Sophie Jamieson - Stain

Text:
[Verse 1 – Solo child]
We watch the skies, we see the fire,
The forests fade away,
You tell us “soon, we’ll make it right” —
But still, it burns today.

[Chorus – Choir]
Please don’t fight your endless wars,
We are still here, we are yours.
We just want to breathe and play,
Let tomorrow find its way.

(solo)

[Verse 2 – Two solo voices]
The sea is rising, slow but sure,
The ice begins to cry,
You talk of power, gold and pride,
But never ask us why.

[Bridge – Whisper choir building]
Don’t you see the rivers dry?
Don’t you hear the children sigh?
Trump, Putin — we all fear,
What will happen if you’re near...

(solo)

[Final Chorus – Full choir & strings]
Please don’t fight your endless wars,
We are still here, we are yours.
Hold the earth, don’t let it go,
Love is all we need to know.

[Outro – single voice, almost whisper]
We are still here...
please hear us now.

We Are Still Here

Part of The Wind Rose EP

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Artwork by Patty McCabe
Engineered and Recorded by Ben Beheshty
Assistant Engineer Mario Lottari
Mixed by Tristan Ivemy
Produced by Josh Edwards
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

(c) 2015 Yucatan Records

The Wind Rose (feat. Malena Zavala)

أنا مسمعتش حاجة بالجمال و الصدق و القدرة على التوغل في الروح زي كدا من زمان 

Ezio Bosso- Rain, In Your Black Eyes

Hibernation

Voices 

Closer, Still

Bells

Classically trained pianist and composer Carlos Cipa returns with Sculptures, a piano-solo mini-album, right in time for some calm and quiet winter days.
Most of 2017, Carlos has been working on his next full-length album, a colourful record combining piano and other key instruments with a variety of orchestral instruments and electronically processed soundscapes, which will see the light of day in 2018. In between writing scores for musicians and long recording sessions, he often found himself sitting on his upright piano late at night, messing around with simple melodies or patterns as a distraction.
Recorded in his very own Beatschuppen Studio over a couple of days in November, Sculptures brings a few of these raw, intimate song fractures to life and places them alongside three brand mark pieces of Carlos Cipa’s second album, re-recorded on his peculiar Upright piano for the first time.

Fragile Window

Et blekt lys lyder

Earlier this year, Icelandic composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson released his debut album on Moderna, titled Orbit. I’ve spent more than just a few hours with this wonderful album, often reminding me of more vocal works from Ólafur Arnalds, with whom Snorri has collaborated on many occasions (the album was primarily recorded at Arnalds’ studio in Reykjavik). It was still on the list of albums to share with you, my readers, when an opportunity to premiere this beautiful rework presented itself. Orbit Reworked is an upcoming four-track release on Moderna, featuring remixes and re-imaginations of pieces by Luke Howard, Tom Adams, Slow Meadow and, the focus of this exclusive premiere, London-based cellist, Peter Gregson.

At some time, between all the firm work, and his very own release on the esteemed Deutsche Grammophon, titled Recomposed By Peter Gregson: Bach – The Cello Suites [stay tuned for an in-depth write-up on that, folks], Gregson found a moment to add his beautiful cello touch to the already gorgeous “… og minning þín rís hægt” track (which loosely translates to “and your memory rises slowly” from Icelandic), with its moody swaying passages lamenting over the sparkling piano glimmer. And at only a bit over three minutes in length, this gentle piece manages to capture the weather and the scenery of the internal brewing storm, even without the words to prompt us of the story.

"… the songs on Orbit explore the difficulties of living in and moving between vastly different places: from Mexico’s sunny days to Iceland’s long winter nights and their emotional toll. Orbit is also about people met along the way, of friends and family whose absence is bittersweet. The concept of ‘home’ is replaced by an ‘orbit’ the composer circles from place to place.”

While the full-length was mastered by Ian Hawgood, Orbit Reworked is backed by a touch from Taylor Deupree at his 12k Mastering studio. The artwork is courtesy of Elín Elísabet Einarsdóttir   who also produced the cover for the Orbit. The release is out this Friday, and I highly recommend that you pick up the album as well. You can pre-order it now on Bandcamp.

Orbit Reworked

…og minning þín rís hægt (Peter Gregson Rework)

TRACK PREMIERE : Snorri Hallgrímsson - …og Minning Þín Rís Hægt (Peter Gregson Rework)

Taken from 'Repetitions'. Available from Blueneck.com. 

Pneumothorax

Samples from every track on the new album, For Now I Am Winter out Feb/March 2013:

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04 A Stutter - ft. Arnór Dan

Ólafur Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and beats crossing over from ambient/electronic to pop.

04 A Stutter - ft. Arnór Dan

Olafur Arnalds