KICKTOM is a sample library for Kontakt made from hundreds of kick and floor tom drums.
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Close Harness KICKTOM Demo Pendle

Dérive ('Plaything' computer game)

For this Exclusive Track Premiere, I'm actually inversing on my roles: instead of being the announcer, I am the featured artist, along with Uwe Zahn, for our collaborative album, title "Aeon" released on Eilean Rec. today.

During our private conversation through music, Uwe and I explored the most mysterious of mediums, dimensions and philosophies - that of "time". Time is what allows sound to exist, by carrying the pressure levels through its mythic axis. Timelessness is unbeknown to man, and concepts like "forever" and "eternity" are captured in a Latin word of "aeon". The German word "unendlich" describes the notion of infinity on which philosophers have puzzled over "ages". And as "finality" is easier to grasp, since all things come onto an end, we're left with "endlich" of ourselves and of our music.

Uwe and I sincerely hope that you connect with our studies and deconstructions thereof, inasmuch as you simply enjoy the beautiful music that we wanted to share, beyond all theories... beyond all thought... beyond all time...

Mike + Uwe
Unendlich, Endlich
Aeon, 8/8/2019

Aeon

Unendlich, Endlich

TRACK PREMIERE : Arovane & Mike Lazarev - Unendlich, Endlich

2nd single from Oslo-based pianist / composer Julia Gjertsen's forthcoming album 'Fragile' (01/11/2019) 

Stream (track) : https://orcd.co/floating 
Pre-order (album) : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/fragile

All music written, recorded and mixed by Julia Gjertsen
Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12K Mastering
Artwork by Carsten Daub

Fragile

Floating

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Julia Gjertsen - Floating

Fall Single Series no. 5
stream/download : https://orcd.co/love-in-falling

Recorded in a Glaswegian church, 'Love in Falling' is Richard Luke's striking debut film score for BAFTA-winning animator Will Anderson's new short 'Betty' about making sense of a broken relationship. The music is suitably romantic, tearing itself between optimism, lust and trepidation in heroic waves of starry-eyed nostalgia. Resplendent with piano and violins Luke collaborates once again with Scottich Chamber Orchestra violinist, Amira Bedrush-McDonald.

Love in Falling (Original Score for Betty)

Love in Falling

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Richard Luke - Love in Falling

Japanese pianist @daigohanada lends his subtle felted playing and beautiful textured arrangements to this rework of 'Last to Let Go' by @richard_luke. Close your eyes and immerse yourself in this intimate and soulful piece for piano.

stream on your favourite platform : https://orcd.co/last-to-let-go
download : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/last-to-let-go-daigo-hanada-rework

Glass Island (Reworked)

Last to Let Go (Daigo Hanada Rework)

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Richard Luke - Last to Let Go (Daigo Hanada Rework)

Sometimes I can't tell if my mood is driving the music I'm playing, or if the music is influencing my mood. I think it's a little of both. But this Saturday morning, I'm waking up to another gentle day. The city is peaceful just behind my curtains, like a frozen postcard from a moment stuck in time. Only the clouds seem to move, announcing the passage of hours. I turn back to music, to feel something 'changing', and with it, emotions, perceptions and senses are all that I know that are signs of my 'life'. Today's soundtrack to the imaginary narrative is a piece by Richard Luke appropriately titled "Silent Story". This track originally appeared on Luke's 2019 release on Moderna titled Glass Island, and today we are honoured with a rework, this time accompanied by short thumping bass, and gorgeous string passages courtesy of Amira Bedrush-McDonald. This piece is taken from an upcoming EP, featuring additional reworks by Daigo Hanada, Aisling Brouwer, Jakob Lindhagen, Halftribe and Anna Pluto. I hope that it starts off your quiet May weekend, as it has revealed all that's real in mine.

Silent Story

TRACK PREMIERE : Richard Luke - Silent Story (Rework)

"We're all quietly immersed in our own personal narratives, it's those intimate stories that are the most compelling to me as they evolve and define us in our lives without fanfare or publicity." - @richard_luke

https://orcd.co/glass-island-rw

Violin by Amira Bedrush-McDonald

Silent Story (Richard Luke Rework)

Richard Luke - Silent Story (Alt. Version)

Extract from Richard Luke's 'In the Company of Insects Pt III' being introduced and played on Scala Radio by Mark Kermode on his Soundtracks show 19/09/20. Music from short film 'In the Company of Insects' short film by Duncan Cowles available here: https://vimeo.com/448798190

Full soundtrack on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1PijeVKyI5BWmIPRhLrF7V?si=mWuY5obEReykVgqJrw6_cg

In the Company of Insects ptIII On Mark Kermode's Scala Radio Soundtrack Show 20/09/20

The latest Contemplative Guest Mix is curated by Montreal based record Label @ModernaRecords. The mix contains new and upcoming releases with some gems from their back catalogue too.

You can listen and purchase all Moderna releases here:
https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/

Track listing: 
Tom Adams 'Particle VI (Shadow & Light)' - from LP Particles (0:00)

Ed Carlsen 'Words' - from upcoming LP Morning Hour (2:59)

Josh Alexander 'Murmur' - from LP Hiraeth (7:43)

Jacob David 'Intet Forbi' - from LP Omkuld (10:30)

Daigo Hanada 'Under the Starry Sky' - from EP Ouka (13:46)

Manos Milonakis 'Dressing' - from LP Festen (15:50)

Richard Luke 'Silent Story' - from LP Glass Island (17:37)

Snorri Hallgrímsson 'Be Still, My Tongue (Slow Meadow Rework)' - from EP Orbit Reworked (20:30)

Veroníque Vaka 'Minning Um Himinn' - from EP Erlendis (25:15)

Ed Carlsen 'Loose (Lambert Rework)' - from LP The Journey Tapes (Deluxe Edition)(31:14)

Tambour - 'The Nude And The Quiet' - from EP Chapter I (34:34)

Moderna CC Guest Mix

Moderna Records -  Contemplative Classical Guest Mix

Glasgow-based composer.
www.richardluke.co.uk