String figures are a storytelling activity and an age old form of spiritual play. There are hundreds of them, from all over the world, often representing things from nature or day to day objects or activities. The long days of the Covid-19 pandemic UK lockdown and a bewildered mind led me to learning a number of them, picking at random for a welcome distraction. As the months went by and the lockdown continued, I began writing simple melodies to represent the simple, innocent and playful movements of two hands, a piece of string and the passing of time. There was so much uncertainty within the monotonous days and I think this also comes out in the pieces. 

My brilliant friends Mainly Two, a violin duo, recorded this collection of miniatures in the depths of the Black Forest in Germany 48°49'42.4"N 8°23’09.6”E. It had to be outside, everything had to be outside during that time, so you’ll also hear the soundscape of the forest, distant traffic and airplanes that surrounded them.

String Figures

Butterflies

one direction - one thing, slower ballad piano

Dark autumn music about a mysterious fall village. This music is called Honeyspice. We hope you enjoy listening to it!

#spooky #dark #autumn #halloween #village #pumpkins #night #mystery

Spooky Autumn II

Dark Autumn Music - Honeyspice

Piano 4-5

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm improvise a song in front of an audience in Berlin on Ólafur's 2011 solo tour.

More information on Ólafur's solo tour can be found at www.olafurarnalds.com/solotour



Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Improvisation in Berlin 2011

Be Life Relived

Anne Garner - Wherever You Go (Tom Adams Remix)

Full concert: https://youtu.be/fglCl7Jn18A

Live Stream / The Sound of Light Tour 2016/17  (Part 1)

With my first concert after many, many years I am starting my tour with this live stream and more intimate and real things to come, we already have the following locations on the list....  if you want me to come to your place and can help with a location I am open to talk :-)

-Ulm
-Aachen
-Cologne
-London
-Rome

Dirk Maassen Live in Concert --- Full Concert on youtube: https://youtu.be/fglCl7Jn18A

Una Mattina - Piotr Dedo (Ludivico Einaudi)

Piano, composition and recording by Jim Perkins 
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

Bandcamp : https://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-exquisite-corpse

We’re pleased to announce a new collaborative album in conjunction with Bigo & Twigetti. ‘The Exquisite Corpse’ is based on the surrealist game of the same name. Taking Leah Kardos 'Little Phase' as it's starting point, the piece will be reworked by a series of composers and producers to create an album of tracks which continually evolve as each new version is passed from one artist to another, adding to and transforming material from the original piece. We'll be releasing a new track from the album every 2-3 weeks with the first track due towards the end of October and the full album available in April 2017 so keep an eye on our social media for updates.

The Exquisite Corpse

Jim Perkins - Flutter

René Aubry - White Horse

This is a short album recorded and written with my good friend and wonderful singer Amelia Robinson (www.ameliarobinson.co.uk).