wonderful arpeggio. beautiful mix of synth and live cello

Manos Milonakis's 'Festen' album out now !

Listen/Buy : modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/festen

Original Score for a theatrical adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s “Festen”, the first dogma ’95 film. Directed for the National Theatre of Northern Greece by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos - Premiered 18 November 2016. 

All music composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio. 
Additional recordings and mixing by Tasos Karadedos at Stereotype Studio. 

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except: 
Violin: Christina Georgeli, Viktor Orri Árnason 
Viola: Viktor Orri Árnason 
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou, Sebastian Selke 
Guitar: George Papadopoulos 

big thank you to: 
Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, N.T.N.G., all actors and contributors, Évolène, Nick, Sophie, Kostas, Elisso, George, Thodoris, Christina, Viktor, Sebastian, Tasos, Dimitris, my family. 

www.manosmilonakismusic.com 
www.modernarecords.com

Artwork by Tilman (geometrydaily.tumblr.com) 
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Festen (album excerpt)

Soundtrack for "Tchórzofretka"  theatre play by Marta Guśniowska
performed in Opolski Teatr Lalki i Aktora

Directed by Marta Streker
Scenography by Katarzyna Leks

Tchórzofretka

Domek i Ciasteczka (Home & Cookies)

* Parental advisory/ trigger warning

Plugin is a creative music and wellbeing project for young people in Birmingham and Coventry aged 12-25 who face barriers to music-making due to being mental health inpatients.

Plugin uses accessible music technology to develop young people’s skills and creativity. The project aims to build participants’ self-esteem, help them connect with others and encourage them to express their feelings and emotions through music. It also aims to build the skills and confidence of setting staff and emerging music leaders in providing creative music-making opportunities for young people with mental health conditions.

Plugin has been based in 4 settings across Birmingham and Coventry this year: Ardenleigh FCAMHS, The Priory Woodbourne Hospital, Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s Parkview Clinic and Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital.

Thank you to staff at all settings who have supported project activity alongside our project team.

The Plugin project and this CD is very generously funded by Youth Music, registered charity no 1075032, with match support from settings and from Birmingham Music Education Hub (Services For Education).

24. Stages of Cancer* - Umair (Parental Advisory)

[Verse 1]
Hoy en la danza del día, a brillar,
Cuerpos en movimiento, un bello despertar.
Luz entre sombras, en la melodía,
Risa de un niño que empieza a soñar.
Como el banjo y viola, en carácter rival,
Tocando la vida, un juego sin igual.
[Chorus]
Ah, vuela con el viento, oh,
En la armonía de un canto.
Los ecos de la risa, en unión,
Unidos en un solo encanto.
[Verse 2]
Cuerdas compiten, risas vuelan, a girar,
Notas que juegan, un vaivén a encantar.
Celos entre estrellas, un guiño sincero,
Las cuerdas emocionales, nos llevan a otro cielo.
Como un acorde, una danza, un canto universal,
La vida en cada nota, un amor inmortal.
[Chorus]
Ah, vuela con el viento, oh,
En la armonía de un canto.
Los ecos de la risa, en unión,
Unidos en un solo encanto.
[Bridge]
Las almas susurran, libres en el fondo,
En cada acorde, un destino profundo.
Ritmos danzantes entre la creación,
Es magia en el aire, es pura conexión.
[Chorus]
Ah, vuela con el viento, oh,
En la armonía de un canto.
Los ecos de la risa, en unión,
Unidos en un solo encanto.

Cinco

John Kameel Farah - Time Sketches 
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Time Sketches

John Kameel Farah - Behold! (Time Sketches)

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

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.

Synth, wurlitzer piano : Manos Milonakis
Violin : Christina Georgeli
Cello : Thodoris Papadimitriou

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

Manos Milonakis - Festen Theme

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.

Wurlitzer piano, synths, processing : Manos Milonakis
Violin, Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello : Sebastian Selke

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

Manos Milonakis - Scrubber

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 : Viktor Orri Árnason
Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello : Sebastian Selke, Thodoris Papadimitriou

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

Manos Milonakis - Father's Theme

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: Manos Milonakis
Violin : Christina Georgeli 
Violin & Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason

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

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Manos Milonakis - Lobster Soup

Moss

As some of my favourite modern classical and solo piano composers have evolved and moved on to developing themselves and discovering new challenges in work for film and orchestral production, I’ve felt an earnest void in the space they left behind. I’ve even noticed the pattern in my very own music, always trying to embellish, enrich, strip down, or advance. But what about a simple piano tune – one that veils and slightly bears the heart and soul of the composer, with all its rawness, nudity, and truth? Mayhaps we’ll find this brave reveal in new contenders, that step to fill that earnest void.

Cameron Brooks is only 21 years old, hailing from the south of England, and this four-track EP is his début on Subtempo imprint. Clearly inspired by artists such as Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, and Max Richter, Brooks sets out to compose gentle pieces centred on the piano with some treatment from the strings. The track I selected to première for you today was recorded on his grandparents’ home piano, on his Grandfather’s 90th birthday, “so it brings back fond memories of visiting both his grandparents and of celebration, as well as being his favourite piano to play.” There’s a tone of melancholy, sweetness, and a bit of hope in the underlying melodies, the flow of tempo, and Cameron’s gentle playing on the keys.

"Vicissitude, the title of the EP,  is the main idea behind this record: change and unforeseen circumstances, it speaks to the passage from darkness into the light and the ongoing journey to get there. The music was born from a dark place and the compositions and the instruments brought light to a much-needed time of personal struggle.”

This digital release is out next week, on September 21st, available from Cameron’s Bandcamp and Subtempo‘s page. I’m sure we’ll hear from Brooks in the many years to come, so it’s a bit exciting to begin observing this composer’s journey…

Vicissitude

TRACK PREMIERE : Cameron Brooks - Final Solace

Now on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4AF0aitUscPlkAPmS8t6m7?si=6UEkbRYAQgWPvyc6t64-Zg

Audioslave

W.a.y no: 2

'Anxiety' is a composition derived from the feeling when you stand in front of important changes in your life and you just hope and pray everything goes well.
For this release I have collaborated with this wonderful Latvian artist Zane Balode (www.zanebalode.lv), her painting "Rooting for you" (40/40, oil, canvas, 2017) was used for the artwork of this single.
#pianoday2020

Anxiety

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Detached

Julia Gjertsen - Detached

Jay Chakravorty - Grid Cells

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