Let it Be So

Originally written for Piano Day 2021 celebration.

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Remixed & arranged by Poppy Ackroyd
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Off The Map (Poppy Ackroyd Remix)

Hush

Even The Hills Glitter

Allude

Let It Be So

Can't Hold Us

I find it absolutely fascinating and, at the same time, truly inspiring thought, that with the untimely passing of Jóhann Jóhannsson in February of 2018 (wow, almost four years ago now!), he still really lives on through the music he made. And not just through his own. And although he left an incredible void, it's not like someone just stepped into his shoes. Instead, a significant number of collaborators and followers that he touched through the years continued to carry his legacy through their own unique sound. His light didn't go out - it just exploded into hundreds of thousands of fragments of many other lights, that are now expanding, forming their gravity, and with time growing larger. And I sort of wonder if that would have happened if it didn't happen the way it already has. That is an absolutely fascinating and truly inspiring thought with which I opened this write-up. In today's track premiere, we have precisely just that. Danish composer Jonas Colstrup worked closely with Jóhann throughout the years, collaborating on scores for the Japanese films Blind Massage (2014) and The Shadow Play (2018). Inspired by the late musician's approach to neo-classical minimalism carried forth with the cinematic elegance, as well as the incredible score by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner for The Revenant (Milan, 2015), and contemporary compositions by William Walton and Arvo Pärt, Colstrup gently sculpts a sonic chrysalis of emotion, in which one wants to wait out all current angst. And if this was a blind listening session, you may have even thought I'd uncovered an unreleased Johannsson track, with those scaling chord progressions and the beautiful arrangements performed by the Budapest Art Orchestra and Theatre of Voices. But to be clear, once again, this is not a copy, made from a mould lifted from Jóhann's work. It is an unmatched gorgeous sculpture, on which you may find his imprint, still warm to the touch.

At The Crest

TRACK PREMIERE : Jonas Colstrup - At The Crest

We could not be happier to announce that we'll be releasing Ole-Bjørn Talstad's debut record 'Ferd' on February 24 2023. 'Ferd' is an old Norwegian word meaning journey or voyage, which can also be used to indicate someone's journey through life. It is an apt name for Ole-Bjørn's album, which, while containing doses of nordic melancholy, perfectly captures his hopeful and optimistic outlook. 

We'd love for you to check out the first single 'Her' which is out now : moderna.lnk.to/her

Ferd

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Ole-Bjørn Talstad - Her

Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Ver Sacrum’ out 10 March 2023. 
‘The Children’s Ceremony’ is an apt name for this piece, the second to be taken from pianist and composer Bruno Sanfilippo’s forthcoming new album 'Ver Sacrum'. Bright and playful, there’s a definite childlike wonder to the music. And depth too, thanks to the wonderous, soaring strings of Laura Masotto (Violin) and Antonio Cortesi (Cello). It conjures sunlight streaming through a stained glass window, and feelings of hope mixed with serenity. Derek Robertson, journalist and music writer: Guardian, Independent, NME, VICE, Timeout, The Quietus, The Face

Bruno Sanfilippo. 
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Ver Sacrum

The Children's Ceremony

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From the album "Ver Sacrum"
“Throughout history, this expression has been used to describe various ritual group expulsions and the deduction of colonies, particularly with regard to people getting back to nature.
For example, the Italian town of Nocera was founded in the 7th Century BC by inhabitants from Camerinum, who left their ancestral homeland during a so-called Ver Sacrum.
In ancient Rome, during times of calamities such as pandemics, earthquakes, wars, or plagues, they used to devote children born in spring – from the 1st of March to the 30th of April – to the gods Jupiter and Mars. Then, when they turned 20 or 21, these children were required to leave the community to begin new settlements”
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Sounding like some long lost, sacred canon, Ver Sacrum – the new album from Bruno Sanfilippo – marks something of a departure for the Barcelona-based pianist and composer. Far more orchestral in nature, there’s a spiritual, quasi-religious force to these pieces; strings swoop and soar, maudlin organs plough slowly, sorrowfully forward, while several sopranos add to the ecclesiastical air. But there’s hope and joy here too, and a childlike playfulness – playing these tensions against each other is what makes Ver Sacrum such an intense, rewarding listen. Inspired and informed by the ancient custom of ritualised expulsions of the same name, one can find the whole spectrum of humanity within these nine pieces: sorrow, loss, love, rebirth, change, hope, and the indefatigable human spirit. It’s what gives this music its power. Derek Robertson, journalist and music writer: Guardian, Independent, NME, VICE, Timeout, The Quietus, The Face.

Yersinia Pestis

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darling.

Performed By Raffaele Scoccia

(p) & (C) Moon Rocket Acoustic 2025

Christmas EP

Ave Maria

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Halo - Late Winter Tales - 2.Kiri

Kreise im Wasser

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Christian Pensel - Fluctus

Composer/Pianist specializing in modern classical piano/strings/synths.

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