Morgan Krauss

For the 150 days leading up to our 2017 NYC Festival, and in celebration of our fifth year, we will post one piece of vocal music per day that we think our audience should know about! Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter (#150DaysofVocalMusic), and enjoy these selections!

150 Days of Vocal Music

telephon tel aviv

Red Classically

2-C- B-U-T-FL things

Tagged Contemporary Classical

Samantha Malk, mezzo-soprano; Jessica Rucinski, piano

Smoke and Distance for mezzo and piano (2013)

to appear. to become. w/ ensemble cross.art

destroy the middle w/ ensemble Recherche

Based on "Flow My Tears"
Composed by: John Orfe
Performed by: Alarm Will Sound

Dowland Remix

Niva - Dirty Water

Аmong Сrowd

Telefon Tel Aviv version of I'm on Fire.  Recorded summer of 2009.

I'm On Fire

TTA remix of Cubenx's "Grass", done more as a cover than a remix.

Grass (TTA Version 3)

September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm, but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in the form of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled 'Screws'.

Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from his bunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a broken thumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk and talk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with the situation in the only way he knew – playing his piano.

With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he started recording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9 intimate piano recordings.

Fans can download 'Screws' as mp3s or in full 24-bit 44.100 kHz audio quality here (http://screws.durtonstudio.com), and pre-order a Vinyl/CD edition from the Erased Tapes online store (http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP046), which will be released later this year.

'I am sitting in front of a sheet of paper. My right hand is bending over my left thumb. The first day I got out of my cast I could bend it by 15°. Now I am already at 50° and that makes me happy. Things are going uphill...

As you can imagine, it is really bad news for a pianist when he gets diagnosed with a broken thumb. That day I was sitting in the emergency room, feeling rather dizzy while thinking of a zillion shows coming up and all the people involved around it. I realised in that moment how busy things have become. It is hard to turn down interesting projects and opportunities, since I surely love my work. It actually never felt like work. Playing piano and playing it for wonderful people is the greatest joy I can imagine.

For a couple of days I felt like this all could be over. How pathetic. But hey – also feeling sorry for yourself has its place somewhere. All of a sudden I had so much time, an unexpected holiday. I cancelled most of my schedule and found myself being a little bored. Even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, I just couldn't resist. I started playing a silent song with 4 fingers on my left and the remaining 5 on my right hand. I set up one microphone and recorded another tune every other night before falling asleep.

The day I got rid of my cast I had recorded 9 little tunes. They have helped me feel less annoyed about my accident and reminded me that any good is something I can only achieve, when I am making the most out of what I've got.

Thank you all for listening!

With lots of love,

Nils


9FINGERS North American Tour 2012

09/16 New York (US) – West Park Presbyterian Church 
09/21 Boulder (US) – Cherryvale Studios
09/22 Colorado Springs (US) – The Mesa
09/23 Santa Fe (US) – O'Shaughnessy Performance Space @ Santa Fe Uni
09/24 San Fransisco (US) – private show (RSVP only)
09/29 Seattle (US) – Decibel Festival @ Broadway Performance Hall
09/30 Portland (US) – Classic Pianos
10/03 Mexico City (MX) – Mutek

ERASED TAPES 5th Anniversary Tour w/ Ólafur Arnalds & A Winged Victory For The Sullen

10/08 HAMBURG (DE) – Fliegende Bauten
10/09 PRAGUE (CZ) – Palac Akropolis
10/10 BUDAPEST (HU) – Trafo
10/11 MANNHEIM (DE) – Alte Feuerwache
10/13-14 BERLIN (DE) – Radialsystem
10/15 AMSTERDAM (NL) – Paradiso
10/16-17 LEUVEN (BE) – Stuk
10/18 LONDON (UK) – Hackney Empire
10/19-20 ISTANBUL (TR) – Salon IKSV

PREVIOUS PRESS:

'No. 42 Best Albums Of 2011' -The Guardian
'Felt is a transportative album, a balm for troubled minds.' BBC Music
'Frahm’s hyper-intimate recording technique for the album makes Felt a captivating listen' (9/10) DIS

★ ★ ★ ★ – Popmatters ★ ★ ★ ★ – Uncut ★ ★ ★ ★ – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ – Mojo

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: screws.durtonstudio.com · facebook.com/nilsfrahm · twitter.com/nilsfrahm · erasedtapes.com

Screws

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Nils Frahm - Re

Nils Frahm - Mi

Nils Frahm - Fa

Aggeloi III (text: Oedipus at Colonus by Euripides)

Jennifer Ashe, soprano

Aggeloi III

tracklist:

Kouhai Matsunaga - Chasing The Night
Bruno Spoerri - Intervalle
ø - Viimeinen Monni (The last catfish)
Schedelvreter - Sounding Heaven
Bruce Gilbert - Here Visit
Mr. Maxted - Zip-aDee-Doo-Dah
Demdike Stare & Billy Green - Toadstrip
Ursula Bogner - Punkte
Hematic Sunsets - Junge Rümpfe
Sanso-xtro - zlumber...talkingmysleep
Panabrite - Slipping Into The Deep
Pekka Airaksinen - Simha
Roberto Musci - Claudia, Wilhelm R. and Me



moonlight before midnight - Nikae Mix

Creative Commons Volume. 5
Contemporary Classical soundtrack music.

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The Time To Run (Finale)

Giuliano Bracci 
Non sta, si svolge e gira | 2012
for 4 voices

Notes
Commissioned by VOCAALLAB
Premiered at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2012, Utrecht

Recorded live 04.09.2012 in Nicolai Kerk  

VOCAALLAB
Emilie De Voght soprano
Michaela Riener mezzosoprano
Arnout Lems baritone
Ludovic Provost bass

Non sta, si svolge e gira

A track for the new year.

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Nothing To Fear

"Fonema Consort (Ensemble Vulpine Lupin) performed “Gravity of Shadows,” a mesmerizing study in tenebrous shades and timbres by Morgan Krauss" -NYTimes

gravity of shadows w/ Fonema Consort

Premiere performance by Pacific Serenades

Piano Quartet No. 1: Mirror

Collaboration between Dillon and Telefon Tel Aviv

Feel The Fall

i water. i night. w/ Jesse Langen

Harrison Birtwistle, composer
Performed by Alarm Will Sound
Live performance. Possibly from November 16, 2002, The Festival Dancing in Your Head Music Marathon (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Silbury Air

pallid tongues w/ Jesse Langen and Amanda DeBoer Bartlett

Sept. 2017 repress pre-orders available now.

Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails/How To Destroy Angels) composed the Forse series using a Buchla Music Easel. Forse, meaning "maybe" In Italian, is a series of 3 double LP releases Cortini recorded for Important to release in 2013.