2023-01-01

New Beginnings

Cast 2

2023-05-08

Don't Think Before Sleeping

Winter colors, summer colors… the scenery changes… the actors stay…

I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "Winter Etude".
The sheet music of some of my compositions can be downloaded from my website https://pianoimprovictor.com/ Some new works are available on  https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1
Find all my music here: https://linktr.ee/victorbirkan

Winter Etude - Improvised Piano Piece

patmos far side /  marc schaffroth / ulrich langenbach

A story calls it all unfolds a shadow hanging over me
A path Is paved but who wait behind the open door 
The waves they always roll too close to me
In my mind I know you will Stampede all over me

Feeling Like a block of stone thinking of the unknown
they whisper words you like to hear those beautiful lies
I travelled many miles to see and hear the same 
They turn your mind inside out until your paralysed 

stampede all over me

Stampede

Simple folk melodies from around the world, arranged for a Box Harps, Guitars, Bass, Woodwinds, Harmonium and various percussion instruments.

The Tailor and the Mouse

Are You Going To The Fair

Been a while 
Been a while 
Been a while since I cried 
Ooh 

Been a while 
Been a while 
Been a while since I have died 
Ooh that’s nice 

And what’s the price 
Oh yes that’s right 
It’s been a while 
That I smiled 
That I smiled 

Plug me in 
Like some freak machine 
When the outside works 
But the inside hurts 
A broken part 
Numbers, charts 
I won’t fall apart 
I just bend my heart 
Do you think I grieve 
Got it up my sleeve 
Maybe I will live 
So I can forgive 
Myself 

Used to be my heroine 
So genuine 
Pure adrenaline 
Now I’m off my head 
Hope it’s not too late 
Maybe I will live 
So I can forgive 
Myself and be 
Where I ought to be 
But I need to be 
I need therapy 
By the sea 
By the sea 

By the sea 
By the sea 

Been a while 
Been a while 
Been a while since I have strayed 
Ooh 

Been a while 
Been a while 
Been a while since I was in the shade 
Ooh that’s nice 

But what’s the price 
Oh yes it’s been a while 
It’s been a while 
Since I played at all 
Since I played 

By the sea 

Plug me in 
Some freak machine 
The outside works 
The inside hurts 
A broken part 
Numbers, charts 
I won’t fall apart 
I just bend my heart 
Do you think I grieve 
Got it up my sleeve 
Maybe I will live 
So I can forgive 
Myself 

Used to be my heroine 
So genuine 
Pure adrenaline 
Now I’m off my head 
Hope it’s not too late 
Maybe I will live 
So I can forgive 
Myself and be 
Where I ought to be 
But I need to be 
I need therapy 
By the sea 
By the sea 

By the sea

Black Cats and Criminals

Turning Bot

01 Turning Bot

Sundown

A Waste Land Companion is, as its title implies, an addendum to Boris Rogowski‘s
album The Waste Land which was released in February 2023 on Piano and Coffee
Records. A meditation on the infamous eponymous 1922 poem by T.S. Eliot, The
Waste Land traces its psychological journey through a barren world in search of lifegiving
water as well as its physical journey through London on the zenith of
Modernism.

During the recording sessions for the album—whose sound is characterised by the
interplay between a string quartet, flute and a collection of specifically created,
deeply warped and tape-weathered samples—over 20 pieces were recorded.
Rogowski had originally intended to use all of them in chronological order, beginning
with the famous part about April being the „cruellest month“. However, it turned out
that a shorter playlist and a strictly musical order worked better for the album.
Rogowski decided to focus on the string-centred pieces to give the album a dreamlike,
hypnotic pull. However, as he valued the shorter, piano-based pieces just as
much, the idea for a companion (mini) album was born almost immediately.

It was a most sensible decision: Chamber gems like „The Hyacinth Girl“ and „A
Wicked Pack of Cards“, mixing English folklore with nods to Richard Wagner’s Tristan
and Isolde, might have gotten lost between the dark, monolithic soundscapes of the
album. Here, however, framed by works for solo piano and harmonium, they are
allowed to shine. A Waste Land Companion begins and ends with two piano pieces
only loosely connected to T.S. Eliot’s poem: „Dear Jessie (to Jessie Laidlay Weston)“ is
an ethereal miniature in reverence of the brilliant English medievalist whose book
From Ritual to Romance, a historical examination of the King Arthur legend, greatly
influenced Eliot while working on The Waste Land. „Universe on a shoestring“ is even
serener, a kind of exhalation after a long and arduous journey. It was the last piece
Rogowski composed during his concluding writing session in the mountains of the
island of La Palma. Here, close to the GTC, the world’s largest optical telescope, the
universe seemed closer than anywhere else on earth—and the grim world of The
Waste Land already a distant memory.

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YouShouldn'tLetPoetsLieToYou

a great honor for me  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfaP4ROcQs

no professional aspirations, just entertainment
home recordings just for the joy of music
Everything is based on feelings and moods. No use of AI.
thank you for listening
Thank you all for your comments, because there is always room for improvement
I am still looking, trying and experimenting, I really like electronic ambient for many years, but it only works as a live percussionist. In short, nothing is black or white:)
In today's hectic world I need quiet sounds and the vast majority of songs created at night, so are my compositions such as they are.

My tracks is based on the absolute freedom of the use of sound. Arises as if I painted a picture. In the head is the base, and then adding the details here and there.
As well as if I were his music told the story.

I use: Ableton-Live-Suite with Partnerinstrumets, Kontakt Player + virtual instrumentzs,NI-Machine, Ableton Push, Acces Virus TI Snow, Waldorf Blofeld, AKAI MPK 49, Korg Microkorg XL+,KORG Kaossilator,Kaosspad,KORG Wavedrum, Roland HPD 20, nord lead A1 r, Yamaha mx49, Roland Edirol for Fieldrecordings - and various live percussion.(Kalimba, frame drum, tombak, koshi etc)

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