Official Piano Day 2020 Playlist
Happy Piano Day!

Artwork: Alice Baldwin.

Piano Day 2020 Playlist

Usually I do a million takes when I record a new song. This time I stopped around take 10 to prevent perfectionism taking over.. 
So, it’s not super precise, but hey! I finished something! 
I hope you enjoy it. 

*Alice

Unverzagt

Happy Piano Day! The piano is absolutely my favourite instrument, both to play and to sample. I always use it to begin the writing process, just playing around with chords/melodies, even though it may not always be a feature in the final track. This particular jam is a combination of piano and the Casio CZ synthesizer and inspired both entirely and unashamedly by Daniel Lopatin :)

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Laurence Guy - Piano Skit / Piano Day 2020

Berliner Morgen - music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJu2t1rARA

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Capturing the beauty and the solitude of a walk through Berlin at 5.30 in the morning. Imagine coming out of a club (possibly slightly drunk), into the peaceful Berlin drenched in blue. With your blurry night-tainted vision you hardly see the dirt, only the serenity and sweet melancholy of the big B. - my musical declaration of love for my hometown.

Berliner Morgen is part of the Veins EP - support/buy here: http://smarturl.it/veins-ep

Sometimes there’s no need for words. You can let the wind whisper, the water roar, the birds talk, and the streets of Berlin tell their stories … while you play along on the piano, capturing all of those little moments. 

Here is ‚Veins - Songs for Piano, Wind & Water‘: A collection of memories, favorite places, and forgotten tales wrapped in ambient soundscapes and minimalistic piano music. Enjoy.

Written/performed/produced by: Valeska Rautenberg
Mixed/mastered by: Marian Kuch

Veins

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Valeska and the River - Berliner Morgen (Veins - Songs For Piano, Wind & Water EP)

In November, Berlin-based cellist and composer Anne Müller released her long awaited astral debut solo album 'Heliopause'. Named after the border of our solar system, the record crosses physical and invisible borders throughout, sending the cello as a typically classical instrument to exciting new and uncharted territory. ⠀

'Heliopause' followed several Erased Tapes releases featuring Anne, including her celebrated collaboration with Nils Frahm titled '7fingers', appearances on Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm’s 'Collaborative Works', Nils Frahm’s 'All Melody' and his acclaimed soundtrack for the film 'Victoria', Lubomyr Melnyk’s 'Fallen Trees', as well as the two bespoke solo pieces Walzer für Robert and Bel Tono for the label’s 5th and 10th anniversary box sets. In fact, a glance at  Müller’s Discogs boasts credits on over 60 releases since she began recording in 2007. 

Classically trained at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts under the renowned cellist and conductor Michael Sanderling, Anne Müller performed as a cellist in many of Berlin’s symphonies for some time before choosing a different path with her music and focussing on novel approaches to classical instrumentation. A profound believer in the power of artistic collaboration, Anne’s skilled cello playing and instinctive composition became extremely sought after. Following her work with Nils Frahm, an enduring partnership with singer-songwriter-composer Agnes Obel ensued, touring for five years together and featuring on two albums (Philharmonics Deluxe Edition and Aventine)and most recently, working with multi-instrumentalist Markus Sieber (aka Aukai) on his 2019 album Reminiscence. In between all this, Müller also co-founded the progressive live project Solo Collective along with violinist/singer Alex Stolze and pianist/conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds, releasing Solo Collective Part One in 2017.

“Müller is superb” — The Guardian⠀
“Once you’ve reached the edge of the solar system, why rush back to Earth?” — Pitchfork⠀
“A meditative collection of gorgeous cello pieces” — NPR⠀
“Plaintive, lyrical and sporadically sublime” — UncutMagazine ⠀
“A confidently bold and richly detailed effort” (8/10) — Exclaim!
“Heliopause is a work of some sophistication” — Electronic Sound Magazine

Heliopause

Aarhus / Reminiscences

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Anne Müller - Aarhus / Reminiscences

Douglas Dare's third and most stripped back album to date, 'Milkteeth', is out now. Produced by Mike Lindsay, founding member of Tunng and one half of LUMP with Laura Marling, the BBC 6 Music Album Of The Day sees Douglas become confident and comfortable enough with his own identity to reflect on both the joys and pains of youth. In doing so, he has established himself as a serious 21st century singer-songwriter with an enduring lyrical poise and elegant minimalist sound.

"Gorgeous compositions" 7.6 — Pitchfork
"Utterly distinctive" ★★★★ — Q Magazine
"It blows me away" — Lauren Laverne, BBC6 Music
"Such a beautiful record" — Tom Ravenscroft, BBC6 Music
"A stunningly harmonious musical journey" — DIY
"A work that exudes beauty" — Clash Magazine
"Milkteeth feels grandiose" — Loud and Quiet
"A gently heartbreaking ode" — Billboard

Milkteeth

I Am Free

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Douglas Dare - I Am Free

On October 4th 2019, Penguin Cafe released 'Handfuls of Night', the highly anticipated follow-up to their much applauded 2017 album 'The Imperfect Sea' 

Using gut-stringed violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, upright and grand pianos, synthesiser, harmonium and more, Arthur Jeffes and his cohorts have crafted a vivid series of panoramic sonic landscapes, that are as rich in cerebral poignancy as they are in emotional depth.

Bookended by the atmospheric ambient piano pieces ‘Winter Sun’ and ‘Midnight Sun’, the album traverses glacial minimalism with ease, combining their signature contemporary classical panoramas, such as the melancholic yet upbeat lead track ‘At the Top of the Hill, They Stood...’ and the colossal cinematic piece ‘Chapter’, with the crystalline folktronica on ‘Pythagorus on the Line Again’ — a re-visiting and continuation of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s 1993 Union Cafe song on the principles of harmonics.

'Handfuls of Night' began life after Greenpeace commissioned Jeffes to write four pieces of music corresponding to four breeds of penguins, to help raise awareness for the endangered Antarctic seas . A fundraising evening at EartH in Hackney followed, where Penguin Cafe premiered the four songs named after their feathered counterparts to a sold out audience; the rousing contemporary folk inflected ‘Chinstrap’, the mournful and minimalistic ‘Adelie’, stoic and rhythmic ‘The Life of an Emperor’ and the wistful, string-laden ‘Gentoo Origin’.

“Such is its mastery of slowly uncoiling drama you can almost taste the salt in the breeze" ★★★★ — MOJO⠀
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"Arthur Jeffes' music has a direct clarity. Dramatic swells and sweeps showcase the jaw-dropping landscape. Most importantly, though, the music carries an environmental message, which is a critical issue for this generation" — A Closer Listen ⠀
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"One of their most impeccable moments to date" ★★★★ — Music OMH ⠀
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"Elegiac strides across epic landscapes... Arthur Jeffes is doing the legacy of his father proud" — Prog Magazine ⠀
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"Another winner from this group, with Jeffes and company mixing minimalism, folk music and classical string writing into a charming combination” ★★★★ — All About Jazz ⠀
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"A sensitive, frequently lovely follow-up to 2017’s ‘The Imperfect Sea… Handfuls of Night’ conjures pastoral panoramas and weathered vistas" — DJ Magazine⠀

Handfuls of Night

Midnight Sun

Penguin Cafe - Midnight Sun

Piano Solo Edit of my track "All around Us".
#pianoday2020
Please enjoy.

Composed and produced by Koen Janssen.
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All Around Us (Piano Solo Edit)

All Around Us - Piano Day 2020

"Duvet" taken from Niklas Paschburg's second studio album 'Svalbard', out on February 28th 2020.

Pre-order album now: 7K.lnk.to/svalbard

Niklas Paschburg - Duvet

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Taken from the album 'To Believe (Remixes)', released 6 March on Ninja Tune: http://tco.lnk.to/remixesSo

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To Believe (Remixes)

A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life (James Heather Rework) [feat. Roots Manuva]

Jörð

Sorry, I removed the music because SoundCloud has changed it terms of use and is training AI with the music of Soundcloud users. I don't want to support that. Hopefully you'll find t somewhere else.

Thank you & hugs
Tom

Happy Piano Day

"Dahlem" (Eifel) this song was written on an old (and slightly broken) piano in a small house in the small town Dahlem (Nordeifel), where I spent a song writing weekend with my band... 
"Dahlen" was released on Soundcloud for piano day 2020.
A new recording will be out on my upcoming 3rd album in Spring 2025.

Dahlem (Eifel)- Piano Day 2020

originally only released for Piano Day 2020, now  available on  all platforms.

https://linktr.ee/aukai

A Halcyon is a mythical bird said to lay her eggs in a floating nest at sea, during which time it charms the wind and calms the waves. 

www.aukaimusic.com
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Halcyon

thesisproject.bandcamp.com/album/thesi…artyn-heyne

Ben Lukas Boysen - editing, zen garden.
Martyn Heyne - guitar, organ.

Composed, mixed, and mastered by Martyn Heyne + Ben Lukas Boysen at Lichte Studio Berlin.
Additional engineering by Matthias H. Franz Hahn. Vinyl cut by Mike Grinser.

Thank You!
Gregory Euclide, Matthias H. Franz Hahn, everyone at Manners McDade, Erased Tapes Records & Publishing, Claudia Gödke, and Karolina Zenobia Heyne.

Dedicated to Frieda and Frau Bellmann.

Thesis 16

& Martyn Heyne - June

It’s the 88th day of the year and it’s piano day!!! 

The piano is such a dynamic and deep instrument. On one hand there seems to be no end to how far a virtuoso pianist can deepen the relationship with the instrument and on the other hand a one year old can have the most meaningful session of his or her life. We have a piano in the middle of our home and almost every day someone in the family get lost in some kind of improvisation with the instrument. Sitting by a piano and just play a few notes and feel the vibrations run thru the instrument and yourself is such a blessing, such a healing moment. I recommend everyone to spend some time with this instrument if you can, everyone can play and feel it.

This track is a special piano improvisation version of my new single "Moonwaker"  I made together with musicians from Tonhalle Orchester Zürich to honour the 88’s day of the year. 

Hope you enjoy! 
Sebastian Mullaert

"Moonwaker" (Original Mix) https://nm.lnk.to/natthall
Taken from Natthall LP - Sept 18th 2020 - Neue Meister

Natthall

Moonwaker

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Sebastian Mullaert /w Musicians Of The Tonhalle Orchester Zürich - Moonwaker (Piano Day 2020 Edit)

"This was an improvisation, a kind of meditation on a simple theme. I was trying to explore mood and colour above anything else" — Ryan Lee West

Listen to it on streaming platforms: https://IDOL.lnk.to/winters-lament

Winter's Lament

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Rival Consoles - Winter's Lament

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Akira Kosemura - Asymptote

Love you dad X
Stay safe everyone and isolate ..@pianodayofficial

For My Father during Covid Isolation (For Piano Day 2020) #pianoday2020

To mark this year’s 88th day and as an acknowledgement to these unprecedented circumstances we find ourselves in, Piano Day founder, pianist and producer Nils Frahm releases a collection of eight solo piano pieces titled 'Empty'. 

Stream and download 'Empty': https://idol.lnk.to/nils-frahm-empty

Conceived of just before Nils broke his thumb and composed the similarly intimate solo piano album 'Screws', 'Empty' is a soothing vessel of eight simple and serene pieces originally recorded as the music to a short art film he shot with his friend and film director Benoit Toulemonde. Drifting through emotions from the stark and sobering opener 'First Defeat', to the gently euphoric 'No Step On Wing' and the contemplative but hopeful closer 'Black Notes', with its poignant minute of silence, 'Empty' is a comforting score for these turbulent times.

“When I came back from the hospital with a broken thumb and listened to the recordings, I felt they were unfinished. I decided to put them aside and started to work on my small album, 'Screws'. 

Many many other notes of the piano have been struck since these days, and before we all forget about this, I thought it would be a good moment to share these lullabies with you. I hope they help you stay all strong and calm in these days of solitude – despite the hardship, we can discover introspection and reflection unexpectedly. Who knows what it is good for.  
 
Much love, Nils”

Empty

No Step On Wing

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Nils Frahm - No Step On Wing

Singer songwriter and producer Tom Adams @oceantemple returns to his classical roots for this special number for piano day. Sweeping broken chords on the piano are interspersed with delicate and ambient electronics, coalescing toward a melodic and emotional farewell to his recent home of Berlin. 

Stream on Spotify, AppleMusic, etc : https://orcd.co/goodbye-berlin

Watch : https://youtu.be/iauYfemeJxs

Particle XIX (Goodbye Berlin)

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Tom Adams - Particle XIX (Goodbye Berlin)

Kindred piano lovers Peter Broderick and David Allred have gifted the sheet music for their song Hey Stranger, taken from their collaborative 2017 record Find The Ways. Reminding us of the importance and power of friendship, it was originally performed on double bass, with Peter on violin and the two singing together. David kindly recorded this solo piano version to make it easier for you to follow the notes.

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