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Official Piano Day 2019 Playlist

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Piano Day 2019 Playlist

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The new album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: http://www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10 The Line Of Best Fit · 8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times · ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’ Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

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Spaces

Says

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Nils Frahm - Says

Written & performed by Lubomyr Melnyk
Published by Erased Tapes Music

Melnyk: Corollaries

Lubomyr Melnyk – The Six Day Moment

Something I recorded at the beginning of the year at home.. warts and all

Disquiet Improv

Study for Player Piano (i)

"Teared Apart" is about tearing to pieces after a breakup, and finally let it go.

Teared Apart

Honestimated

Who Cried For You?

Who Cried For You

Composed for "Life is flux", a film project by Müge Yıldız.

İstanbul

Pre-order 'The Imperfect Sea' on Vinyl, CD and DL here: http://phonofile.link/the-imperfect-sea

The iconic Penguin Cafe join the Erased Tapes family and open a brand new chapter to their unique world with new album The Imperfect Sea – out on Erased Tapes 5th May 2017.

A penguin stands in the middle of a scorching desert, far away from its natural habitat. This mirrors composer Arthur Jeffes’ journey and exploration into a new musical territory. Penguin Cafe have evolved into something of their own at the hands of Arthur who started the band in 2009 with the continuation and homage to his father’s legacy, to the late Simon Jeffes’ Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Now, their upcoming album echoes reminiscent sounds that embrace the new.

The album title refers to a saying by his father that “we wade in a sea of imperfections…”, reflecting upon the idea that beauty can be found amongst the chaos. “If there is a narrative to the album it’s coming to the acceptance of the imperfections in all aspects of life; moreover, the recognition that these imperfections and tiny randomnesses are in fact what make up the best parts”, Arthur explains. This has also been highlighted by the striking cover artwork designed by FELD under the art direction of label founder Robert Raths, resembling a lone figure adapting to and accepting its surrounding environment.

Predominantly self-composed, the new album also features covers of electronic works by Simian Mobile Disco and Kraftwerk, along with a re-working of Simon's 'Now Nothing'. Arthur has developed from the traditional folk and jazz heritage Penguin Cafe Orchestra is known for into another realm of blissful ambience and dance music, recreated using strictly acoustic elements.

“For this album I wanted to effect a departure from where we’d been up to now. The idea was to create a musical world that would feel familiar to an audience more used to dance records but stay true to our own values. So we replaced electronic layers with real instruments: pads with real string sections, synths with heavily-effected pianos, and atmospheric analogue drones with real feedback loops ringing through a stone and a piano soundboard.”

On the day of release, the band will play a headline show at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, commencing the beginning of this new adventure for Penguin Cafe.

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Penguin Cafe - Cantorum

from compilation ‘Algorithmics’ (Piano Day 2017)
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2oG1fbz
iTunes: https://itun.es/ca/wNf5ib
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2pfs44p

@edcarlsen
Ed Carlsen: piano, programming
Recorded by Ed Carlsen 
Mixed by Ed Carlsen
Mastered by Emil Thomsen

distorted strings:
Matias Emil Fyhn: Cello
Sofia Kongsgaard Lang: viola
Nanna Treu: violin

Artwork by Marin Blanc (http://www.marinblanc.com)
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Ed Carlsen - Weaved (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

In celebration of piano day 2017 I wrote a tune based on my brown colour scale.

Music composed by: Kaleidoscope of Colours/Susanne Geisler
Mixing & Mastering: Henning Fuchs 
https://soundcloud.com/henning-fuchs/sets/film
Image: Sebastian Boguszewicz/unsplash

For more information about colour composing visit:
www.kaleidoscopeofcolours.com
www.facebook.com/kaleidoscopeofcoloursmusic

Nuancen von Braun (Piano Day 2017)

Piano Day 2017

HAPPY PIANO DAY 2017!!!

Written and performed by Noirepolde, Adam Pakosta and Aitcher Clark.

Noirepolde: https://www.facebook.com/noirepolde/
Adam Pakosta: https://soundcloud.com/adam-pakosta
Aitcher Clark: https://www.facebook.com/aitcherclark1

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adam Pakosta (3bees studio // http://3bees.cz/)

Watch live video session: https://youtu.be/8utaFDKy_a8

with Adam Pakosta and Aitcher Clark - Petra (Piano Day 2017)

"Steve Reich in The Hague"  
 14.12.2003
 Bootleg

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians

the moon song

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1GXEKgiYpA3pPCPGg2q3y0

k-indie x lofi hiphop 

the magicians: 
@love-sadkid
@chriswrightotj
@ciikki

art: twitter.com/lordohsew

lyrics:

오늘 처음 만났었고 우린 낯설었고
언제 그랬냐는 듯 껴안은 채
(We met for the first time today, we were strangers
and we’re cuddling as if wondering, when were we like that?)

아프단 말도 없이 난 처음이란 말로
어디로 가는 지도 몰랐어
(You never said that it hurt, said that I was your first
I didn’t know where we were going)

오늘 처음 만났었고 우린 낯설었고
언제 그랬냐는 듯 껴안은 채
(We met for the first time today, we were strangers
and we’re cuddling as if wondering, when were we like that?)

괜찮단 말도 없이 넌 어떻게든 될 거라고
난 그냥 믿었지
(You never said that it was okay, said it would work out
and I just believed you)


This is me losing to the rapids
Take it back moving ever faster
Check front no never going backwards
I peep whatever is disaster
We fight we talk and make it up
You jumping ship when it gets rough
I can't ever just be enough for you, matter fact I can't even afford you
I saw the way you look at him
I seen ya eyes tryna hide ya thought
Wanted to get with the truth and ya lies were afoot
Keeping me down no matter how I fought
I noticed that the us in trust was the you and I in my suicide
Never going back, never check the past
Sorry's never matter, promises don't last
I know that the fire burning wasn't wrong but it's a perfect match
We were good for eachother so much that we burned to fast, left and we turned to ash
Iodine diet you made me salty just for fun
And throughout explainations of my expectations you could never learn to love

Oh we can't go from whence we came
I know that you won't try that hard
I'm wounded by my battle scars

오늘 처음 만났었고 우린 낯설었고
언제 그랬냐는 듯 껴안은 채
(We met for the first time today, we were strangers
and we’re cuddling as if wondering, when were we like that?)

아프단 말도 없이 난 처음이란 말로
어디로 가는 지도 몰랐어
(You never said that it hurt, said that I was your first
I didn’t know where we were going)

오늘 처음 만났었고 우린 낯설었고
언제 그랬냐는 듯 껴안은 채
(We met for the first time today, we were strangers
and we’re cuddling as if wondering, when were we like that?)

괜찮단 말도 없이 넌 어떻게든 될 거라고
난 그냥 믿었지
(You never said that it was okay, said it would work out
and I just believed you)

I think I might of spent my whole damn life in love with somebody, but
Hopelessly, you don't miss me, on the way back round to the house party
Made a stop at the store got whiskey galore, and I drink that shit till my eyes can't see
Broke down ice machine, always meant to be cold but I drink enough that it’s warm to bleed
You were warning me about bad decisions
But you made it worse in this bad religion
Like Scientology, high and gotta be mixing off of this bad addiction
Treat popping pills like a competition, when you popping off about how you miss him
I add her all up, some bad addition
My windows stuck on a old edition
Cause we been staring at the same shit but it don't look right to me
You cut my image out of your group photo, framed me for it, then blasted me
But I still feel like I can't ignore it
Flag wave in my face so casually
Don't wanna another casualty, and actually I'm so proud to see
That we came far enough from our home towns (hometown)
To see it for ourselves that it's going down (going down)
All up on your phone I been calling just to lay around
You don't wanna talk so I think I gotta say it now
I'm crazy for you

오늘 처음 만났었고 우린 낯설었고
언제 그랬냐는 듯 껴안은 채
(We met for the first time today, we were strangers
and we’re cuddling as if wondering, when were we like that?)

아프단 말도 없이 난 처음이란 말로
어디로 가는 지도 몰랐어
(You never said that it hurt, said that I was your first
I didn’t know where we were going)

숨이 헐떡거릴 만큼 너는 뜨거웠고
멈춰지질 않아 참 곤란했었지
(You were hot and gasping for air
you didn’t stop and it was awkward)

괜찮단 말도 없이 넌 어떻게든 될 거라고
난 그냥 믿었지
(You never said that it was okay, said it would work out
and I just believed you)

rhodes played live by the homie Steven

sample: CIKI - Baby Crush

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strangers (ft. love-sadKiD, Chris Wright, CIKI)

Pre-order 'Union Cafe' on LP/CD/DL: http://phonofile.link/union-cafe

Erased Tapes has the huge privilege of reissuing the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s last ever studio album Union Cafe including a first time vinyl edition — out December 1st 2017 to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of founder Simon Jeffes’ passing in 1997.  

It was 1972 in the South of France when Simon had an unfortunate experience with food poisoning which lead to a much more fortunate circumstance when a vivid dream, induced from his illness and depicting a dystopian future, conceived the Penguin Cafe; a charming place where solace, harmony, and the orchestra’s unique music could be found amidst brutal concrete structures and darkness. For the following 25 years, Simon carried out this vision bringing brightness into a world full of noise. Sadly, after his passing, the original orchestra disbanded, but the doors to this happy place reopened when his son Arthur decided to continue his father’s legacy under the name Penguin Cafe.

The continuation of the PCO began at London’s Union Chapel in 2007 when Arthur and the original musicians commemorated Simon 10 years after his death. Another 10 years forward, 2017 will see Penguin Cafe pay tribute to him once again at the Union Chapel on December 11th where they will perform Union Cafe in full – a union from all corners of this magical world.

Union Cafe was the fifth, and the last studio album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It was initially released in 1993 merely on cassette and CD, and will now be given a new breath of life, for the first time available on vinyl, and another chance to reach old and new fans alike. 

“Union Cafe was the last studio album recorded by the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra and marked a move towards a definitive English pastoral sound combined with larger string arrangements set against longer solo piano pieces. With this last album they got even closer to the PCO idea of squaring the circle of intellectually challenging modern music that is still actually beautiful. For me this has always been a contender as my favourite PCO album, and the fact that it never ended up on vinyl was more to do with the way things were in the early 90s, and chance rather than it being deliberate. So in that sense this release is righting an old wrong. The slow development of the pieces means that you can really get lost in them and vinyl is of course the perfect way to do that.” — Arthur Jeffes

Arthur very kindly gave access to the original Union Cafe painting that currently lives in his North London home studio, created by Arthur’s mother Emily Young and now photographed by Alex Kozobolis for this special reissue edition.

Union Cafe

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Nothing Really Blue

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FLOAT proudly welcomes their second artist into the fold. UK electronic artist and Szun Waves band member Luke Abbott, presents a special 10-track album to celebrate Piano Day 2019 – an international event series initiated by Nils Frahm which acts as a platform for piano-related projects. 

“It's a very self-contained body of work, I haven't ever made music with this kind of sound pallet before” – Luke Abbott 

Pre Order LP/LTD ETD: www.wearefloat.co.uk/luke-abbott-music-from-the-edge-of-an-island
Pre Order Digital: http://radi.al/LukeAbbottMftEoaI
Buy Show Tickets March 29th at Earth, Hackney: www.wearefloat.co.uk/piano-day-2019

‘Music for the Edge of an Island’ sees Abbott divert from his typically experimental electronic style to explore a more compositional approach centred around VST instruments. Rather than the usual themes of synthesis and improvisation, the album is lead by piano motifs, structured around emotive melodies and sparkling arrangements. The record began as a part of a soundtrack commission by producer / actor Jessica Hynes for her film ‘The Fight’ and ultimately became a fully-realised album. The film script had a coastal setting that created the record’s thematic idea: “I had this idea about being on the edge of England, almost ready to fall off a cliff into the sea but keeping your balance on the edge.”

Luke Abbott - Tree

This June 7th, we're releasing Tom Adams' LP 'Particles' - a series of explorations for piano & electronics. 

▶ CD/DL pre-order + stream the lead single : https://orcd.co/tomadamsparticles

The Berlin based producer and songwriter originally did a small 'soundcloud only' self-release of the record in 2014, and we were stunned by the singular vision and voice present in each of the album's explorations. We're very pleased to be giving this record a worldwide release in CD format and on all digital platforms, with a new master by fellow Berliner / sound artist Martyn Heyne.

Particles

Particle VI

buy/stream 'Particles'

Tom Adams - Particle VI (Shadow & Light)

"I think I am the same as an artist and as a person. Music is my way of communication and I see the art, the music as a whole thing, with no borders, divisions, or even genres." - https://soundcloud.com/haniarani

Hania Rani is a pianist, composer and musician who splits her life between Warsaw, where she makes her home, and Berlin where she studied and often works. She has written for strings, piano, voice and electronics and has collaborated with the likes of Christian Löffler, Dobrawa Czocher and Hior Chronik, and released an album with her Polish group tęskno last year. She has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in Europe - from the National Philharmony in Warsaw, to Funkhaus in Berlin, to The Roundhouse in London (where she made her debut at the Gondwana 10thanniversary festival last October) and at festivals such as Open'er, Scope Festival and Eurosonic. Her compositions for solo piano were born out of a fascination with the piano as an instrument, and her desire to interpret its sound and harmonic possibilities in their entirety and in her own way.

'Esja' is her debut solo album and for Rani it is her first, real, personal statement as an artist. "No hiding behind the "collaborations" or "projects" anymore. For the very first time, finally - just me, as I am".

Recorded at Rani's apartment in Warsaw (the piano room has a beautiful reverb and the space has become part art studio and part sound laboratory for Rani) and at her friend Bergur Þórisson'sstudio in Reykjavik, Esja is a series of beautiful melodic vignettes. Sensual, sensitive, rhythmic, atmospheric, free but harmonious, beguiling and hypnotic, collectively they project a sense of unlimited space and time.

Esja

Hawaii Oslo

Hania Rani - Hawaii Oslo (Piano Day 2019)

Nightports w/Matthew Bourne - You Would Say That

Following on from last year's acclaimed debut with Erased Tapes The Transition — named #17 album of the year by The Sunday Times — Californian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Allred returns with 'The Cell', released on June 14th. Listen to lead track 'Nature's Course', released especially for Piano Day.

“Nature’s Course is a feeling pertaining to the way our subjective human experience is subconsciously directly related to the slow steady pace of nature and our ability to cope with our inner struggles accordingly” explains David.

The Cell further cements David’s place among the American songwriting tradition, from the slow methodical spacey instrumental Mandatory Soul to the poetic solo piano number Family and the dense and continuous Lexington Hills. With each piece we are transported to David’s unusual but rich and textured little world.

Hailing from Loomis, a small town outside of Sacramento, via Portland, Oregon – David worked as a sound engineer and session musician, featuring on multiple recordings by the likes of Birger Olsen, Brigid Mae Power, Brumes, The Beacon Sound Choir, Chantal Acda, Heather Woods Broderick, Jung Body, Masayoshi Fujita, and many more. He quickly found himself touring Europe with Peter Broderick, culminating in a Royal Festival Hall performance, and contributing the arresting voice and double bass piece Ahoy to the Erased Tapes 10th anniversary box set 1+1=X.

David will return to Europe with more dates to be announced soon. 

· pre-order 'The Cell' on LP/CD/DL: https://idol.lnk.to/thecell

· order 'The Transition' on LP/CD/DL: https://www.erasedtapes.com/release/eratp114-david-allred-the-transition

The Cell

Nature's Course

David Allred - Nature's Course

Debut album "The Monarch and the Viceroy" available now as CD|LP|DIGITAL on Denovali Records.

Get the full album here: denovali.com/carloscipa/

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