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Piano Day 2017 Playlist

For the third time celebrated the world the "Piano Day" and like in the last years many composers & pianist contributed one special piece for this event. Listen to a wide varity of brilliant pieces for this years "Piano Day" and learn more about it here: www.pianoday.org

Piano Day 2017

moderna piano day

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A selection of tracks released on Piano Day 2017

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hessyz/10439808776/

Eighty-Eight (Piano Day 2017)

Moderna Records presents Algorithmics, a brand new compilation of piano-based works curated specially for Piano Day 2017. This collection of pieces is dually inspired by geometric shapes and rhythmic configurations, each piece a contrasting take on these concepts from the hands of eight musicians assembled from across the globe. 

Listen/Buy 
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2oG1fbz
iTunes: https://itun.es/ca/wNf5ib
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2pfs44p

Algorithmics includes contributions from Moderna artists Tambour, Ed Carlsen and Tim Linghaus, who wrote brand new pieces for this release, as well as Daigo Hanada, whose ‘Once Heard’ originates from sessions for his LP 'Ichiru'. Rounding out the compilation are contributions from UK composer/pianists Matt Emery and Danny Mulhern, New Zealand based composer Levi Patel, and Berlin based minimalist composer/producer Sebastian Morawietz.

Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017

iTunes:  http://smarturl.it/UpToYouiTunes
Spotify:  http://smarturl.it/UpToYouSpotify
Hypem: http://awe.sm/gQxbW

Released on @bydaruma

Andrew Luce:
@andrewlucemusic
facebook.com/andrewlucemusic
twitter.com/andrewlucemusic
instagram.com/andrewluce
snapchat: andrewlucemusic

graves:
soundcloud.com/wearegraves
facebook.com/wearegraves
twitter.com/wearegraves
instagram.com/wearegraves

Chelsea Cutler:
soundcloud.com/chelseacutlermusic
facebook.com/chelseacutlermusic
twitter.com/itschelscutler

Daruma:
@bydaruma
@darumadirect
facebook.com/bydaruma
twitter.com/bydaruma
instagram.com/bydaruma

iTunes / Spotify

Up To You (feat. graves & Chelsea Cutler) [Daruma]

Sentiment (Piano Day 2017)

Download free sheet music: http://bit.ly/Drift_sheetmusic

Find this song amongst many amazing pieces of music on the Official Piano Day Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/nils_frahm/sets/piano-day-2017

Stream/Download elsewhere:
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2nLg24n
Apple Music: http://apple.co/2ngoPHq
SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2mPddQJ
YouTube: https://youtu.be/YmDnkxrN0HI

http://www.pianoday.org

Drift (Piano Day 2017)

Improvised, recorded and produced in Berlin by Sebastian Plano and Tom Adams.

2am is an improvisation for two pianos performed using a Yamaha CP80 and a C.Bechstein Mark B grand piano. It was recorded late at night as part of a longer series of piano improvisations by long time friends and collaborators Tom and Sebastian. 

Sebastian Plano: http://www.sebastianplano.com
Tom Adams: http://tomadams.eu

Image by: Hara Katsiki (FCB @HaraKatsiki, www.harakatsiki.com)

Berlin, 2am - (Tom Adams X Sebastian Plano)

Tra parole e silenzi, come finestre su due strade parallele

This was my special thought for Piano Day 2017, I thought it should have been part of my new album.

Official video: https://youtu.be/FTGtQMHmp3s

Paralleli (Piano Day 2017)

4011 Liter is Henrik Schwarz's first ever released solo piano piece. Its part of his upcoming 4 track EP "WORKS PIANO" on the new label BETWEEN BUTTONS. Release will be available on vinyl and digital end of April 2017. www.betweenbuttons.com

Works Piano (between buttons demo)

Works Piano

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Henrik Schwarz - 4011 Liter - version for 3 hands

For Piano Day 2017 I give you this little tune for Piano and Viola from the score for a documentary called Out Of Thin Air (coming later in 2017)

Viola: Karl Pestka

Slow Decay (Out of Thin Air - OST) Piano Day 2017

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

@daigohanada
Written and recorded by Daigo Hanada
Mastered by Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering

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

Daigo Hanada - Once Heard (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

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

@mattemery
Written and Composed by Matt Emery
Produced and mastered by James Kenosha
Performed by:
Piano: Matt Emery
Cello: Fraser Bowles
Viola and Violin: Will Harvey

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

Matt Emery - Oedipus' Eyes (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

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)

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

@levipatel
Written, performed, and recorded by Levi Patel
Mixed at Bigpop Studios, Auckland, New Zealand
Mastered by Howard Rogers at Bring It On Studios

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

Levi Patel - Sketch 25 (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

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

@pianonoise
Recorded at Wallring Cabin
Written and mixed by Tim Linghaus
Mastered by Mark Bihler at Calyx Mastering

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

Tim Linghaus - Funeral For Dad (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

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

@sebastianmorawietz
Sebastian Morawietz: Piano & Electronic Treatments
Written & Produced by Sebastian Morawietz
Recorded in Studio 652, Berlin

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

Sebastian Morawietz - Nocturnal Berlin (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

Matthew Bourne returns to the piano on ‘Candela (for Sascha Heeney)’, the first single from his forthcoming album, to be released this summer.

‘Candela' is a deep meditation in texture and melody: skeletal piano motifs buoyed on a bed of strings. There is an emotional directness and vulnerability that Bourne has only ever hinted at. When taken in the context of his back catalogue, this unadorned simplicity is a bold and challenging step to make, and all the more devastating for it.

Candela (for Sascha Heeney)

Free download

This is a little recording I did today after my piano got tuned to celebrate the upcoming Piano Day.

Can't wait to show the Album.

Four Hands

21 Fingers  - Piano Day 2017

Colliding Redux

Tess Said So is the creative partnership of musicians Rasa Daukus and Will Larsen. Adopting a pop sensibility to a classical format, Rasa and Will write and perform all their own material, blurring the lines that define musical genre, infusing their sound with pop, jazz, ambience, minimalism, and electronica. http://www.tesssaidso.com

Fern

Fern (for Piano Day 2017)

I wrote the first theme of this piece a couple of years ago and could never quite figure out how to finish it. There have been many iterations of it and it has been booted off of two full length records. I guess it always seemed to be a little island unto itself. Well anyway, what better reason than to put this out into the world than #PianoDay2017?

Happy #PianoDay folks.

Armoire Nocturne

Confine Me

To coincide with Piano Day 2017 we share a cover of an old Penguin Cafe Orchestra song by Penguin Cafe from their upcoming new album 'The Imperfect Sea' - out on Erased Tapes 5th May 2017.

"This piece by my father has always been a favourite of mine and when we were playing in the studio last year with making rocks resonate through the soundboard of the piano, the drone on F# made me think of it immediately. The transition between free-form and structure allows for space and some more expressionist moments and then the simple yet rather beautiful melody creates a sort of profound optimism I think." — Arthur Jeffes

Pre-order 'The Imperfect Sea' on Vinyl, CD and DL here: 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.

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.

The Imperfect Sea

Buy LP/CD/DL

Penguin Cafe - Now Nothing (Rock Music)

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

@letambour
Composed & performed by Simon P. Castonguay

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

Tambour - As a Relief (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

Piano, synth : Manos Milonakis
Violin: Christina Georgeli, Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Tilman (http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com)
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Festen

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Manos Milonakis - Dressing

Costero

Boy In A Water Globe

Boy In A Waterglobe

As Guiding Lights Appear

The first single release from the forth coming album, Polarity. An exploration of minimalism and emotion. 

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/eriss-debt-single/1356697783
Purchase here: https://tristanbarton.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6GR6ptXhZqwo2K49LDrx2B?si=zhYaZatkRTCxk9o0y2CqMg

Art Design: Roman De Guili www.terracollage.com
Composer: Tristan Barton
Mixing and Mastering: TBM Studio.

All Rights Reserved © Tristan Barton Music 2018

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