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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

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Federico Albanese - THE BLUE HOUR


'The Blue Hour' will be released on LP, CD, Download via Berlin Classics Neue Meister on 15 January, 2016   

Buy on Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-blue-hour/id1053970394

Berlin based, ‘piano poet’ Federico Albanese took inspiration from the brief transitional state between day and night, writing a collection of chamber-music miniatures that withdraw, explore, yet assert their laconic melodies all the more decisively. The emotions to which Albanese has given expression in his thirteen compositions have been articulated with well-considered gestures.   

Equally well-considered is the choice of instruments that Federico Albanese deploys on ‘The Blue Hour’. Piano and synthesizers are joined by a cello, magnified by over-dubbing and sound effects that culminate into a little chamber orchestra, which swells the acoustics while checking the dominance of a clear solo voice. Albanese esteems the Gesamtklang, the overall sound image, with its mixture of compositional precision and dreamlike fluidity. For this reason, the pieces are recorded from start to finish on analogue equipment, further enhancing the warmth of their sound. In ‘Céline’ we hear a discreet beat, scarcely perceptible, a gentle pulse that lends structure without jeopardizing the charm of ‘The Blue Hour’.  

“There is a particular moment when opposites are very close, almost touching one another. When there is still light but not quite darkness. A world in between, where all things are uncertain, vague, floating into shade. We can follow or observe, unsure where this would lead - into darkness or light; into the shadow of memories and dreams. A reflection of our desires and hopes, ready to be seen or unseen. It can be a sudden glimpse, with ideas turning into shapes, not yet complete. You can see things, but are unsure what they are. It is an unrevealed choice. A place to recover and heal, lulled by the security of the warm shadow of an ancient tree upon a hill" – Federico Albanese

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Migrants

Ilya Beshevli - Wanderer

I'll be touring EU/UK promoting my two releases The Chopin Variations & Bach Interpreted. 

Dates are below.  Ticket info at:
www.chadlawson.com 
or 
http://www.songkick.com/artists/3786871-chad-lawson


presented by Tape.TV, ByteFM
15.09.2016 _ DE _ Berlin _ Lido
17.09.2016 _ DE _ Münster _ AV Picknick
18.09.2016 _ DK _ Copenhagen _ DR Koncerthuset
20.09.2016 _ SE _ Stockholm _ Sodra Teatren
22.09.2016 _ DE _ Hamburg _ Reeperbahn Festival
23.09.2016 _ DE _ Magdeburg _ Moritzhof
24.09.2016 _ DE _ Munich _ Einsteinkultur
25.09.2016 _ DE _ Erlangen _ E-Werk
29.09.2016 _ UK _ London _ The Forge
30.09.2016 _ BE _ Brussels _ AB

Bach Interpreted - St. John Passion (Johannespassion), Bwv 245 (Bc D2)

Artist: Lambert
Track: Loose
Rework of Ed Carlsen's track of the same name

Stream on Spotify, AppleMusic, Deezer : https://orcd.co/loose-reworked

Album: The Journey Tapes (Deluxe Edition)
Buy the album here: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-journey-tapes-deluxe-edition

Ed Carlsen - Loose
Original song composed by Ed Carlsen
Rework and piano by Lambert (http://listentolambert.com)

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Ed Carlsen - Loose (Lambert Rework)

http://hermundstad.bandcamp.com/track/til-bj-rn

Til Bjørn

Tides

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)

Taken from the EP Záhada.
www.1631recordings.bandcamp.com

Oskar Schuster - Sedmikrásky

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)

This is a piece I recorded for Piano Day 2017.

We are glad to announce the second Piano Day in Moscow! 
This year we’ve managed to attract new participants. MIET Concert hall will host four young contemporary composers.

Details: 
29th March.
Kapiton Neklyudov, Kirill Richter, Fyodor Biryuchev, Aron Bergen.
MIET Concert Hall. 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/204359316710150/ 
VK: vk.com/pianoday 

Piano Day artwork is created by visual artist Hara Katsiki.

Brown Etude

Created for piano lovers in celebration of Piano Day; the 88th day of the year. This track is dedicated to Armenian composer Mikael Tariverdiev.
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

Available for purchase at: http://bradfantmusic.com/album/untitled

Tariverdiev

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)

From the album 'Branches Of Sun' 
www.aukaimusic.com
guitar - Markus Sieber
piano - Angelika Baumbach
cello - Anne Müller
prophet 5 - Jamshied Sharifi
Written & Produced by Markus Sieber
Mixed and Mastered by Martyn Heyne
Recorded in Berlin, Durango, and New York
Photo by Sebastian Suki Beláustegui http://photosuki.com

Branches Of Sun

Nightfall

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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

The Forgotten Waltz

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

@daniel-mulhern
Piano and programming by Danny Mulhern
Recorded and mixed by Danny Mulhern
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon

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

Danny Mulhern - Depth Perception (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

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

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Penguin Cafe - Now Nothing (Rock Music)

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Ed Carlsen - Weaved (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

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