Neoclassical | Minimalism - part 2

Although most of the pieces on Arden‘s latest self-titled release are focused on experimentation with harp and her voice, the very last track, and the one I am happily premiering for you today, is purely instrumental. It is the minimalist beauty of her chosen instrument, as well as the delicate playing, with which I mostly connect, intimately captured in this single recording, each string resonating at a time, to create a delightful harmony, warm to the ear and to the soul. And with a tad of gentle post-processing using time-based effects, the sounds of “Like A Wing” flutter through the airy and light atmospheres to land on your dishevelled mind, to bring you calm and peace, in moments just like this one. “The harp has a warm, earthy sound with a very little treble,” says Arden, “This doesn’t fit into every context, it often won’t project well, but what I previously saw as a deficiency, I now try to use as a strength.” Long time admirers of the instrument, as well as the newfound audience, will be euphoric with this piece, and hopefully will in turn check out the entire album, released on Neue Meister tomorrow, August 20th.

Find more details here: http://hcdi.gs/Arden

Arden

Like A Wing

TRACK PREMIERE : Arden - Like A Wing

Moesko live piano performance at Kaptár, Budapest, 29.11.2013. 
The pieces were written and played by Péter Farkas. 
Guest appearance on "We Read Stories" by András Komáromi. 
Special thanks to Zoltán Major, who helped organizing this evening. 

"Walter / Breaking Down" originally written by Clem Leek. 
"North Way" originally written by Otto Andreas Totland. 
"Over There, It's Raining" originally written by Nils Frahm. 
"Four Chambered" is a re-interpretation of a Moon Ate the Dark-track.

Otto A Totland: North Way

“A deeply reflective piano composition that captures the quiet weight of loss and the fragile beauty of memory. Ideal for moments of solitude, remembrance or introspective turning‑points in visual media.”

Journey North

Kawaita Tsuki / The Barren Moon ft. Yuri Kono (Will Samson Remix)

To Move

Leaving Time

Tuzla

Dufresne

Spent - Deaf Center / Dufresne

Recorded for Nils Frahm's Piano Day on 29th March 2019

Download of "Golden Heart" plus three bonus tracks @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/golden-heart-ep

Bandcamp

Polaroid Notes - Golden Heart

02 - Stefano Guzzetti - Reaching Out

Untitled 28 was a sculpture, video and sound installation created in 28 days by artist Marie-Louise Jones and composer Lucy Claire. It was exhibited in July 2017 at Here East in London as part of Gavin Turk and Anna Maloney’s show, Inside Out. 

The music reflects each sculpture in the installation and explores themes of duality and pairs through atmospheric binaural recordings, beautiful violin melodies and vocal textures. The materials used in the physical installation; wood, stone and metal play a prominent role in the soundtrack and the sounds created when collided together were used to create unusual textures which were weaved into the piece.

Symbiosis

The title DeeDee is a clue to the approach behind it’s creation and the whole track is a larger hint for what’s in store on the EP. D and E are the pitches around which the track is built, but these notes are also taken from an earlier release and this is the theme of the track and the EP. It is all made from bits and pieces of Leah’s previous releases that have been reconstituted and repurposed to create new music (A copyright lawyers nightmare). The single also has birds as a theme at it’s heart which is evident from the video for DeeDee which breaks up flocks and murmurations of birds into patterns which mesmerise and at times resemble Rorschach tests.

DeeDee is out on 11th Feb with the full EP 'Bird Rib' out on 19th March.

Bird Rib

DeeDee

Leah Kardos - Deedee

Hello everyone, I would like to show you my new album "Pereehali". This is my third album, it was written and recorded in the summer of 2012. After a long writer's block that was caused by a very pretentious and bombastic second album I decided to make a really intimate, solo-piano work. I lived in the countryside during the recording sessions, and every recording was done by me tête-à-tête with my lovely piano in the wooden house. It was a priceless experience working and writing while having a close contact with nature, it helped me a lot to understand the music I compose, to make it more organic, touching and moving.


playing & recording // dmitry evgrafov 
mixing & mastering // martyn heyne 
cover // vika bogorodskaya 
special thanks to nils frahm & dave howell

Inevitable Things

EPs available for free download at petermoesko.bandcamp.com 

Otto A Totland: North Way

Moesko

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