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Improvisation is the heart speaking through the fingers where every note is a fleeting thought woven into a melody that flows like a stream of pure emotion You are my favorite artist and I’ve added this track to my Piano Gems playlist curated by Francesco Adornetto

NeoClassical Vibes

Flight from the City (Four Hands)

improvisation

somnium

Reverie

Tribute to amazing Nils Frahm's "Tristana"..

Nils Frahm - Tristana (Daigo Hanada Rework)

A Dawning

Aurora

E T H E R

Piano Love Songs Mastered - 3

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Having been available exclusively as the second disc to 2015's 'Collaborative Works', Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm's improvised audio recordings 'Trance Frendz', taken from their 45-minute studio film of the same name, have been given their own vinyl release – out March 4th, 2016.

Prior to a string of collaborative Erased Tapes releases, which include 2012's 'Stare' 10” and last year’s 'Life Story Love and Glory' 7” and 'Loon' 12” – compiled on the 'Collaborative Works' 2-CD set, Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm spent many hours together in their studios across Berlin and Reykjavik. Both have carved out genre-defying musical careers and formed unique live shows, creating a fan base loyal to their prolific output.

During a session at Durton Studio in Berlin last summer, Nils and Ólafur invited Alexander Schneider and his camera to document it. The recording continued long after the first take, stretching out into the next day until, eventually, several new improvisations had been recorded in 8 hours with no overdubs or edits. The unexpected nature in which these pieces had been created was reminiscent of their first on-stage improvisation many years ago. It became immediately clear how special these songs were.

"At the end of the night we had all this music that sounded unfamiliar even to us, loudly asking to be included in this collection.”

Originally made available as a 45-minute film on their joint website (www.arnaldsfrahm.com) last September, 'Trance Frendz' will be available to own on vinyl from March 4th, 2016.

Press for their 'Collaborative Works':

'A particularly joyous wash of slinky percussion and juddering layers' (8/10) – Clash

'An enchanting listen. The bar for a Lads' Night In has just been raised a few notches' (7/10) – Drowned In Sound

‘This is music for slowing down the pace of modern life... An immersive listening experience is guaranteed, while we must hope Frahm and Arnalds go on ‘holiday’ together more in future, and don’t forget to take their musical instruments.’ ★★★★ – MusicOMH

'A collection of gorgeously intimate piano compositions and eye-opening synth pieces, each never aggressive but always powerfully poignant' (8/10) – Under The Radar

'What Collaborative Works offers is something strange: a shared world created by two mad geniuses. Long may Arnalds and Frahm tinker' (8/10) – PopMatters

'Collaborative Works further proves just how natural a fit Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm are together' – Resident Advisor

Trance Frendz

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 20:17

Solo Remains are previously unreleased tracks from Nils Frahm’s album Solo, which was recorded on the M370, the world’s largest piano, built by the visionary piano maker David Klavins in 1987.

Nils fell in love with the sound of this giant and joined David for the new project – building an even higher piano – the Model 450. The aim of it is to explore the not yet reached physical limits of the piano instrument and also to push forward into new musical dimensions. The M450 will be characterized by an even clearer sound with more depth and richness of overtones as well as an unrivaled frequency spectrum and intensity of sound and tone. In time for the 2nd anniversary of Piano Day, Nils decided to give four previously unreleased songs from that very session to his fans and supporters of the Klavins 450 project.

“In the end, every album production leaves you with the same tough task – making the choices for the final track selection. You leave out some tracks for various reasons: some of the tracks are wonderful by themselves, but they simple don’t fit anywhere in the album and others have to be left out because otherwise the vinyl would become too long for a cut in good quality. However, these outtakes are often as important as the final selection and I thought, they might be a great surprise for Piano Day too. I hope in this case, it’s both …”

Solo Remains is available for free download in 24-bit and mp3 format.
http://www.nilsfrahm.com/works/solo-remains/

Passing

Una Mattina

Island Songs

Particles (Island Songs VI)

For Piano Day 2017 I give you this little tune for Piano and Viola from the score for a documentary called Out Of Thin Air (coming later in 2017)

Viola: Karl Pestka

Slow Decay (Out of Thin Air - OST) Piano Day 2017

The Leftovers: Season 1 (Music from the HBO Series)

The Departure

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.

Hi, I’m Mars Shanley. I’m an Irish composer, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and I make music that blends piano, ambient textures, voice, field recordings, and sound in ways that are deeply human and alive. I write both by ear and by instinct ,there are symphonies I hear in dreams that I translate to the piano, textures, and sonic spaces. I also produce and engineer my own work, constantly exploring and learning, experimenting with frequency. 
I’ve been classically trained at the Royal College of Music in Ireland, and I’m a qualified sound engineer , so while my process is intuitive and exploratory, it’s also built on a foundation of discipline and professional skill. My work has been released with AD21’s Woman Muse Series, Digitality Records, and soon Blue Spiral Records, and has been featured on RTE national radio and TV, across international community radio, in festivals, stage productions, and wellness spaces around the world.
I carve with the vibrations of plant-based and cymatic frequencies, drawing on ancestral herbal knowledge, Celtic energy, and the pulse of the natural and quantum worlds. Every composition is a space for reflection, presence, and a story, and the silence in between.
Music has always been the thread that pulls my world together, and now it’s my turn to share it with the world , grounded in craft, imagination, and the lived experiences that shape every note.
Instagram: @marsshanleymusic
Facebook: facebook.com/marsshanleymusic

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