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Super chill (not ambient)

That's a collection of my favourite minimal, ambient or just relaxing pieces of music.
If you know some pieces which could be in the list please send a message.^^

Greetings from Berlin. :D

Ambient, Minimal and relaxing Music

BEST

We Move Lightly

Some of you will remember the song "Elegiac" by @TomDay from our latest compilation 'Uprising'. The wonderful voice belongs to Monsoonsiren from Bengaluru, India, who will release an EP with us this coming December. To give you a little foretaste we have this free download for you.

@Monsoonsiren 'Paper Tiger' Produced by LAPLACE (@laplaceyeah) (Project: Mooncircle, 2014)

Monsoonsiren 'Paper Tiger' (Project: Mooncircle, 2014)

My EP ‘Reflections’, is the first real opportunity I’ve had to really express myself and my personal ideas in the form of music. Although I have been writing music for years, and more recently turning to more expressive pieces, I have never had the opportunity to put so many ideas and themes into one piece of work, until now.

I really hope you enjoy listening to this EP and perhaps manage to find your own personal meaning with one of the pieces from it.

Thank you all, 
-Air Scape

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04. Michael Harris - Night Walk

My EP ‘Reflections’, is the first real opportunity I’ve had to really express myself and my personal ideas in the form of music. Although I have been writing music for years, and more recently turning to more expressive pieces, I have never had the opportunity to put so many ideas and themes into one piece of work, until now.

I really hope you enjoy listening to this EP and perhaps manage to find your own personal meaning with one of the pieces from it.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airscape03

Thank you all, 
-Air Scape

03. Michael Harris - Purpose

02. Michael Harris - Yellow Umbrella (Version 3)

01. Michael Harris - Reflection

'Entanglement' is out on Erased Tapes.
Order the album on CD/LP/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP067
Or via iTunes: http://geni.us/entanglementitunes

“No click tracks, no headphones, and no film. Just the spontaneity of performance and the sound of musicians hearing, connecting and responding.” 

‘Entanglement’, the debut album by Michael Price fulfils his long-term desire to explore new musical territories, featuring Michael on the piano, with the addition of cello, soprano voice, string orchestra, modular synth, tape effects and electronics.

Throughout the record you will hear street sounds from 'Budapest' captured and processed on Michael’s mobile phone, as well as chamber music recorded direct to tape with vintage microphones in single takes. Album track ‘The Attachment’ was partly recorded onto a 1940s magnetic disc recorder, which immediately connected the piece back to a pre-digital musical age.

The cello and soprano vocal parts throughout the album were written specifically and directly for cellist Peter Gregson and vocalist Ashley Knight, whose expressive voice features on tracks ‘Maitri‘ and ‘The Uncertainly Principle‘. The lyrics for both songs are Japanese poetry sung in English, dealing with age, loss and the inevitable fading of beauty.

‘Entanglement’ was written over a period of two years on paper and by hand with Michael exploring oldest and newest technology at Abbey Road Studios and Snap Studios in London, before most of the recording and mixing took place at Vox-Ton in Berlin.

“I wanted to make an album that sounded like a dark, Berlin record store discovery from the 30s. Something that had timeless emotive power, and pre-digital rawness. Something that I hope would make a deeper connection in superficially networked times. I think there is a duty for artists to be honest, and vulnerable. Because then there is a possibility of real connection. Entanglement is both honest and vulnerable and to go through the two year process of writing, refining and recording an album has been more intense and more beautiful than I could have possibly imagined.

Entanglement is a very personal expression of my obsessions: music, love, physics and the inter-connectedness of things. There is structure and freedom, chaos and control, and the beauty of ancient instruments set against impassive machines." – Michael Price

ABOUT THE ARTWORK: Resembling the inter-connecting parts, the cover art for ‘Entanglement’ was created by South London artist Supermundane, with the packaging’s layout done by long-term Erased Tapes-collaborator Torsten Posselt at FELD in Berlin.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Tape Overture 2. Easter  3. Little Warm Thing 4. Budapest  5. The Attachment  6. Maitri  7. Digital Birds  8. The Uncertainty Principle 9. Entanglement

erasedtapes.com · michaelpricemusic.com

Entanglement

The Attachment

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Michael Price – The Attachment

The super chilled opening track from Eastern Meditation by Pravana to get you in the mood for some yoga or a massage.

01 The Sea Temple

Recorded as an Improvisation. Single take, no overdubs.

'Wall' is taken from the new album by Nils Frahm – 'Solo'. Revealed on Piano Day as a free download and available on CD/LP/DL via www.pianoday.org

Fans can donate to the special piano project which will enable Nils and piano builder David Klavins to create the Klavins M450, the tallest piano in the world.

“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.” – Nils Frahm

HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE PIANO DAY?

create your own piano events with friends or simply share your videos, poems, photos - anything that is piano inspired. don’t forget to tag us in your posts!

Instagram – #pianodayofficial
Twitter – twitter.com/piano__day
Facebook – facebook.com/pages/Piano-Day/382403391947996
Email – share your fun stuff with info@pianoday.org


Solo

Wall

Free DL + Buy LP/CD

Holocene

"Woven Tide" is the debut album by From The Mouth of The Sun, the new collaboration between Dag Rosenqvist, aka Jasper TX, and Aaron Martin.

"Out of the charred embers of dusk 'Woven Tide' emerges with an incandescent glow. Each glimmer cast by the sustained notes of ebony keys, the taut strings of the cello, and the rampant buzz of guitar lights our way, gives us hope, brings us into the dawn of a new day. As From The Mouth of the Sun, the duo act as our torchbearers, scrawling messages along the walls of an elongated cave, toiling through the decayed remnants of fetid matter to create eight illuminating pieces. The listener, who has wiled away the hours, will find a door; 'Woven Tide' will be the light out of the darkness." - Michael Vitrano / Desire Path Recordings

Pieces from "Woven Tide" as well as solo work by Aaron Martin accompanies the new documentary film by Lost Hill Picture's Ross McDonnell and Carter Gunn for Fastnet Films, Remember Me, My Ghost, which is currently touring the film festival circuit.?McDonnell and Carter are most recently known for their award winning documentary film Colony which documents the unexplainable phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that has left landscapes of empty beehives all across America, and also features music by Aaron Martin.? An upcoming short film by McDonnell and Carter featuring Color Loss from Woven Tide will be included on an upcoming Wholpin DVD magazine published by McSweeney's.

Since 2005 Gothenburg, Sweden based musician Dag Rosenqvist's work has graced imprints including Miasmah, Fang Bomb, Under The Spire, Lampse, Lidar, Slaapwel, Kning Disk, Dead Pilot Records, Lowpoint, and Rural Colors.

Since 2006 Topeka, Kansas based composer Aaron Martin's work has found its rightful home on labels such as Preservation, Mobeer, Experimedia, Type, Under The Spire, and Sonic Meditations. Aaron's most recent solo album, Worried About The Fire, is also available from Experimedia.

The Crossing
Pools of Rust
Color Loss
My Skin Drinks Light That Has Passed through Leaves
Sitting in a Roofless Room
Like Shadows in an Empty Cathedral
A Season in Waters
Snow Burial (While Blue Skies Gather)

All music recorded and mixed in Gothenburg, SE and Topeka, KS by Dag Rosenqvist and Aaron Martin June - December 2010.

Cover artwork & layout by Chris Koelle.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree.

http://label.experimedia.net/021/

Sitting in a Roofless Room

Like Shadows in an Empty Cathedral

OUT NOW ON NEON GOLD RECORDS

https://www.facebook.com/johananmusic
https://twitter.com/johananmusic
https://instagram.com/johananmusic

Holy Spirit

2nd Single from forthcoming Surrounds EP out on @teefrecords December 18th

Violins - Bridget O'Donnell, Hana King
Viola - Liz Woolnough
Cello - Deni Teo, Susan Kim
Double Bass - Hamish Gullick
Clarinet - Benjamin Mellefont


Mixed & Mastered by Andrei Eremin (Hiatus Kaiyote, Chet Faker, Oscar Key Sung)

Artwork by Rory McKay
Print Collage
http://www.rorymckay.net/

Colours

Two Places

The Map Is Not The Territory

Debut EP out now. Get it from iTunes here: www.smarturl.it/fracturesep
Or on CD here: www.fracturesmusic.com.au/buy

Lyrics:
So cold we're frozen,
Red lights, See the embers floating,
Feels like I have woken
Time slows, now we are unbroken

Skin grows after wounds stop weeping,
Thoughts fade, What we feel is fleeting,
Don't wake us, We are only sleeping,
False fate, In this world we're dreaming

What does it mean when something's not wrong,
Is it so bad that these feelings have gone,
Maybe it's fine that everything's done.

Find out we were barely breathing,
New life, body's finally feeling,
Skin grows, I can see it peeling,
Time shows, we are done with healing.

Embers

From Insides, 2009. Buy direct from the label here : http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/26-03-09/insides/

A Drifting Up

EP OUT NOW: itunes.apple.com/au/album/texture…n-ep/id572417541

'BOTTLE' CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdgxhmrvqM

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TextureLikeSun

LYRICS: blanktape.com.au/lyrics-bottle-texture-like-sun/

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BLANK TAPE ANNOUNCE DEBUT RELEASE AS LABEL - Melbourne's Texture Like Sun have just completed their debut EP, and it's now time to launch with three special shows down the east coast w/ Patrick James. The EP is available digitally and physically through Blank Tape Music/MGM on the 2nd of November.

The self-titled EP was recorded across Darwin and Melbourne's Bounce County Studios, produced by award winning Pip Norman (Countbounce - TZU, Sparkadia, Ash Grunwald) and mixed by Dan Rejmer - a man who counts Bjork, Foals and Paul Kelly among his working credits. While the six piece’s sound couldn't be further away from anything they’ve done before, their cohesive approach remains apparent; evident through the effortless guild that bridges each of the songs on the EP.
The earthy vocals may draw ghostly parallels to Jeff Buckley and Scott Matthews, while there’s a certain zealousness that sees the band paint their folk and roots stylings through accounts of both brighter times and others of fragile refrain.
Compelling song writing doesn't need embellishment. Texture Like Sun may just seem to be another band dwelling on the human condition, but there’s a quality about the EP that descends well beyond just plaintive lyricism. Haunting track ʻBottleʼ is a moving account of addiction and loss in all its forms. The strength of this EP may be evident in its honest subject matter; the striking string section featured in ʻRubber Manʼ and the pacing melody of ʻOne Great Prizeʻ still salvages a sense of great warmth. Similarly, the slow, ruminative guitar of ʻWeekendʼ distils a dreamlike imprint of early mornings spent with the one you love.
There are releases that stay with you for a long time; songs which mirror our own stories, artists who mark themselves distinct - and others who, put more simply, are just quietly brilliant.

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All tracks written, arranged & performed by Mark Pearl & Pip Norman

Produced by Countbounce (aka Pip Norman) at Bounce County Studios, Melbourne

‘Weekend’, ‘Ever Wanted More’, & ‘Rubber Man’ mixed by Countbounce @ Bounce County Studio. ‘Bottle’ & ‘That Evening’ mixed by Dan Rejmer @ Artillery Studios (London). ‘One Great Prize’ mixed by Dan Rejmer & Countbounce

Mastered by David Walker @ Stepford Audio Melbourne

Additional musicians: Drums: Rory McDougall, Violin: Elizabeth Welsh, Viola: Ceci Dowling, Cello: Lachlan Dent, keyboards: Dustin McLean, BV's on 'Bottle' and 'Weekend': Toph Morrey & Jemi White

Cover Photo: Cesar Rodrigues
Design: Gerardo Godinez

Thank You: 
Pip (Countbounce) an ocean of calm in a land of chaos. Thanks for sticking by it.
Cesar - well you single handedly brought this to completion. Thanks for being pushy and amazing.
The live band: Duzzy, Ceci, Silas, Alex - but of course…
Also in no particular order: Rory McDougall, Toph Morrey “Roll”, Nicky & Buckley, Tim Levinson, LW ydm, Dave Ellis @ Tooth And Claw, Jamie Bretman, David Walker, Dan Rejmer, Dave Rubin, Jemi White, Jane Tyrell, Simon Gorman, Keith Parsons, Ash Sambrooks @ Show Off Services, Carlo Santone, Bill Page @ Mushroom Music, Mark Bolton @ MGM, Rob G @ Select Music, Gerardo Godinez, Paul O’Donnell @ The Whiteboard Project, and the Blank Tape Music team - all part of it or an inspiration for it.
Special Thanks: Eden and Jonah - "my boys".
Bianca - my lover - your support has always been unwavering – love. My entire family… and of course Grandad who will always be a part of everything I ever do.

© 2012 Texture Like Sun

LABEL & MGMT
BLANK TAPE MUSIC
www.blanktape.com.au
cesar@blanktape.com.au

DISTRIBUTION
MGM
www.thegroovemerchants.com
mark@thegroovemerchants.com

PUBLISHING
MUSHROOM PUBLISHING
www@mushroommusic.com.au
billp@mushroommusic.com.au

Ever Wanted More

Walk You Home

I was excited to see this wonderful collection of little piano vignettes released by Nils, one of my favorite piano players and people. The simplicity of these pieces and the honesty I feel in the music communicated a sense of ease and exploration that I immediately connected with.  This is my rework of a beautiful passage contained in the song "Re". 

http://www.unseen-music.com

http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/

Nils Frahm - Re (Helios Rework)

'Plaintive synth tribute to composer Peter Broderick by the German pianist is given an elegant electronic overhaul' – The Times

After releasing Nils Frahm’s two-track solo synthesiser EP ‘Juno’ in a highly sought after 7” edition, Erased Tapes now re-release the original Juno tracks with guest reworks by Border Community's modular synth wizard Luke Abbott and Warp veteran Clark. Both known for their like-minded use of analogue synthesisers in their music, it makes them the perfect artists to rework the originals. Similar to Frahm’s online project ‘Screws Reworked’, where he invited fans to download his solo piano songs to reinterpret them with their own medium of choice, it’s far from being the typical remix EP. Aptly titled ‘Juno Reworked’, it will be released worldwide in the form of a limited 12" Vinyl and Download.

ORDER HERE: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP049

LIVE DATES:

10.07. LEEDS (UK) – Opera North Howard Assembly Room
11.07. LONDON (UK) – St. John at Hackney 
25.08. AMSTERDAM (NL) - Grachtenfestival
26.09. SEATTLE (US) – Decibel Festival 
06.10. ESSEN (DE) – Swingfest – Weststadthalle
13.11. BORGERHOUT (BE) – De Roma 
14.11. LEUVEN (BE) – 30CC – Schouwburg
15.11. HASSELT (BE) – Cultuurcentrum
16.11. ROESELARE (BE) – De Spil tickets

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:

nilsfrahm.com · lukeabbottmusic.com · facebook.com/throttleclark · erasedtapes.com

Juno Reworked

Peter (Clark Remix)

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Nils Frahm - Peter (Clark Remix)

Luke is a composer and pianist from Melbourne, Australia. His inaugural solo album, ‘Sun, Cloud’, was nominated for the 2013 Australian Music Prize. His latest solo album, ‘All of Us’, drops March 11 2022.

“Absolutely heavenly... I can hotly recommend.” – Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6

“Totally sublime.” – Headphone Commute

“Two & One again stands out among the year’s modern composition releases.” – A Closer Listen

Australia/NZ bookings / roob@lukehoward.com
EU/UK bookings / kai.lehmann@cabinartists.com
Licensing / kathy@secretlygroup.com
All other enquiries / hello@lukehoward.com

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