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Piano & Friends 2013

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Classic_Piano_Violine_Ambient

Back To Me

Cofee

calming

Paterlini

After experimenting with new synths a pretty basic base theme has come out.
I know well Stephan Fischer talent and capabilities so I have decided to send it to him and see whether he was interested to add orchestral movements since I love his unique style. 

His work is passionate and he has transformed a simple base in something glorious and epic, a fantastic journey which I'm deeply in love with.
I have dedicated myself in the mixing and the mastering which I can ensure has been extremely challenging.

A special thanks to Stephan which has full filled my desire of producing orchestral music. Yo ;) as he would say

https://soundcloud.com/stephanfischer-1


The day after tomorrow - Stephan Fischer/London-DC

A while back I commented on a track of Davide's (https://soundcloud.com/london-dc) that he'd accidentally made public while uploading for other purposes. I loved the track, a stripped down melodic bell-like synth piece. Davide got in touch and suggested that I mess with it to my heart's content.. Being a big fan of his work I jumped at the opportunity. 

The project I'm working on concerns the psychogeography of London, and the beautiful bell melodies of Davide's track tied in perfectly with the idea I was working with...
Peter Ackroyd writes about London past and present.. His conceit is that time is relative, and passes at a different pace in different locations... There are 'privileged' areas where past and present are overlaid, and, as Iain Sinclair puts it  'where peculiarly sensitive voyants can surf the vortex, move without constraint between historical periods..Time becomes obedient to the will'
Worth bearing in mind it's a conceit rather than a certifiable belief...Anyway, as a Londonphile, it fascinates me, and I feel what he means on a daily basis..the past is always present.

Picture is a detail from Stephen Walter's http://www.stephenwalter.co.uk/wp/ stunning 'HUB'

Keeping my promise to list the instruments, the line-up is:
Electronic percussion / Alpine Horns / London-DC samples / Clock & bell samples/ Upright bass / Live kit / Starfire gtr / Brass section.




ACKROYD'S CONCEIT

primera experimentación en vivo del tema dejalos 


DEJALOS EXPERI 1.1

just something i made for fun. nothing serious no release.

blinded

Thor - Heyr Himnasmidur

The Resistance

Uprising

02 Sunlight Zone

My piano, the clouds

I like to share the story of this incredible collaboration.
Three days ago I was practicing some piano with a disastrous result so I decided to give up and enjoy my instinct with some electronic.
The result did missing something and that something was a voice, another instinctive element.
I love Julie Elven approach in music and, as me, she likes experimenting at any level so I have sent her the track and I asked her just for fun whether she could have let her feelings go into this.
She did it in the most wonderful and natural way and the original message below it's her writing to me after sending back the singing part.
A truly amazing process done in the most sincere way just connecting trough music and very little words.
Music has several sides and with Julie I have discover another one. Thank you Julie

Thanks everybody for listening




yes. it IS a poem in fact.... by Erich Fried.... "Wollen" - in English: "Wanting"

....I let myself flow and getting lost in the text and music....


Wanting to be with you 
in the middle of what I'm doing 
wanting to be gone 
lost within you

Nothing but with you 
closer than hand to hand 
more intimate than lips to lips 
wanting to be with you

Being tender within you 
kissing you from the outside 
and caressing you from within 
this and that way and also differently

And wanting to inhale you 
nothing but inhaling 
deeper deeper 
and to drink without exhaling

And while doing so searching the distance 
to see you 
just two hands away 
and then kiss you again

Two Hands Away - Julie Elven & London-DC

On Night Sky Hutchings is subtly playful within the direct and emotive candor of her style, making for an open and surprising journey throughout.  Night Sky reveals Hutchings' compositional style, flowering with more instrumentation and bolder intent. Balancing the beautiful fragility in her work with a deeper sense of urgency creates a striking charge to Night Sky -- a compelling pulse that also encompasses a lightness of touch in parts, making for an album of many shades set within Hutchings' beguiling vision. The rarefied atmosphere of Night Sky confirms Hutchings' standalone presence in the realm of modern composition.

02 In light

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

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Nils Frahm - Si

Taken from my Autumn Stories album, Digipack Edition.

Week #5 (Piano solo)

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This is the previously unreleased track included in the benefit compilation "... and darkness came", curated by Headphone Commute for helping people affected by Hurricane Sandy. All the income generated from this release will be donated to Doctors without Borders and The Humane Society. 

You can buy it and contribute to the cause by checking:
www.headphonecommute.bandcamp.com

Fabrizio plays the piano.

Silvia Dal Paos: Cello
Chiara Spagnolo: Violin

Buy 

There's a light we might see

06 By night

This is a nice little Lullaby track. Good for reflection, children, love scenes in movies.

(c) copyright Prince Bruce Music, 2012 2013

Little Piggies Lullaby

A true adventure of the most immersive sounds.

Suburbs "Amorf"

Festival de Música de Morelia Miguel Bernal Jiménez 2011
En Memoria de Miguel Bernal Macouzet 

Christoph Willibald Von Gluck (1714-1787) Don Juan, o el festín de piedra (selección) Orquesta juvenil Alemana  ChristopherMoulds, director

Music by Fabrizio Paterlini

Fabrizio plays the piano
Live electronics by London DC

Violin: Eugenio Gargiola
Cello: Silvia Dal Paos


Buy the CD

After the rain there will always be the sun

Music by Fabrizio Paterlini

Fabrizio plays the piano
Live electronics: London DC





Behind the sky

'I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance' (Tycho Remix) is available as part of a bonus I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance remix EP when purchasing Ulrich Schnauss' A Long Way to Fall out now from Domino or iTunes in North America.

Ulrich Schnauss' A Long Way to Fall is out now on Domino in North America and Ulrich Schnauss' own Scripted Realities imprint in the rest of the world.

Listen to the album version of 'I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance' here: snd.sc/X09MBa

Purchase
Domino Mart: bit.ly/aLongWaytoFallDominoMart
iTunes: smarturl.it/alongwaytofallalbum

Ulrich Schnauss online
www.ulrich-schnauss.com/
www.facebook.com/ulrichschnauss/
twitter.com/ulrichschnauss

Ulrich Schnauss - I Take Comfort in Your Ignorance (Tycho Remix)

Paul Biss conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia with soloist Robyn Bollinger in a performance of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E minor Op. 64. Recorded live March 6, 2013 in NEC's Jordan Hall.

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor - Allegro molto appassionato

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor -  Andante

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor -   Allegro non troppo   Allegro molto vivace

Tricky – I Could feat. Francesca Belmonte

"Your Life, Your Call", from upcoming self-titled Junip album, out this Spring on City Slang in Europe and Mute Records in North America.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYvKXVoAXmg
Buy on Amazon: http://smarturl.it/39tkqo
Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ylyc

www.junip.net
www.mute.com
www.cityslang.com

Lyrics:
She's over you
Boy you know it's true
But you can't stay here
You had it coming for years

Pull yourself together
And draw the line
Pull yourself together
Can't stand to see you crying

It's your life, your call
Stand up or enjoy your fall

It's over now
You've been taking your time
But you can't stay here
Boy dry up your tears

No point in looking back
Over your shoulder
Leave your worries behind 
For a while
You'll forget everything
As you get older

Buy on iTunes

Junip - Your Life, Your Call

Hi, this is one of the last tracks from subdued project. The track that will close it.

During these months I tried experimenting with different sounds on the piano to the orchestration. But I have also searched the piano floating above electron shells. Subdued has been a project about the nullity in which we are subjected all, in a world increasingly closed. A metaphor for the softness under pressure, emotion and feelings that we all have inside under the yoke of oppression. Think about the distance, the feeling of hope, bitterness, darkness and disappointment. For me the centerpiece is a reflection of our strong and deep feeling, the track with Oddrun Eikli "A new born" reflects that part of us that can never be severed by this world. It is the heart of Subdued. And always I will have a special affection, sung with heart and sweetness of Oddrun.

Thank you very much to all who have thought and heard these tracks, the album "Subdued", once released soon, will be ready for download. Again free download format.

Like Lennon said, with all its meaning: Love is knowing we can be.

Vicente.

Delusion

I have known recently Dirk Maassen for his wonderful music and as a person.
Generous in any sense and deeply dedicated to his and other people work.
His piano, a bliss.
Here I have only contributed with an orchestral arrangement which was due to the inspiring song Dirk has created. A full collaboration will come soon.
Thank you Dirk 

Dirk Maassen (feat. London-DC) -To the sky (Symphonic version)

<b>SARAH NEUFELD</b>, "Hero Brother"
from <i>Hero Brother</i>
Release date: 20 August 2013

http://sarahneufeldmusic.com/
http://cstrecords.com/cst095

Sarah Neufeld • "Hero Brother"

Live debut as TM404 at Berghain during the CTM Festival, Berlin. 

Recorded by Esther Schelander. 

First published at Electronic Explorations.

TM404 LP/CD (2013) can be bought thru Kontra-Musik (www.kontra-musik.com)

You can see the recording sessions for the album here: http://www.youtube.com/user/repeatle

TM404 live at  CTM Festival, Berlin 130129

Joel Compass - Fucked Up taken from the Astronaut EP forthcoming on Black Butter Records. Like to unlock a free download on Facebook: po.st/FREEREMIX
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Astronaut

Fucked Up

Tea & Windows. 

Artwork by https://www.instagram.com/iamsimoneng/

Tea & Windows

I have recently finished my collaboration with Fabrizio Paterlini's "Now" new album.
My contribute a subtle and gentle electronic which accompany his wonderful piano compositions. 
Me and Fabrizio have met through Soundcloud and we have instantly found a great musical communication.
I admit I had to restrain myself being Fabrizio's music minimalist and gentle but I would do this experience again and again.
Pristine Spaces is the only track I have arranged and Fabrizio has wonderfully interpreted with his piano mood.
We have decided to make it part of the album as bonus track since it is fitting perfectly with the album concept which I strongly recommend. 
Here some useful link to the album and to Fabrizio Soundcloud page.
Thank you for listening and commenting


http://fabriziopaterlinirecords.com/music

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/now/id634828672

https://soundcloud.com/fabrizio-paterlini

Pristine Spaces - Piano Fabrizio Paterlini

Enjoy the 7th piece from the "Petits Rêves Bizarres" album - the collaborative album with @Stephan-Beneking , a blend of neoclassical composition with free style improvisation.

If you like what you've heard so far, please leave a review on Amazon or iTunes (links are below). Each reviewer will receive $5 discount when purchasing this album on CD from CreateSpace or a free digital download of any track of this album in any requested quality. Please send me a private message telling me where you reviewed the album, what was your review and whether you want the discount code for purchasing the CD or a download of any particular track. Thank you for your support!

CreateSpace CD: http://www.createspace.com/2135430 
Amazon CD: http://www.amazon.com/Petits-Reves-Bizarres-I-XII-Milana/dp/B00CAEM6V0 
Amazon MP3: http://www.amazon.com/Petits-Reves-Bizarres-Stephan-Beneking/dp/B00C1WP5C8 
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/petits-reves-bizarres-i-xii/id626880279 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Milana_Petits_Reves_Bizarres_I_XII_feat_Stephan_Be?id=Bdeidvd3ih2hfp4wpks5txv4oga 
BandCamp: http://milana.bandcamp.com/album/petits-reves-bizarres-i-xii

Petit rêve bizarre VII - Stephan Beneking and Milana

+++ DOWNLOADS ARE AVAILABLE AGAIN +++
Many thanks to the Guys at Soundcloud, who helped and removed the download restriction!


This track is dedicated to the Soldiers of Light, the victims of this insane violence by the turkish government. Composed during the protests in Istanbul two weeks ago... live in the crowds on Taksim Square.

Please download the track and spread the word, my message to the world to stop violence and injustice.

Music written and performed by Davide Martello, Klavierkunst
Photography & layout Lisa Schwegler & Florian Lindner

<3 & peace all over the world!!!

»Lightsoldiers« (Free mp3 download meant to be spread)

http://www.mediafire.com/?h9q0pjb8pdbl7dx

ONLY GIRL

Musical architect and sound lover

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