molto bello ;che hai preso spunto da Bach ? T.F.

ottimi pezzi;solo mi sembrano un po' tristi.Nick

This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Lucy Claire - Kelp

A rework of Pete Swintons track, this time with my strings (cello, viola) in a jamming repetitive way in the school of Popol Vuh. Enjoy!

Advantages Of Exile

Begleitung (Gianluca Piacenza)

Today, I'm listening to an upcoming release on Bigo & Twigetti, titled From the Deep, collecting five pieces by different composers, all performed by a newly formed Curve Ensemble. "Taking their name from the arc shape they perform in, Curve Ensemble is made up of a group of friends who met playing with many of the major orchestras and chamber ensembles on platforms throughout the UK and abroad." This is a collective of musicians, each bringing their own unique experience to the entire whole, turning original compositions into emotional, heartfelt, and honest music. These immersive performances include works from Angus MacRae, Jim Perkins, Tony Woollard, Anna De Bruin and Daniel Hewson. For my introduction to this upcoming album, I've selected a piece by none other than the founder of this London-based imprint, Jim Perkins. It's a deceptively simple composition, demonstrating how even the most unadorned melody can transform the delivery in the hands of the performers who truly connect with its message. If you enjoyed this, you should also check out this Bigo & Twigetti Mix put together by Leah Kardos for Headphone Commute back in 2020.

From The Deep

A Distant Sun

TRACK PREMIERE : Jim Perkins & Curve Ensemble - A Distant Sun

Land of Water - Live Sunset

An infinite chord melody, thoughtfull. Piano Improvisation

Sand - Piano Improvisation

Haku

christina vantzou 'shadow sun'

out on September 9th at Dronarivm

order here: dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/the-voy…ch-manuscript

After last year's sophomore release, The Faex Has Decimated, on Tympanik Audio, the Legiac project is back, but this time on the Russian based Dronarivm label, where the new album feels more at home. This time, the electronic duo of Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten take on a more meditative approach to their mildly glitch-infused, modular explored sounds, weaving in ambient textures, field recordings, and vast soundscapes. Titled after an early 15th century hand-written and illustrated codex, named after Wilfrid Voynich, the mysteries within this cryptic album can only be unlocked upon subsequent rotations, offering it up as a soundtrack to an enigmatic place, existing somewhere within imagination of these two prolific artists. The Voynich Manuscript slowly transforms its listener from a seemingly ordinary habitat, to a day-dream haze, to kaleidoscopic illusion - a sonic environment you thirst to visit once again...

all tracks written and produced by Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten
mastered by Jason Corder

Legiac - Ambikythera Mechanism (from The Voynich Manuscript CD)

Distant(Reprise)

My solo piano album “Recollections Vol. 1” is out on all platforms. Kind of a weird feeling. Something I really focused on in this album was simplicity. It’s never about how many notes you can play. Never. It’s not how fast you can play either. Ever. It’s about the intentionality and passion in which you play. For me at least. The greatest musicians in my opinion play and live with these thoughts in mind. I really believe two different pianists can sit down at the same piano and play the exact same note, but it sound extremely different from one player to the next. It’s in the touch, the feel, the speed, the present-ness, the willingness to slow down, it’s the heart in it. It’s wild to think that a mere Middle C on the piano can sound in a thousand different ways. So you’ll see in this album, I tried to be brave enough to not fill up each song with more notes and more chords. I wanted to give each song space and not clutter them with attempts to try and impress everyone. That’s a huge temptation that I don’t think we talk about enough. In a few of the songs I actually only stay on one chord. I love to explore how much I can get out of only a few notes. I’m not trying to be the greatest piano player in this album or trying to be the best musician. I wanted to document what I’ve learned over the years of being a musician and a person. It’s not the best, but it represents me: where I’ve been and where I’m going.

Finally Home

Musical architect and sound lover

Album-Patterns: itun.es/gb/f95G-

Distant(Reprise)

London-DC

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