This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Gustav Davidsson - Above The Rain

Sjors Mans - Zosima

Fall Fly Run takes Hamilton-Ayres through a dream she keeps having in which she sinks and falls into a sky, and starts flying. The flight flows around a city with tall skyscrapers and then, she slowly lands to a run. The track features Ondes Martenot (beautifully performed by Josh Semans) and a Philicorda electronic organ alongside synthesisers for a neoclassical electronic crossover. Fall Fly Run’s energy is warm, playful and ecstatic as we move into summer and a fresh sense of optimism.

https://fanlink.to/fallflyrun

This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres - Fall Fly Run (feat. Josh Semans)

Bäckahäst, named after a Norse mythological creature that in the shape of a beautiful horse lured children onto its back only to later drown them, is the first collaborative composition by Swedish musicians Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint (Sofia Nystrand). Set to create the mood of a modern folk tale in a closed-down amusement park, they used various toy instruments as a starting point, and later added musical saw, harmonium, bowed gongs, vocals and analogue synthesizers (that flirt with soundtracks such as Stranger Things and Twin Peaks), processing everything through various reel-to-reel tapes and analogue effects. 

https://pianoandcoffeerecords.bandcamp.com/album/realismo-m-gico

This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint - Bäckahäst

Simeon Walker - Saturnine

© 2021 OSCARSON

All music written, produced and mixed by EDWARD SIKORSKI

cello SEBASTIAN SELKE
drone guitar PHILIPP FRIESEL
piano | reed organ | synthesizer | fx EDWARD SIKORSKI

mastered by The EmU

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Disquiet is a benefit compilation of ambient artists, across three volumes, with 100% of the profits going to non-profits that support the environment, investigative journalism, women and minorities. Vol.2 features Ryuichi Sakamoto, Julia Kent, Botany, Raum, Lights & Motion, Rhian Sheehan, Last Days, Sawako, Arms and Sleepers, Christopher Tignor, Mike Lazarev, Daniel Menche.

Available on all major digital retailers (iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Music, Bandcamp etc...)

www.unseen-music.com/disquiet

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