Bäckahäst, named after a Norse mythological creature that in the shape of a beautiful horse lured children onto its back only to later drown them, is the first collaborative composition by Swedish musicians Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint (Sofia Nystrand). Set to create the mood of a modern folk tale in a closed-down amusement park, they used various toy instruments as a starting point, and later added musical saw, harmonium, bowed gongs, vocals and analogue synthesizers (that flirt with soundtracks such as Stranger Things and Twin Peaks), processing everything through various reel-to-reel tapes and analogue effects. 

https://pianoandcoffeerecords.bandcamp.com/album/realismo-m-gico

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.

Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint - Bäckahäst

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Between The Leaves', forthcoming on Fluid Audio.

Music: Pepo Galán & Shinji Wakasa
Mastering: Lee Yi (Rottenman Editions)
Print design: Craig Tattersall
Packaging design: Daniel Crossley

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Between The Leaves

Pepo Galán & Shinji Wakasa - Violet Rain

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Presenting ‘Departures’ (out now on Lost Tribe Sound), the debut album from μastroKristo. ‘Departures’ is a nocturne, built from a humble and quiet rehearsal for untuned piano, tuba, bassoon, and tapes. It's a tribute to the night, and to all the failed and successful attempts at falling asleep. In gentle gray and pale blue hues, its watery, moonlit emotions spill forth... a siren’s song tempting heavy eyelids to take the final plunge towards a long night’s sleep.

‘Departures’ makes use of the worn mechanics and incidental noises generated by μastroKristo’s nearly 100 years old John Spencer & Co upright piano and its exposed soundboard. The artist takes advantage of the fragile character found in the low fidelity recordings and uses it to serve an equally important role as the piano itself. The tired piano hammers collapse in cascading cyclical patterns, resting comfortably inside the hiss and the wow and flutter effects brought on by an old TASCAM cassette recorder. Further still, these moments are glued together by the relaxed conversations between a tuba and a bassoon, which help lend a certain film noir like character to the music. This combination of forward motion and fluidity creates an intoxicating ebb and flow.

Departures

Waves

mastroKristo - Waves (from Departures)

Allude

Adriaan Swerts - Fade

Raining Guitars 02

This is the track from the album "Mountain Prayer". 

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Mountain Prayer

Ashot Danielyan - Mountain Prayer (The Beauty of Mountains)

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Performed by Chris Green-Armytage
Composed and produced by Jim Perkins
Artwork by Jim Perkins

Drifting Upward

Untitled 28 was a sculpture, video and sound installation created in 28 days by artist Marie-Louise Jones and composer Lucy Claire. It was exhibited in July 2017 at Here East in London as part of Gavin Turk and Anna Maloney’s show, Inside Out. 

The music reflects each sculpture in the installation and explores themes of duality and pairs through atmospheric binaural recordings, beautiful violin melodies and vocal textures. The materials used in the physical installation; wood, stone and metal play a prominent role in the soundtrack and the sounds created when collided together were used to create unusual textures which were weaved into the piece.

Talking To Me, Listening To Myself

Listen on #Spotify or #AppleMusic here: https://ffm.to/heavy-hearted
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Celebrating #PianoDay #PianoDay2020

Heavy Hearted (For 2 Pianos) is the second single for the duo's latest Piano Project focusing solely on piano duets.

"A sublime soundtrack for sadness and introspection" RCM
We've all experienced break-ups or a deep sadness that's all consuming. In those moments you want to hear music that expresses the true depth of your sadness while you look distantly out of the window at the rain... Heavy Hearted is that soundtrack. The anti-Valentines anthem maybe or just something to help you work through the emotions in the knowledge that you are not the only person to have felt like this and you won't be the last.
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In Heavy Hearted, The Daydream Club have also created something for musicians to enjoy playing together. However, if you've no musical mates you can still enjoy performing the duet by playing alongside the band using accompanying tracks; Heavy Hearted (Piano A) & (Piano B).
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Heavy Hearted (For 2 Pianos) is part of the forthcoming album Piano Project // Duets.
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Written & Performed by The Daydream Club
Recorded, Produced, Mixed & Mastered by A. J. Pickering

Talking To Me, Listening To Myself

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