Look Up Re Imagined

Written for 12 piece string ensemble, the piece is based on the sight and feeling of looking out to sea. Using each instrument to evoke the layers of that view, the piece includes random - or aleatoric - elements, allowing the players to interpret parts of the score, meaning no two performances are quite the same - like the sea and sky themselves.  

Violins - Anna de Bruin and Thea Spiers
Viola - Triona Milne
Cello - Julia Graham
Double Bass - Steve Rossell 

Recorded by Mark Knight
Mixed by Jim Perkins
Mastered by Ben Wiffen
Artwork Chris Keegan

Between the Sea and the Sky

Hey, it's me with another snapshot from my life. I'm enjoying this little fragile idea on my Bechstein Upright. This time with the Felt Sound.
Yours truly, Sebastian

Improvisation - Day 288

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Improvisation: Day 288, 2024

A lovely and joyful piano composition in the classical style.

Allegro for Piano

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time at St. Wenceslaus Church, St. Louis MO.

Year of Music: May 7, 2025

Our thoughts and inner talk are with us constantly, driving our emotions, as our emotions drive our thoughts. Sometimes this can be a peaceful place, at other times, more reflective, or sad yet filled with hope. Our thoughts can be wonderful things, yet if we begin to 'drown'  in them they can be a danger as we can become overwhelmed, dwell on things or worries that may not come to be, or become stuck within grief and loss which can both comfort us and hold us back. I often find myself thinking too much, and need to remember the 'moment', to stop over-analysing fear, sadness, and to focus on the peaceful and hopeful times, and one of the best ways for me to express this, is through music, as so many of you do <3 xx

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Drowning In Our Thoughts - Megs McCarthy

Improvisation for Piano Day 2016 by Michael Ford. #PianoDay
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Rainy Daydream

Taken from The Italian Workbook, out now on all major stores

Dirk Maassen - Moltrasio

Piano solo piece from my new EP "Chrysalide", released on March 29th 2019, with Memory Recordings.
© 2019 Dominique Charpentier. All rights reserved
© 2019 Memory Recordings. All rights reserved
Artwork by Anna Salzmann: www.annasalzmann.com/

Chrysalide

"Terre" - Piano Day 2019 (from my Chrysalide EP, out now)

Taken from "Slow sketch vol. 1: Reflections of the community ambient" compilation. Released on 12/24/19 on El Muelle Records: http://elmuellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-sketch-vol-1-reflections-of-the-community-ambient

Let It Snow

Thessaloniki-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Manos Milonakis debuts on piano and coffee records with "The Seagull", a synopsis of his original score for Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos for theatres of Greece and Romania.

The first musical lines of this project were drawn while in Romania, where together with the director, Milonakis travelled to prepare a show for Craiova’s National Theatre. The post-communist atmosphere, the humid streets, the sense of modern balkan darkness contrasting with incredibly vivid painted walls, strong flavors, smells, and amazingly passionate and friendly people would be decoded into music for the classic Russian play. The thirteen tracks in "The Seagull" blend melancholic piano melodies, soaring strings, gentle electronics, atmospheric haze, and evocative soundscapes. Sometimes discreet and others at the forefront of a strong narrative, each piece pours itself into the other like communicating vessels, coexisting with romantic encounters, philosophical arguments, family quarrels and a series of unanticipated arrivals and departures. Piece by piece, Milonakis masterfully introduces us into a world of frustrated lives and unrequited love.

Even though "The Seagull" was composed in 2015, a year before his previous release, "Festen", it took Milonakis significantly more time to decide it was the right moment to release it. “During these years and working in-between other projects”, he says, “I sometimes looked back in my hardrives and these recordings always resonated inside my heart. Having performed the music extensively in concerts was also revealing an urge to me: that I should probably share this stuff with the world”. This brought him to Denmark, where he had the pleasure to have some piano re-recorded and the full album freshly re-mixed by Ed Carlsen at his studio in Kongens Lyngby.

"The Seagull" releases on 13 March 2020 via piano and coffee records worldwide, and is available on limited edition CD and digital formats, with artwork by London-based illustrator Jordan Amy Lee.

Credits:

Recorded and mixed by Manos Milonakis and Ed Carlsen between Thessaloniki and Kongens Lyngby.

Mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio.

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except:
Violin: Christina Georgeli, David Bogorad
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Jordan Amy Lee
Layout by Rita Silva

Big thanks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, T.N.M.S Craiova-Romania, all actors and contributors, Sergio, Ed, Eirini, Mihalis, Etten, The Salonico String Quartet, my friends and family.

Manos Milonakis - Treplev's Song

Michael Ford transports listeners to deep emotional places with his music.
His 2009 solo release “Dream of the Wind” was nominated for best contemporary classical album by the Independent Music Awards.
In 2012, his next piano album "Simple Truth" was also nominated for best contemporary classical album by the IMA.

Rainy Daydream

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