample)(night cruising / Drone Sweet Drone Records)

Three short piano variations. 

Photo by Michael Muller. 

Keith Kenniff - Hills 1

One of two pieces I was commissioned to score for a GE commercial.  Listen to the other here: https://soundcloud.com/keithkenniff/keith-kenniff-about-their-day

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdRsNnTiR8s

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http://www.unseen-music.com

Keith Kenniff - Departure

I was commissioned to write the score for a short film by Dove about a social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see.

Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk

Keith Kenniff - Portraits Pt.1

Keith Kenniff - Portraits Pt.2

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a man, mind deep in thoughts,
swaying, back & forth.

walking down a cobblestone street,
old brick houses, moss covering each brick,
each dwelling, sitting side by side, 
quietly.

spekled gray clouds above. 
sounds of the rain on a dark army green umbrella.
*pitter-pat // pitter pat*

"i wonder..."
thoughts of the morning, thoughts of today, thoughts of life.
images, words, phrases, voices.
"i wonder..."

cars, taxis, pass.
headlights creating elongated shadows,
swaying left, right, left, right.

then, he stops.
floating down from above, falling ever so delicately,
snow.
silver, gold, white...
twinkle.

"i wonder...." 
"no, i know."

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written & performed by : satsuki shibuya

you can download/purchase the song here! satsukishibuya.bandcamp.com/

snow snow

Four short piano themes / variations. 

For licensing and other information please visit unseen-music.com

Photo by Jocelyn Catterson and Jeremy Daigneault 

Keith Kenniff - Memories 1

Keith Kenniff - Memories 3

Keith Kenniff - Memories 4

Keith Kenniff - Memories 2

http://www.unseen-music.com

Photo by Cody Cobb.

Keith Kenniff - Ten Thousand Places

Keith Kenniff - All I Needed

I contributed a remix to a wonderful collection of field recordings captured in and around Cape Cod done by percussionist/teacher Steve Wilkes.   Other artists featured on the album include Taylor Deupree, Marcus Fischer, Simon Scott, and Loscil.

http://hearcapecod.org/soundsignals/

http://www.unseen-music.com

Goldmund - Signals, No.1

Latest:
Helios - Espera: https://ghostly.ffm.to/helios-espera
Hollie Kenniff - The Quiet Drift: https://ampl.ink/5Y9Rw
Mint Julep - In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep: https://ampl.ink/omKoq
Goldmund - The Time it Takes: smarturl.it/ibfvzw

I write music for film and record as Helios, Mint Julep, Goldmund.

For licensing inquiries please visit: http://www.unseen-music.com/licensing