What a heartfelt performance! Nice touch on piano!

حیات 🫠🍃

a little piece of music
inspired by a sunny afternoon 
when my arm fell asleep
because of you.

my arm asleep

This November 4th we'll be releasing UK duo @petraleksander's new LP The Whole World Laid Out Before Me. This is our third large project with the band, which follows in the footsteps of their Triptych piano series and 2021 LP Collage. Recorded in March & April 2022, The Whole World Laid Out Before Me comprises nine pieces for piano, strings, clarinet and electronics that chart new territory for the duo. Eliot & Tom played each of the parts themselves (a first for them!) which results in a much more intimate sound than their previous material.

The LP's first single Fantasia Opening is out now, giving you a taste of the new Pêtr Aleksänder sound. Hit the link below to listen to it on the platform of your choice...

🎧 li.sten.to/pa-fantasia

The Whole World Laid Out Before Me

Fantasia Opening

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Pêtr Aleksänder - Fantasia Opening

This piece began its life in Nat Bartsch's soundtrack for the Australian documentary ‘Whatever Scares You’. The coming-of-age film centers around a young protagonist named Breanna who discovers she is neurodivergent. In a scene Breanna joins Nat at the piano and learns of Nat’s own experiences of neurodiversity. The piece seeks to capture Breanna’s vibrancy, determination, naiveté and vulnerability, qualities Nat also sees in herself. We hear Nat's jazz influences on the piano, infused with ethereal and minimalist textures.

🎧 https://moderna.ampl.ink/breanna

Canadian minimalist instrumental label Moderna Records presents their annual piano day collection featuring twelve pieces from composers and pianists around the world. Their 2023 compilation 'Fractals' is centred around the upright piano, with a curation focused on the label’s signature melodic minimalism. The contributions were selected with great care, while showcasing each pianist’s unique flair on the instrument. Fractals includes pieces from Akira Kosemura (JP), Hiroco.M (JP), Jacob David (DK), Eik Octobre (DK), Ole-Bjørn Talstad (NO), Julia Gjertsen (NO), Sten Erland Hermundstad (NO), Mike Lazarev (UK), Pêtr Aleksänder (UK), Jozef De Schutter (CH), Felix Rösch (DE) and Nat Bartsch (AU). The series is mastered by Tom Adams in the UK and set to artwork by UK designer Iain Perry.

Fractals

Breanna

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Nat Bartsch - Breanna

UK composer, producer and singer-songwriter Tom Adams' new instrumental record Golden Waves arrives later this month - it features a set of 10 tracks blending Adams' delicate piano playing with a simple yet stunning layering of aetherial instrumentation including his unique falsetto vocals, subtle electronics, electric guitar and percussion. The result is a wash of sound influenced equally by modern-classical piano playing and post-rock / ambient groups such as Sigur Rós and A Winged Victory for the Sullen. With Golden Waves, Adams shows that he continues to be one of the most innovative voices in the scene. 

You can pre-order the album in digital and CD formats over at our Bandcamp store : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/golden-waves

And stream the 2nd single ‘First Wave’ on your favorite platform : moderna.ampl.ink/firstwave

'First Wave' is built around a harmonic progression of falling major and minor thirds that gives the music at once a sense of tonal identity and yet a centre that is constantly changing. As a result there is no real feeling of beginning and end, just a constant flow of music. I found this to be evocative of sitting on a beach and listening to the arrival of the waves, each somehow being the same yet also unique from the one before it...'' - Tom Adams

Golden Waves

First Wave

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Tom Adams - First Wave

Music for string orchestra.

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Faint

Interlude I

Tambour - Chapitre I | mr002

Listen/Buy/Download:
Bandcamp : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapitre-i
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/1T9ZEbw8xXTWjBz5z0440N
itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/chapitre-i-ep/id1050834587
BUY / 12" VINYL : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapitres-vinyl-edition

.: The Nude And The Quiet :.
Composed and produced by Simon P. Castonguay

Recorded by Benoît Parent
Mixed by Pierre Duchesne
Mastering by Pierre Duchesne

Piano/Tonal percussions - Simon P. Castonguay
Violon I - Rose Frappier
Violon II - Audrée Leduc
Alto - Mélanie Venditti
Cello - Eugénie Lalonde

Tambour - The Nude And The Quiet

"Essence" is a fragment of purity - stripped down to the heart of sound. Each note feels unadorned, like truth itself, resonating in simplicity. The piano becomes breath, still and essential, holding only what matters most.

Essence

From the album '' Jacob David - omkuld '' released by Moderna Records.

Listen/buy/download : 
Bandcamp : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/omkuld
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/6akvgxd9939Fa5T9ftV0YY
itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/omkuld/id1046073355

Jacob David - Intet Forbi 

composed by Jacob David

piano : Jacob David

violins & tenor violin : Kristian Jørgensen

cello : Line Felding

mixed & mastered by Morten Bue 

Jacob David - Intet Forbi

Beneath calm skies and wandering echoes, thought transforms into form and memory into light. Dreams soar among marble clouds, where silence hums like an unfinished song. Fragments of warmth and loss dissolve into silver tides, leaving behind a tranquil acceptance that neither clings nor fades. In that stillness, everything falls into place: effortless, radiant, and free.

Dream Architect

Stream/Buy the full album (12 tracks LP)-(CD/Digital): 
Bandcamp : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ichiru
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ichiru/id1198539909
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/4rVHa8DsyPyT12IMpdSQOL

written and recorded by daigo hanada 
mastered by emil thomsen (et mastering)

Ichiru

Daigo Hanada - Solitude

I've got some exciting news to share. It looks like the Studio !K7 imprint went ahead and launched yet another sublabel, called 7K! geared towards modern classical, neo-classical, and contemporary music, with only a few releases so far, namely Luca D’Alberto's Endless, the upcoming Martyn Heyne, album, and now, the signing of Hior Chronik with a release due out in December, titled Out of the Dust, whose first single, "Whispers from the surface of a lake" we are honored to exclusively premiere for you today!

The Greek composer, with a split home base split between Berlin and Athens, first appeared on my radar with his Taking The Veil record on Kitchen Label back in 2015. He then released two albums on A Strangely Isolated Place collaborating with the beloved Arovane: In-between (2015) and Into My Own (2017), so at this point, it is fair to say that I was more than just listening - I was following Chronik's every single move. To see yet another upcoming release is an excitement in itself, but to know him getting picked up by a propulsion, that is to be 7K! is a beautiful storm to withstand for the upcoming years!

Out Of The Dust

TRACK PREMIERE : Hior Chronik - Whispers from the surface of a lake

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Garreth Broke - Undercurrent

from 'Intervals' (Piano Day 2018 Compilation)

Download/Digital: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals

Composed & Produced by Daigo Hanada
Piano: Daigo Hanada

Intervals

Futari

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Daigo Hanada - Futari

This track is from my new project FRACTURE.

I hope it will be available soon.

A kiss to all my lovely friends here.

Fracture

The Rupture

The rupture

Hey everyone, Steve here! I’m very excited to share that, in addition to everything CWC on the way, I’ve been working on a new solo project called Spiral Seas as a place for me to share my piano instrumentals and other ideas and collaborations.⁣
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This first song is called “Lullaby." After a few months of trying to find the right song to kick off this project with, this song came together and just felt right. 
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I’m really proud of this project—instrumental piano is one of my absolute favorite things, and it’s been especially important for me during times like this. I’m looking forward to sharing more with you soon and I hope you're all staying safe and able to find daily moments of calm.

Connect: @spiralseasmusic on Instagram and Twitter
Stream: https://ditto.fm/lullaby-spiral-seas

I'd like to thank my bandmate, Brian Curry, for lending his drone footage for the video on YouTube, as well as our friend Neesh who created the wonderful artwork you can find on streaming platforms. You can find her work @t.j.wo on Instagram.

Finally, I'd like to dedicate "Lullaby" to my parents, John and Barbara Shimchick. They're the reason I ever took classical piano lessons growing up and my love of music and art is largely thanks to them.

Spiral Seas - Lullaby (Piano Instrumental)

Some part of you goes with the one you lost.

"Please, Stay" is a single from the upcoming album Children of Abandoned Nests.

Available everywhere - https://fanlink.to/dJnv

Children of Abandoned Nests

Please, Stay

say hello / licensing / demos 
modernarecords@gmail.com

We're here to trace a line from electronic sound designers to classical composers, connecting them through the realms of ambient & cinematic music.

قلب ِ کوچکی که به حیات دُچار ست ... 🫀🪷

Daigo Hanada - Futari

Moderna Records

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