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The 88th day of the year is Piano Day, because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated. I have had the honour of contributing a piano track to this event since 2015. All of them are gathered in this playlist.

Polaroid Notes - Piano Days

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Once again I curate a playlist for Piano Day, 28.March, initiated by Nils Frahm and held worldwide on the Years 88th day. If you have piano tracks made for this years Piano Day, please send me a message here in Soundcloud and I will include it in this Playlist. For the official Piano Day,  please visit https://www.pianoday.org/

Piano Day 2024

The latest mix from TTT and Motion Ward artist Perila blooms with aerated textures, detail and etheric whimsy.

Read more: ifonlyuk.com/podcast-86-perila

If-Only Podcast #86: Perila

The DEDAULT union continues to asquiant you with its taste of the world of lo-fi music. The long-waited compilation "DEFAULT RUSSIA VOL.2". It's a real emotional audio-palette, that contains fifteen contrasting tracks collected from different parts of Russia.
A careless monumentality, captures on a single tape.

out on @defaultrussia
@silbad

PREMIÈRE: Silbad - Lowkey

"Between Your World And Mine" is the second single in a row of digital 7-Inch releases by Polaroid Notes in 2022, this one being released especially for Piano Day on March 29.

More (digital) singles will be released at irregular intervals throughout this year.

Tracklist:
1. Between Your World And Mine / 2. As We Move On / 3. How To Keep A Promise

Recorded and mixed February and March 2022

Download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/between-your-world-and-mine

Release Date: 26th March 2022
Büro für Erdrotation Spin 030

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Polaroid Notes - Between Your World And Mine

New track to celebrate this year's Piano Day on March 29th

Polaroid Notes - Sleepy Sun

normacast#3 | Farid Odilbekov | 1.12.23

A Winter's Song - a delicate waltz to celebrate the beauty of winter.

Immerse yourself in a serene winter wonderland with Valeska and the River’s latest piano composition. Transporting listeners to the most tranquil moments of winter, where the world hushes into untroubled calmness, Valeska and the River’s composition captures the ephemeral magic when snow blankets the landscape, momentarily concealing the stresses of life. As the delicate piano notes gently cascade, a mesmerizing string arrangement beckons the audience to embark on a melancholic dance through a snowy forest—a waltz with nature itself. This evocative musical journey is more than just a composition; it's an enchanting escape into the heart of a peaceful winter sanctuary."

Written, performed and produced by Valeska Rautenberg
Mixed by Thomas Lemmer
Mastered by Ramin Tehrani

#pianoday2024 #pianoday

A winter's Song

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Valeska and the River - A Winter's Song

Haku

From my new EP: Songs The Night Bird Taught Me, which was inspired by the bittersweet, solitary sound-world of the nocturnal. I hope to take the listener on a journey through starlit waking dreams, inside the liminal world that hums between moonset and sunrise.

Songs The Night Bird Taught Me

They Flew Apart

They Flew Apart #PianoDay2024

Inverni

Inverni (Glitch tape piano day 2024)

Composed and produced my me, for the World Piano Day, 28.March, initiated by Nils Frahm and held worldwide on the Years 88th day. Made in Reason Studios with 2 layers of Felt Piano, 1 layer of processed piano, 2 layers of guitar and 2 layers of Ólafur Arnalds Chamber Evolution strings. If you have piano tracks made for this years Piano Day, please send me a message here in Soundcloud and I will include it in the Piano Day Playlist I curate. For the official Piano Day, please visit http://www.pianoday.org

Presence Is A Present - Piano Day 2024

"Fragments Of Love" is a new EP by Polaroid Notes, which is being released on the occasion of this year's Piano Day on March 28. The five tracks are sketchy, improvised and minimalist in sound, but played with all the love that is in 88 keys.

Tracklist:
1. Fragments Of Love / 2. Castles In The Air / 3. Beside You / 4. Rusted / 5. A Momentary Lapse Of Peace

Recorded im March 2024
Written and produced by Polaroid Notes

Download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/fragments-of-love

Release Date: March 28, 2024
Büro für Erdrotation Spin 038

Polaroid Notes - Fragments Of Love EP (Piano Day 2024)

Recording from a Live Event hosted on Insight Timer. For more free live events, please visit my profile: https://insighttimer.com/marsigmusic

A soulful voyage into tranquility, delicately woven at a serene 60 beats per minute. Crafted to accompany inner reflection and relaxation, this ethereal soundscape beckons listeners to unwind and explore the depths of their consciousness.

From the onset, the composition envelops listeners in a serene embrace, as ethereal tones cascade like gentle waves. Guided by the harmonious resonance of 432 Hz tuning, each note seems to resonate in perfect alignment with the universe, fostering a profound sense of connection and peace.

As the music unfolds, soft synths and live percussive instruments  create an expansive sonic canvas for the listener to journey inward, effortlessly drifting into a state of deep relaxation.

432 Hz Ceremony

Euan from Glacis and I have been friends for a while and we've appreciated each other's music for much longer. So why not do something together? The first official result of our Scottish-Bavarian friendship is this 5-track EP ‘Reflections’, which we recorded over a period of a few months via file sharing. Euan performed the piano parts, I played electric piano and the other sounds.

The EP is a foretaste of the full album ‘Time Is Coming To An End’, which will be released this autumn on Whitelabrecs. None of the tracks on this EP will be on the album.

Release on Paino Day 2025

Tracklist:
1. Reflections / 2. He Smiles In The Mirror / 3. To Be Watched / 4. In The End There Is Truth / 5. A Long Time Back

All tracks written and performed by Glacis & Polaroid Notes
Mixed and mastered by Polaroid Notes

Download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/glacis-polaroid-notes-reflections

Release date: March 29, 2025

Glacis & Polaroid Notes - Snippets of Reflection EP

‘Apologues’ will be released by Erased Tapes on September 11, 2015 on LP/CD/DL and can be pre-ordered from www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP075

Masayoshi Fujita, the Berlin-based Japanese vibraphone player, also known under his alias el fog came to the attention of label founder Robert Raths a few years ago. Not only because the vibraphone is an intriguing instrument, but also the way Masayoshi treats his instrument and draws ethereal and layered sounds, is what truly attracted him to Masayoshi’s work.

Having released more ambient-based/electronic recordings of the vibraphone under el fog, Masa became more interested in the sound of the vibraphone itself. He started to compose acoustic pieces and released the first solo album under his real name, titled ‘Stories’, in early 2013. ‘Apologues’ sees Masayoshi for the first time use an array of instruments besides his lead instrument – such as the violin, cello, flute, clarinet, French horn, accordion, piano and snare drum played by friends, but arranged by Masa himself.

In addition to the mallets, Masayoshi often plays the vibraphone with a violin or cello bow, like on ‘Tears of Unicorn’ and ‘Knight and Spirit of Lake’. He would also place bead strings on the vibraphone bars to create an ambient shimmer that can be heard on songs like ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Swallow Flies High in the May Sky’. The latter was composed to let the clarinet express its characteristics and tell its story, whilst the vibraphone takes a supporting role. “The clarinet sounds very warm and soft and very ‘spring’ to me”, says Masa.

“With this album the main idea was to evoke images, atmospheres, sceneries and stories in the listener, the images that have accumulated in myself. At the same time it was an exploration of the unexplored beauty of the vibraphone, and also a pursuit of the charm of the instrumentation and the music itself. Erased Tapes releases a lot of great stuff and naturally became my favourite label of late. And I thought it would fit well to my music.” – Masayoshi Fujita

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: masayoshifujita.com · erasedtapes.com

Apologues

Tears Of Unicorn

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Masayoshi Fujita – Tears of Unicorn

Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Nettles

Moon Clan

we look the same right now

00:00 morning star
19:32 paradise 
35:11 starry night

Takashi Kokubo (小久保隆) - Jamaica ～ Waves And Light And Earth (ジャマイカ～波と光と大地) (1993) [Full Album]

Healing Collection: Quiet Comfort

The Legend of Water

Forest Forest of Light

asking questions

This a render of a MIDI file produced with Scribbletune. Documentation & script: https://scribbletune.com/examples/chord-progressions

Arpeggiated chord progression with Scribbletune

Live from Sydney - @theory-therapy hosts were on air with two hours of ambient, featuring music from picnic, Sophia Zhuravkova, KMRU and more.

Theory Therapy - February 2021

Recorded for Nils Frahm's Piano Day on 29th March 2021.

"Time Passes Slowly" is the first track of my new album "Still Life", available at Bandcamp.

Polaroid Notes - Time Passes Slowly - #pianoday2021

Ambient / Contemporary Classic / Cinematic Sounds / Drone

Releases:
+ Inner Harmonies (Album)
(Driftworks Recordings DWR 009, June 2025)
+ Reflections EP (with Glacis)
(no label, March 2025)
+ All Our Yesterdays (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 042, Febr 2025)
+ A Chance Before A Choice EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 041, Jan 2025)
+ Slow Tones EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 040, Nov 2024)
+ Quiet Rooms (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 169, Sept 2024)
+ Remains Of Life EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 039, Aug 2024)
+ Fragments Of Love EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 038, March 2024)
+ Soundtrack For A Perfect Day (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 037, Febr 2024)
+ Drones And Sketches (Album)
(Drone Works International DWI 47, Nov 2023)
+ Four Singles (Compilation Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 036, Oct 2023)
+ Nothing Left But Memories (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 035, Sept 2023)
+ Forgiveness (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 034, May 2023)
+ Winter Sketches EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 032, Dec 2022)
+ Autumn Sketches EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 031, Oct 2022)
+ Cloud Anthems (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 123, Sept 2022)
+ Between Your World And Mine (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 030, March 2022)
+ Walk Away In Silence (Single)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 029, Febr 2022)
+ Ocean Lines EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 028, Oct 2021)
+ Under The Stars EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 027, May 2021)
+ Still Life (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 025, March 2021)
+ Schneewehen
(Weber & Alcantu Soundstory 2, Dec 2020)
+ Ghost Sounds (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr 084, Nov 2020)
+ Drone Reworks (Album)
(Drone Works International DWI 025, Sept 2020)
+ Home Diaries: Moonlight Sessions (album)
(Whitelabrecs Home Diaries Series HD 014, May 2020)
+ Passing Paris EP (ltd. edition 10 Inch vinyl)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 021, November 2019)
+ Golden Heart EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 020, March 2019)
+ Angel Band EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 019, Jan 2019)
+ Low Tides (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 018, Nov 2018)
+ As Time Goes By (Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 017, Jan 2018)
+ Unsung Memories (Album)
(Whitelabrecs wlr029, October 2017)
+ Days Of Our Lives EP
(Audio Gourmet AGN 085, August 2017)
+ Re: Improvisation EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 015, May 2017)
+ Sunset Symphonies (Split-EP with Kraut Sounds)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 014, April 2017)
+ Dim Lights EP
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 012, October 2016)
+ The Rhodes Session (Mini Album)
(Büro für Erdrotation Spin 008, March 2016)
+ Sea Shores (Album)
(Tessellate Recordings TSR007, May 2015)
+ The Long Bright Dark EP
(Audio Gourmet AGN 077, April 2015)

Compilations:
+ Hold On Tight
("The Principle Of Hope" Compilation, Mol, Dec 2022)
+ Down By The Sea
("Ennio's Muse", Whitelabrecs, Jan 2021)
+ The Good Earth
("The Home Diaries", Whitelabrecs wlr 085, Jan 2021)
+ Dissolve (Drone Rework)
("Drone Works Vol. 3" Drone Works International DWI 21, Dec 2019) 
+ Nocturnal Mood
("Sleeplaboratory 1.0" Whitelabrecs wlr 50, Jan 2019)
+ The Good Earth (Minimal Drone RMX)
("Drone Works Vol. 1" Drone Works International DWI 03, Dec 2017)
+ Floating Not Drowning
(Track on "Earthtones Vol. 3" Compilation, Tessellate Recordings TSR006, March 2015)