lots of unreleased stuff: live songs, demos and covers and some released album tracks spanning the last 10 years, including things by The Hand (duo with Will Newsome www.somenewwill.com) and Whalebone Polly (duo with Kate Stables of This is the Kit www.thisisthekit.co.uk)

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This is a showcase from "An Opened Book In The Dark".

An Opened Book In The Dark

Phantasmagoria

Live recording from a show in Japan at Guggenheim house where I previously recorded piano songs for Bite the Mountain. Here I am joined by some of my favorite musicians in Japan - Inada Makoto on double bass who also plays on Bite the Mountain, experimental drummer Yamagisan (and famous for her delicious handmade udon noodles), Kamei Naoko on clarinet and ICHI on Steel drum 

Tsubomi Live at the Guggenheim

This is a doodle recorded last year on the 4-track as I was making demos for Bite the Mountain. 

Our Faces - home 4-track recording

This is a version of Window recorded at the guggenheim, Japan, with ICHI on steel pan. It was recorded for Bite the Mountain but we chose to use the studio ukulele version instead so not many ears have heard this one

Window - banjo version

A home recording that comes as a bonus track with the Moth in the Motor piano mini album released on 10" vinyl by broken sound 
www.brokensoundmusic.com

Elaine (In the kitchen with matches)

recorded in KDJapan in an alcove beneath the railway. Listen to the hypnotic sounds of trains going overhead!

There is another version of this song on Elephee EP released by Broken Sound Music www.brokensoundmusic.com 

Elephants swimming - live version

Klavierraum is the place where my piano is, but it’s also a virtual space and spiritual shelter whenever needed – it immediately appears when I am playing piano, floating in sound and resonating with melodies. In my concerts I feel this ‘Raum’ is embracing and covering me, the piano and my whole audience.

Klavierraum, my very first solo piano album, tells a story of arranging a tea time for a rendezvous. Nachher is like a sequel sometime later on – this time it’s about preparing for a surprise morning coffee with my favorite pancake!

For the new album I used previously unpublished material of the original Klavierraum session. Some parts were recorded later on, but in the same setting and similar spirit. – Henning Schmiedt

Henning Schmiedt - 2 Reife Mangos

This small digital EP meant to bring small peace for you in these days. Includes 4 edited acoustic ambient sounds. I hope you're healthy and safe.
https://tomotsugu.bandcamp.com/album/intermission

intermission

Choreographer

Song from my most recent album Bite The Mountain which I recorded in Japan. This song is about onigiri which is a parcel of rice wrapped in seaweed with a surprise in the middle which is usually fishy!

Elaine (In the kitchen with matches)

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