Tomorrow, January 28th, Norwegian composer and pianist Julia Gjertsen is set to release her sophomore LP on the one and only Moderna imprint. I’ve covered Julia before, in particular, her collaboration with Nico Rosenberg (including the latest release on Constellation Tatsu), but for Formations, it’s nice to hear her play alone again. Besides the solo piano pieces on the album, which are entangled with reverb, some echoes and looped repetitions, the passages are processed with a rhythmic, borderline percussive brush. My favourite piece on the album, which was already released by the label as a single, is called “Falling In Keys”, and it perfectly embodies the lush atmospheres produced by the piano, drenched in sweeping delays, lightly sprinkled flutters and deep rumbling bass. The piece that I’m premiering for you today echoes the textured theme with just a touch of synth pads, delicate treatments and forefront pulsating rhythm. Here, we find Gjertsen “expertly oscillating between catchy, beat-driven hooks and slow-motion soundscapes that cause us to lose track of time.” I hope you will enjoy this and then come back for her 2019 debut, titled Fragile.

Read more about it here: http://hcdi.gs/Gjertsen

Formations

TRACK PREMIERE : Julia Gjertsen - Cause And Effect

Jozef De Schutter has announced his new record 'Stillness' which we have the pleasure of releasing this spring. You can dive into the record's aptly named first single 'Horizon' now!

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Stillness

Horizon

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Jozef De Schutter - Horizon

141029 Improvisation (shimmer)

Sonata For Guitar No.1

Sunrise (ft. Zeitfaktor)

Title track off of the full-length album out early 2019 via Unperceived Records. 

Violin by Josh Misner
Mastered by Francesco Donadello
Artwork by Zachary Cramer

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Björk is the second track in Klangriket's solo EP 'Tjärn'. 

Free download: https://pianoandcoffeerecords.bandcamp.com/album/tj-rn-reworked

Composed by Klangriket. 
Recomposed by Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint.

Klangriket - Björk (Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint Rework)

an improvisation on a "felted" (out-of-tune) grand piano.

In Silentio

On The First Day

"Dreams" is part of Recollections Vol. 2 released by Sonder House as part of Piano Day 2019.

Dreams

Pools Re-works

The Wooden King

Jim Perkins -  The Wooden King - (Floraleda Sacchi Re-work)

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Jozef De Schutter - Horizon

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