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March 29th - Piano Day

Piano Day 2015 Playlist

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written and produced by susie suh and robot koch
out may 19th





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Here With Me - Susie Suh x Robot Koch

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Remix of the track 'Fragments of Self' from 'Fragmented Self' by Max Cooper and Tom Hodge.

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When trying to make creative decisions based on the results of somebody else's process it makes you try things out that perhaps you wouldn't normally think of and I'd say with every remix I've ever done I've come away with something new.  Sometimes its interesting to take a track in a completely new direction but in the case of Max and Tom's collaboration I was immediately drawn to the subtle harmonic undercurrent of the synth lines beneath the main piano parts and figured it would be interesting to put together an arrangement that brought that to the fore. 

I started with a rough layering and overlay of the piano samples - trying to re-arrange them into different combinations than in the original to create something that had the same feel (on a side note, its always pleasing to work with recordings like this of instruments that sound played - i.e., you can hear the movement of the pedals and the fingers on the keys rather than a surgically-extracted sequence of notes) but that came to the main melodies from a different angle.  I can't really compete with Max's glitchy rhythmic production and since this is so distinctive it seemed like a bit of a cop-out to make too much use of these samples in any case so in the end the main part of what I used of the rhythm was a short kick drum sample that I processed in various ways to create the studded melodic cross-rhythm that I used for most of the middle of the track.

With the bare bones in place the majority of the rest of the work came from layering up the arrangement with the kinds of synths and strings that I make use of in my Petrels stuff.  Like I said, I was drawn to the low root synth line in the original that casts a subtle melodic shade over the piano lines so using this as a starting point I slowly built up the orchestration around it so as to make it much more of a focal point.  In the end, hopefully the result is something akin to a huge group of assorted musicians attempting a spontaneous live version of what essentially started as a duet performance. Well that was the idea anyhow.

Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Fragments of Self (Petrels Remix)

This track started as a beautiful short piano solo from Tom Hodge. I wanted to keep the focus firmly on the piano and just introduce some subtle electronic elements, while looping Tom's short sections to give a full arrangement.

The percussive clicks came from a visit to Manchester when I played at WHP. The day after a friend was kind enough to offer us free tickets to see Manchester United play Fulham in the FA cup, so I brought my binaural mics along to capture the sound of the huge crowd. I'm not quite ready to introduce huge crowd cheering noises into my tracks (maybe the EDM career can begin next year), but I found that even when the sound of the crowd was cut down to little fragments using Monolake's Granulator, they still had a nice quality. So the percussion on this track are made from the sound of Old Trafford, and there are some points in the track (right at the end for example) where I open the release a little and you can here some crowd coming through.

You can buy the full release on iTunes at http://www.smarturl.it/FragmentedTwo

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Amorphous Romance - with Tom Hodge - FIELDS

*We have reached 1000 downloads*

This track is now available to buy from iTunes, Amazon and the usual online places for a mighty 99c. Please pick it up and support us!

https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/healer-single/id808275959

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08.02.14 AUGSBURG Schwarzes Schaf 
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Me&KatFrankie&MyDrummer - Healer

Taylor McFerrin - The Antidote (feat. Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote)  

From the forthcoming album "Early Riser" on Brainfeeder. 

Release date: 06/03/14

Taylor McFerrin - The Antidote (feat. Nai Palm)

Moons In My Mirror - H Hawkline

Colleen, aka Cécile Schott, is really one of those artists where if you know, you know. Her run of albums from 2003-2007, mostly on The Leaf Label presented an exquisite set of dream-worlds, where you could easily drift away on her loops of cellos, bells, flutes and musical boxes. But then a six-year hiatus from the music world made it almost seem like it HAD been a dream. However, she returned with The Weighing of the Heart in 2013, easily up there with her very best work - and now, teamed up with Thrill Jockey, she's showing that she's stronger than ever. This is the first track from her Captain of None album coming on April 7th, and damn, it's beautiful. 

Colleen "Captain of None" - Boiler Room Debuts

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!

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Solo

Wall

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In celebration of the first ever piano day, here's a little binaural recording of something new I've been working on! 

It was recorded on the beautiful piano at One Good Lied a Day, London.  

- Piano Day 29.03.2015 -

Voices of the Sea (solo piano / binaural recording)

A little something for a stormy night. Recorded impulsively at home, especially for the very first Piano Day, curated by Nils Frahm...

Isotach

recorded a little something on my Jaymar toy piano for piano day!

Piano Day 2015

Thanks! :)
Free DL - reaching 100 downloads here, so you can download now on BandCamp:
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Deus Ex Antenna - Happy Piano Day!

Neumond

'Some' is taken from the new album by Nils Frahm – 'Solo'. Revealed on Piano Day as a free download and available on CD/LP/DL here:
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Recorded as an Improvisation. Single take, no overdubs.

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.

Read More here: www.pianoday.org

“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

Some

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Nils Frahm - Some

TREE - #PianoDay

“TREE” is a part of a composition written for Simphonie Cinétique, a collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter. Re-edited and mixed for release in celebration of Nils Frahm’s #PianoDay and features Nils himself on celeste.

Composed, arranged and performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Violin: Viktor Orri Árnason
Celeste: Nils Frahm

Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin.
Mixed at E7 Studios, Reykjavik.

See more about Symphonie Cinétique here:
https://vimeo.com/70897666

TREE

For today's Piano Day we are happy to share with you the full length piano solo version of Francesco Carone's (@francescocarone) "Canto D'Amore", taken from Marco Effe (@marco-effe) feat. Francesco Carone - "Canto D'Amore" (Connaisseur Recordings 65).

Canto D'Amore

Francesco Carone - Canto D'Amore (Piano Solo)

Watch the amazing music video for this track from Alf Pilz : https://youtu.be/lBpV1VL-Mdk

Made for Nils Frahm's first PIANO DAY on 29th March 2015. Enjoy my relaxing and soothing piano track with string additions. 

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Music: MACRIMA

Picture: Maria Träg-Engerer


PIANO DAY 2015: MACRIMA - Blick über den Gedankensee

Donna regina - 01 - the beauty of love

Robot Koch feat John Lamonica _ Nitesky
taken from the album "the other side"

http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side | http://www.projectmooncircle.com/ | http://www.robotsdontsleep.com/

Berlin producer Robot Koch is back for his third full length release, “The Other Side”.

Although Robot Koch has an international reputation as being "One of Europe`s finest producers of the beat generation" (Low End Theory), he is much more than just a beatmaker… “(Post)-dubstep infused Electronic Hip Hop“ is far too constrained a label to understand what this producer is all about. Instead of following the sound of his previous albums “Death Star Droid” ("Essential listening" - Bobby Friction BBC) and “Songs For Trees and Cyborgs“ ("Music for a modern age that has rarely sounded so good” - Boomkat), Koch takes the genre defying ingredients from these previous records to another level. There still are some of those “Galactic ten ton beats and space age melodies“ (Dazed and Confused) that made the previous albums staple drops in the playlists of Mary Anne Hobbs, Starkey, Daedelus and Gaslamp Killer to name a few, but there is a new dimension to Koch`s production and songwriting that didn’t show on his previous records.

The cinematic vibe of tracks like “Nitesky”, the quirky and moody feel of “Bugs” and the electricity of “Tapedeck” show how Koch more than ever manages to create intimate and timeless pieces of music that are soulful, deep, mysterious and that will appeal to fans of cutting edge Electronica and modern pop music alike. This is the most personal record of Robot Koch to date. Instead of going for big name features Koch teamed up with lesser know artists like Kansas based vocal talent John LaMonica, long time friend and theatre composer Nielson and mexican singer/songwriter Graciela Maria to find the right voices for his compositions. John LaMonica infuses his whimsical and heartfelt melodies that breathe an air of darkness and nostalgia with Koch`s fresh and forward thinking instrumentals to create something that fans of Radiohead, The XX and Jamie Lidell should not sleep on.

”I`m glad John contacted me, we were thinking of collaborating on one song for my album but it ended up being five songs, they were all fantastic and helped me find the right direction for ‘The Other Side’.”

After the release of the John Robinson collaboration album (“Robot Robinson” – Project Mooncircle) earlier this year, it seems surprising how extensive Robert’s output is, but don’t be mistaken, this album is a longer term project than just releasing the songs Koch made in the last year. Some of the songs found on “The Other Side” were made seven years ago.

”I didn’t know what to do with songs like ‘Bugs’ back then. Now it felt like the time has come to release them, they just made sense with of the most recent stuff I’ve been making and it all fell into place. But it was not an easy album for me to make. The previous albums just came together rather quick but this one was a real mission, something I’ve been trying to do for years and I could never really get it together until now.”

Legendary John Peel (BBC) knew in 2003 already when he said about Koch`s productions "Wonderful and strange, pop music from the future“.
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011

Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)

Fink - Sort Of Revolution (single) 
          Digital only release date: July 13 2009 
          
          Fink returns to tantalise your eardrums this Summer with lead single and title track from his brand new album, “Sort of Revolution”. As if the original wasn’t already an effortlessly classy, subtle and moving piece of work, Fink has enlisted label-mate Jason Swinscoe for a rare-as-hen’s-teeth Cinematic Orchestra remix. The single, available as a digital only bundle, also includes a genius spaced-out Dub remix from Sideshow, and yet another perfect piece of songwriting, delivery, and production from Fink in exclusive bonus track “Don’t Look Down”. 
          
          Fin Greenall, aka Fink, is among the more understated of the world's 'singer-songwriters', relying on uncompromising quality of work and an astounding stage presence, rather than major label marketing budgets. Swinscoe, likewise, is more keen on making music than chattering about it in the press. His career has, nevertheless, attracted superlatives from the outset, and includes collaborations with the likes of Fontella Bass and Roots Manuva, the re-soundtracking of Dziga Vertov’s classic “Man With A Movie Camera,” and a sell-out show at the Royal Albert Hall last year. Together they have crafted a miniature epic of love and longing… a velvet revolution indeed. 
          
          ZENCDS236P (single promo for press and radio) 

          1. Sort of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Radio Edit) 
          2. Sort of Revolution (Radio Edit) 
          3. Don't Look Down 
          4. Sort of Revolution (Sideshow Dub) 
          5. Sort of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
          
          ZENDNLS236 (available for download 13th July)
          
          1) Sort Of Revolution 
          2) Sort Of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix) 
          3) Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow Dub) 
          4) Don't Look Down

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Sort of Revolution

Sort Of Revolution

Fink - Sort Of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)

I was reeeaaallly into the album "Sao Paolo" by Brasilian keys player Cesar Mariano when I got asked to do this rmx. So i decided to do it as if it was Cesar's band doing a rmx of it. I was sort of way to challenge myself to see if I capture that vibe. Also, Cinematic and Cesar Mariano both have made some of the most beautiful songs that groove in the 7/8 time signature. I had a blast making this one. Shout out the Eska on vocals. She is amazing!! We had some good times hanging out together in NY and London. And it was an honor to remix a Cinematic Orchestra track!!!

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The Cinematic Orchestra  : Child Song feat Eska  [Taylor McFerrin Sao Paulo Remix]

I took a short vacation break in Berlin and my good friend Peter Broderick was so nice to let me stay in his apartment. We stayed in on Friday night because of the rain, pressed record and started improvising... Here is a short excerpt.

Oli+Peter. July 6th improvisation

Samples from every track on the new album, For Now I Am Winter out Feb/March 2013:

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For Now I Am Winter

Sudden Throw

Ljósið was the 7nd and last track in a week long project, called Found Songs, where i wrote, recorded and released one song per day, for free. I thought it was nice to end the week with something uplifting. Esteban Diacono's video to the song has been very popular.

You can down all the Found Songs for free at http://foundsongs.erasedtapes.com

Ljósið

This is a shortened down version of a remix I did for MMOTHS recently. If you want the full length (mixable) version then you can get that from here as part of an excellent free remix package: http://mmothsmusic.com/diariesremixes

It was a nice remix to work on, with some great field recordings, a lovely simple piano riff, and some looped vocal samples which all slotted nicely into the new structure I wanted to go with - something a bit more club compatible than the original, but still hopefully carrying the feeling.

I messed around with the field recordings in the Monolake Granulator a bit, to get some subtle glitch/randomness in there, but other than that I went pretty straight on the arrangement, just gradually introducing the layers and adding a new synth to punctuate the peak, and a new bassline and chord variation.

The idea with the field recording/glitched intro section was to try and make something non-melodic and a bit harsh and cold, in attempted polar contrast to the warmth of the main melodic section and enveloping bass ie I wanted try and make the bleak part emphasise and accentuate the nice part.

So, anyway, here it is, as a free download for all.

MMOTHS - For Her - Max Cooper Remix (Free DL)

This is the SoundCloud page of pianist and composer Matthew Bourne - frequently mistaken for the choreographer of the same name. You are most welcome...