Hi! We would love to use your song for a non profit documentary – would that be possible? The film is about 30 athletes on their way to the Olympic Games. Thank you for your consideration! Cheers, Wolf  mail@wolf-schmidt.de

You are going to be too much for the average listener, still I posting you ha

the most beautiful composition from what i've have heard lately, very tender and emotional! bravo!

this is a really good piece, Khyaam, you are a great composer!!!

Official Piano Day 2018 Playlist

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Piano Day 2018 Playlist

Unreleased Demo of "You'll Miss Us One day".
The final version is released on "Gravity" / Ad Noiseam Nr.168.
http://www.adnoiseam.net/adn168

Ben Lukas Boysen - Variation (Unreleased)

Crystal Vision

A journey through voice, breath, and silence. Armonie del Respiro blends pure vocal tones with nature’s stillness to create a meditative soundscape for deep relaxation and inner presence


RelaxONE Vol. 007 • Harmonies of Breath

RelaxONE Vol. 007 • 31

RelaxONE Vol.007 - 31

We are excited to announce the first new signing of 2016 to our 130701 imprint, in the form of Polish cellist Resina. The alias of Warsaw-based Karolina Rec, Resina was signed after sending us a hugely impressive demo last year. 

Born in 1982, Karolina graduated from the Music Academy in Gdansk and the University of Gdansk. Active in Poland's independent music scene since the late '00s, she was co-founder / collaborator of some of Poland's most influential alternative bands, has featured on numerous album releases and soundtracks (including the Oscar-nominated 'Rabbit a la Berlin'), and is the author of a dozen music productions for theatre. A compulsive live artist, her style is primarily characterized by personal language of improvisation and alternative approach to melodyHer self-titled debut album is a result of experiments with cello and simple electronic tools - sometimes close to the form of song; sometimes based more on powerful, intuitive impressions but always marked by the desire to use non-obvious characteristics of the instrument.

Resina will play at 130701 showcases at Tallinn Music Week on April 1st and at The Brighton Festival on May 10th. A debut solo album is set for release on 130701 later this year.

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Beneath A Blanket (with Niklas Paschburg)

Tape (Piano Day 2016)

My father died on 16 March 2011.  His body had battled emphysema for years.  After complications caused by a bout of pneumonia he finally succumbed.  In the aftermath of these events I turned to my piano for solace and escape.  The resulting record attempts to address the emotions experienced during the 7 days between his death and funeral.  In collaboration with Ed Hamilton, who brilliantly tapped in to my experience and emotion, and with contributions from Christoph Berg, this record is about, and in memory of, my father. - Euan

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Glacis is Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken with Ed Hamilton

All pieces written and performed by Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken and Ed Hamilton

Violins on tracks 1, 5 & 7 performed and arranged by Christoph Berg

Violins on track 6 performed by Christoph Berg, arranged by Ed Hamilton

Piano recordings by Ana Roman and Alex Galler at the University of Edinburgh

Produced and mixed by Ed Hamilton

Mastered by James Plotkin

Art by Todd Umhoefer
www.oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com

Writing by Ali Millar 
www.readthesupplement.com

Released through Fluid Audio (May 2016)
www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

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Thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks
 
In memory of Euan's father, Sandy McMeeken 6 November 1937- 16 March 2011

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Glacis - From One Room To Another (So You Leave Me Now)

A Silver Kind Of Gray (for Piano Day 2018)

Happy Piano Day 2018!

Middle Names is original released by Devendra Banhart on his 2016 record "Ape In Pink Marble" (Nonesuch Records).

Middle Names (rework by Nils Frahm)

Released on March 29 in celebration of Piano Day 2018.
Pre-order the album 'Persona' here: http://phonofile.link/rivalconsoles-persona

Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles has announced his fourth full length album 'Persona' will be released on 13th April via Erased Tapes.

The title 'Persona' was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck Ryan and it inspired the album’s main theme — an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona. 

"My music is generally is generally inward looking. I like finding something about the self within music, that doesn't have to be specific but maybe asks something or reveals something. This record is a continuation on the self through electronic sounds. Like Legowelt once said ‘a synthesiser is like a translator for unknown emotions’, which I think sums up what I am trying to do. I think all these emotions we have make up our persona. So in a way by finding new ones you alter or expand your persona. And that is what I want my music to try to do. I deliberately aimed to be more sonically diverse with this record. I wanted to experiment more. I wanted to create new sounds and new emotions.”

Recorded at his studio in south-east London, ‘Persona’ benefits from Ryan’s exploration of a dynamic production process that combines analogue-heavy synthesisers, acoustic and electric instruments with a shoegaze-level obsession with effect pedals. A greater depth of emotion and confidence can be heard across the album. From the deconstructed movements on ‘Unfolding’ that starts the album with a snap of delayed snares, the apocalyptic drones of the title track and thundering drums in ‘Phantom Grip’ to more  restrained ambient feels of ‘Dreamer’s Wake’, ‘Rest’ and ‘Untravel’. The latter transverses six beatless minutes of undulating melodies representing “a limbo space, a feeling of ennui, of not really ever being known to others and others not ever really being known to you”.

'Be Kind' reveals a musical connection with fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm, with its minimal approach and improvisational nature. On the more complex sounding ‘I Think So’ Ryan aims to replicate a colour collage with sound. Like a musical kaleidoscope, a flashing and convoluted mass. Written after he saw Slowdive perform live last year, ‘Hidden’ builds from whispers to landscapes of controlled noise. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Ryan explains: “once you start trying to make a sound loud, then you turn your back on thousands and thousands of sonic possibilities. One of the best things to do is to start a track with a really quiet, weak sound.” Taking this idea to its ultimate conclusion, ‘Fragment’ closes the album as an innocent sounding ambient piece, almost nursery rhyme like, yielding time for reflection on how the persona has changed.

'Persona' follows the success of a series of releases — the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Sonne’ EPs, long player ‘Howl’, and 2016’s mini album ‘Night Melody’ — that saw Ryan mature into what Pitchfork has called a “forward-thinking electronic musician with his own ideas about sound”. Atypical of instrumental-electronic music, Ryan has achieved a signature sound that’s unmistakably identifiable as Rival Consoles. Going beyond typical electronic music production, Ryan defines it as “songwriting with an electronic palette of sounds”.

The increasingly dynamic live audio-visual show, born from bespoke performances at the Tate and for Boiler Room at the V&A Museum featuring self-programmed visuals in Max/MSP, has propelled him to play around the world. Ryan launches ‘Persona’ at London’s XOYO on 12th April with further dates to be announced.

Persona

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We are delighted to share with you two tracks from Sjors Mans' forthcoming EP, Noord.

Pre-order on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2VJ8Sw5
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2D8BSpO

Big Ballad, comprised of soft pads and a contrasting synth sequence - recently premiered on KEXP - and Without You, one of Sjors' characteristic melancholic piano pieces.

Sjors Mans - Big Ballad

The music of Christoph Berg is the soundtrack for many moments in my daily life. He is my beloved mate and friend from Berlin and i did this track to feel much more connected with him. Enjoy. 

Field Rotation - Sleepless rework by Hior Chronik

Rauelsson - Fluvial

More info: www.nilsfrahm.com

Management: 
felix(at)agentur-grimm(dot)com


A Silver Kind Of Gray (for Piano Day 2018)

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