A selection of ambient, modern classical, and electroacoustic works for Autumn 2020 (closed Nov 24).

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Field Journal Companion - Autumn 2020

Epiphany

Classic 🎼

First mp3 single from In Roses, the 2nd full-length LP from Boston's Gem Club, out January 28th on Hardly Art records.

www.hardlyart.com/gemclub.html

Polly

{لها .. كانت ترقص روحي
لها .. كانت فرحة روحي
رياح .. اوصليني لها
رياح .. اعيديها لي
ما شرقت شمس في ضحاها
الا ما نادت ليلى
ما قمر بان مساء
الا بذكراها

جنان .. كانت تسكن صدري
جنان .. كانت تسكر عشقي
ضلال .. لا تزال هنا
ضلال .. لا تواسيني
ما شرقت شمس في ضحاها
الا ما نادت ليلى

ما قمر بان مساء
الا بذكراها
قفي يانجوم السماء
قفي يا لحظات الزمان
ما قلبي الا لها الى الابد

ما شرقت شمس في ضحاها
الا ما نادت ليلى
ما قمر بان مساء
الا بذكراها
قفي يانجوم السماء
قفي يا لحظات الزمان
ما قلبي الا لها الى الابد

قفي يانجوم السماء
قفي يا لحظات الزمان
ما قلبي الا لها الى الابد.}

Radiodervish - Layla E Majnun | ليلى والمجنون

#1 Billboard Classical
#1 iTunes Classical Album (US)
#1 Amazon Classical

License this piece at - 
https://www.musicbed.com/songs/nocturneinfminore28093op552cno128variation29/12742

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Chopin needed a new introduction.  Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Norah Jones), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a minimalist landscape.

It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.  

Taking 10 Chopin works, Lawson decided to scale the works down to a minimalist setting.  "I knew even if bare-bones, Chopin's works could still be as spellbinding as the original compositions we are so familiar with." says the pianist.  

Produced by Chad Lawson & Alejandro Clavijo. Mixed by Stephen Lee Price.  Mastered by Michael Graves of Osiris Studios (Atlanta, GA).

Chopin Nocturne in F Minor-Op. 55, No 1 (Variation) Piano, Violin, Cello - Chad Lawson

Remixed by Cyrus Reynolds 
https://soundcloud.com/cyrusreynolds

Cello: Mike Kaufman 
Viola: Virginia Rockwell 

Track taken from 'Adrift Reworks', released on Injazero Records.
https://injazerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/adrift-reworks

Buy This Track

Steve Gibbs - Patterns (Cyrus Reynolds Remix)

We Move Lightly

وانسي العتاب، فقد نسيتُ عتابي

see myself in a screen
wasting days, counting weeks
getting more familiar with how you speak
while you're away from me
but i don't want to say goodbye
because it's safer when i'm by your side
i want to be near you
like i'm meant to

but hey
i think it's going to be alright
when we're sleeping and i'm by your side
i want to learn to fly
but it's safer when i stay inside

i want you
but the monster
won't let me
escape here

by your side

Loophole

Johann Strauß - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Chopin - Prelude in E Minor, No. 4, Op. 28

OST by Richard Luke for 'In the Company of Insects' a short film by Duncan Cowles. 
Watch the film: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/08/18/in-the-company-of-insects 
Prompted by the death of his grandfather, a filmmaker comes to terms with his feelings of loss by focussing on something smaller. Soundtrack released on 28 August via Highpony.

http://www.richardluke.co.uk
http://www.duncancowles.com

In The Company Of Insects (part III)

Buy/listen: https://christophertignor.bandcamp.com/track/ode-to-joy

Christopher Tignor - "Ode to Joy"

One of the earliest tracks written for this album. Different piano parts
fight against each other to come out on top. 
Much like in a stressful relationship, both parts are as important as the other but they fail to recognize this. A third party arrives later (in the form of synthesizer & organ) to bring unity to both parts and introduce a sense of peaceful harmony.

This all inevitably comes to somewhat of an abrupt ending, fading out
leaving the listener to wonder what’s going to happen next.

Photo by Shane Vaughan

How To Disappear

When Away

When Away [How To Disappear]

Yes, I know that I had just had an exclusive track premiere a day ago, but I've got another one for you, kids, and this one is worth celebrating! As you have already read in the title of this writeup, today, I am sharing a track by Sebastian Plano and Maarten Vos who have paired for a self-release they simply titled "&." Although I can already see how the title will bring the duo unforeseen trouble [electronic media unfriendly to ampersands or HTML escape codes will struggle with the name!], the music will bring trouble to your unprotected heart, piercing its walls with the emotive, sensitive, and poignant. Argentinian cellist, composer, and producer, Sebastian Plano, is, of course, no stranger to my ears. I was very much impressed with his collaboration on Everything (Erased Tapes, 2017) with Ben Lukas Boysen; and mesmerized with his Merkury KX release of Verve in 2019. Dutch Maarten Vos is also a cellist, composer, and producer, whom I have only heard of via his collaboration with Michel Banabila on Home (Tapu, 2017). For their collaborative debut, the duo put together seven pieces after a week-long recording session, "which transcends from cello duos to counterposed piano melodies, synthesizers, and electronics." This beautifully stammering piece resolves into a liquid bliss.

Dense & Density

TRACK PREMIERE : Sebastian Plano & Maarten Vos - Dense & Density

So pleased to share Promise / Sleepy Meadows, a new double single for solo piano by Finnish composer @julia_andersson

You can give this reflective pair of pieces a listen wherever you stream music: orcd.co/promise
 
"...like the winds of reassuring words, whispered in your ear by someone waiting patiently at your side..."

Promise / Sleepy Meadows

Promise

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Julia Andersson - Promise

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Julia Andersson - Promise

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