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Release date: 12th September 2022

Electronic music heavyweight Martin Roth will release his second full-length, piano-led album ‘Mono No Aware’ on Reflections, the new sister label of Anjunadeep. Roth is well-known for his ability to glide between genres while maintaining a distinct, instantly-identifiable style, and his new release is no exception. With this 13-track album, Roth moves away from the club space and into his classical pianist background to explore themes of impermanence, fatherhood and simplicity.

Roth prefers to describe the album as minimalistic rather than ambient with each track stripped back to create space for one leading sound, instrument or melody. This results in an immersive listening experience, and instead of being pulled in multiple directions, we’re gently led to wherever Roth wants us to go.

This skill reflects the depth and breadth of Roth’s production experience. He learnt piano from a young age and bought his first synthesizer in his late teens. Around the same time he dived headfirst into Frankfurt’s underground, spending his weekends submerged in the sounds and selections of Sven Väth and Culture Beat’s Torsten Fenslau at institutions like Omen and Dorian Gray. When Roth began playing local clubs, Frankfurt’s melancholic influence impacted his music and has remained ever since, regardless which genre he’s turned his hand to.

‘Mono No Aware’ is the second album released on Reflections, and is a further exploration of Roth’s analog past. Martin released his first low-tempo LP ‘An Analog Guy In A Digital World’ in 2020 and says it’s no coincidence his two full-length albums are classical-leaning. His emotions pour out his hands and into the piano, and ‘Mono No Aware’ is an amalgamation of these stories and experiences. He began the writing process in mid-2021 while the world was still under COVID’s thumb, and says lockdown in Germany was the perfect backdrop to write an album steeped in melancholia. The nostalgia and impermanence even extends to the name – ‘Mono No Aware’ is a Japanese phrase which translates to ‘an awareness that everything fades away.’

Roth’s ambition for ‘Mono No Aware’ is that it touches the listener in the same way his first album did. “When I released An Analog Guy In A Digital World, suddenly I received messages from people all over the world,” Roth says. “They were long, heartfelt, heartbreaking messages, about how a certain track supported them through the hardest moments of their lives. The people who write these messages have no idea how much they are supporting me, so I hope the music on Mono No Aware touches people in the same way.”

Mono No Aware is out now on Reflections.

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Release date: 01 April 2024

Presenting the first of Reflections’ emerging-artist EP series for 2024, ‘Reflections 08’ reveals six brand new compositions and label debuts to the Anjunafamily. 

Opening the EP, Barcelona-based electronic producer Antic delves into his classical roots presenting a haunting piano-led composition ‘For The Lost’. Followed by label newcomer sue:ann, with her production ‘Gilderoy’ which fuses a deep chilled out baseline with melodic vocal samples. 

Next up, seasoned Anjunadeep producers Tagavaka and Maty Owl make their way across to the Reflections roster. With his dark, euphoric production ‘Walking Slowly’, Maty Owl presents a soundscape of textures, melancholic synths and a wandering piano motif. Glasweigan producer Tagavaka delivers an electronic production of euphoric synths and soaring strings on his track ‘Obsidian’.

Off the back of his latest EP ‘XY/YX’ on Reflections, Greek-producer Stelios Vassiloudis returns with an experimental piece ‘Amalia Play’, incorporating his signature flare of chopped samples and lofi percussion, inspired by his young neice Amalia.

Rounding off the project is multi-instrumentalist Stegonaute, another newcomer on Reflections, the French producer explores music with an analog edge on his uplifting production ‘Autumn Leaves’. 

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