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“As I sit here
Waiting and wanting
Surrounded by the ambient blur of the city lights
Waiting at a stop sign
Wanting to go beyond.”


It is exactly this longing to go beyond, beyond the solitary musical journey, that brought these two very gifted artists from Kyoto to cross each other’s’ paths. Marihiko Hara and Masumi Muranaka (Polar M), the 2 seasoned musicians from Kyoto, after 10 years of admiring each other works, decided to take on a voyage together, and sailed beyond the charted territories of their music. And thus, the beautiful result from this wonderful voyage - a special collaboration album entitled “Beyond”, was born.

In this album, both artists went beyond their own borders, over their perceived views, across existing ideas and ways of thinking, to allow their emotions to flow freely in the music making process. As a result, Marihiko, with his gorgeous piano touches, and Masumi, with his heart-felt guitars, jointly crafted the 10 delicate, and breath-takingly beautiful music pieces.

Traces of elegant post-classical, sweet-sounding folktronica, dreamy ambient, and even blue-ish jazz, can be found in this sound-rich album, with all elements masterfully blended together to create an exquisite music listening experience. Piano melodies that drifted in like fireflies at night, layers of guitars that painted the backdrop soundscapes, drips of tiny electronics, spaces between the notes…. The exquisiteness in music that created by Marihiko and Masumi’s wonderful talents are simply beyond words.

Mia Cabalfin, the renowned contemporary dancer from Philippines, who befriended the artists when they composed the music for her residency performance in Kyoto in 2012, lent her beautiful voice in spoken words for 3 amazing tracks. The album is mastered by Tokyo’s renowned musician and sound engineer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and features photos by prominent Japanese photographer Marisa Shimamoto, and designs by Itsuka Sato of sonihouse.

http://www.mu-nest.com/release-info.php?f=mnc014





City Variations / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

Remix of a track (evanescent) from a persian fusion music band called "Axiom of choice" by soheil saremi























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Axiom of choice evanescent(soheil saremi remix)

November Rain - Single

November Rain

2014.12.08 Piano Improvisation

You can get the album "Thought Fountain" from all good digital music shops and streaming services. 

Bandcamp: https://spoq.bandcamp.com/album/thought-fountain
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spoqmusic/sets/thought-fountain
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4VzlSWTA51cvTbzLaFLFwE?si=_i_Irg__QuKan_PVOE-49Q
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/thought-fountain/1143165909
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Fountain-Spoq/dp/B01LEG79TI
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/thought-fountain/1831487
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/13792451
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/671858/thought-fountain
Napster: https:/us.napster.com/artist/spoq/album/thought-fountain
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/album/137389980

The album "Thought Fountain" by Spoq is a trip! Equipped with unflappable passion for his music and seemingly inexhaustible creativity, Spoq takes the listener on an epic tour through unheard rhythmic landscapes. "Thought Fountain" is full of different moods and surprises. It wanders between lush, beautiful melodies combined with edgy electronic noises as well as dark, heavy beats and basses. Pre released tracks already gained a lot of critical acclaim with comparisions to the music of Bonobo or the sound craft of Chris Clark or Amon Tobin.
According to Spoq, this is a natural album, meaning the different tracks developed organically rather following intuition than concept. But also the compositions themselves are full of complex oddities, dissonant tones, dusty, scratchy analogue noises which are used as instruments and arranged in a way that the combinations reveal a suprising and natural beauty.
Within more than two years of development, Spoq experimented a lot with unusual sound sources and samples to create the unique soul of this record. While the melodies are played mostly by analogue instruments, often he applied foley techniques to add to the mix. That means he generated the tones and percussion with a variety of objects instead of instruments, as long as he could get the right sounds out of them.
This unrestricted playfullness and the masterful composition skills of Spoq make "Thought Fountain" a rare find, that easily stands out. 

The amazing cover artwork was created by Mario Tran Phuc: https://www.behance.net/mariotp

Written and produced by Wolfram Gruss. 
(c) 2016, all rights reserved. 

Released on Diventa Music: http://www.diventa-music.com/
Catalog Nr. DVM255
Distributed by Digdis: https://digdis.de/

Follow me on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spoqmusic
Follow me on Bandcamp: https://spoq.bandcamp.com/
Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChzuFuBdOJ5af0EYvXBiaNw

www.mrspoq.com

If you like my music, please also check out my other project PNFA:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/officialpnfa
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pnfa
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62tNQnemDkSLallpzitBSJ

All my tracks are available for licensing. 

#triphop #idm #glitch #downtempo #experimental #cinematic #chill #techno #house #edm #deeptechno #breakbeat #soundtrack #epic #downbeat #chillout #ambient #analogue #lofi #noise

Thought Fountain

First single of off Lapa's debut album "Meeting of the Waters."

9/9

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Lapa - Roadwalk

Piano Jam

The centerfold piece of Changing Currents. 

Buy the EP digitally or the CD here: perfecttouch.bandcamp.com/album/changing-currents

Other distribution places:

perfecttouch.bandcamp.com/album/changing-currents
diskunion.net/clubt/ct/detail/1006800516
www.amazon.co.jp/Changing-Current…er/dp/B0133LVZ4C

CD / Digi

Caught In The Chest

FIrst single released from upcoming debut EP, Of Past & Present. Free download available!

Second single coming July 15, full EP out July 22, 2016

Composed, Recorded, and Produced by Jameson Nathan Jones
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizers and Programming: Jameson Nathan Jones
Cello: Otávio Manzano Kavakama
Cover Artwork: Tim Sandwick

If you're looking forward to the release, please like and re-post here on Soundcloud, and feel free to share on Facebook or Twitter to help spread the word! 

Thanks for listening!

Of Past & Present

Luceat

Free Download/Support

Of Past & Present - Luceat

03 183 Times

pre order

Pacific Coliseum - Wave Catalyst (Low Tide)

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2017/06/stevie-r-delfin-feat-greg-rawson-jalemba-ambient-mix/

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Download: Stevie R & Delfin feat. Greg Rawson "Jalemba" (Ambient Mix)

Contemporary Neoclassical Music Mix - Gorgeous and Ethereal
Tracklist:
Brian Crain - Ice
Luigi  Rubino - Glace of Dust
Abandoned Toys - Within a lilac clutch
Nils Frahm - Peter is dead in the piano
Bartois - Stairways
Clara Ponty - Reflections D'amour
Rick Wakeman - The grey Havens
Craig Armstrong - 1st waltz
Ludovico Einaudi - Ascolta

http://twitter.com/sadpianomusic

Contemporary Neoclassical Music Mix - Gorgeous and Ethereal

taken from the album "The Fabric" (mü-nest, 2010)

Grab the CD here!

01 Migration - [Post-foetus]

I get no sleep when you're around
can' put my thoughts back on the ground
i panic when i dive by daybreak
wondering was this just a big mistake

we got no istem in return
could grow old but never learn
the bedtime stories i've been told
make me tired by getting old

so hold on tight cause this might hurt
we lost ground and that might break you're heart
every time you look my way i fall
to the blue that pins me to this wall

you know me by my daylight face
sweet perfume a warm embrace
but if you could see the other person
uncontrolled and scary aversion

i try so hard to keep the grip
hold my tongue i bite my lip
because you mean so much to me
you are still just scared to see

so hold on tight i know it hurts
we lost ground and that broke both our hearts
every time you look my way i fall
into the blue that pins me to this wall

as they seem to be weightless
every time they seem weightless
seems to be weightless



Erika Janunger - Weightless

Sleep Party People - Everything Has An End

Title: A Little Planet (CD+DVD)
Artist: okamotonoriaki 
Label: mü-nest 
Cat #: mnc013 
Release date: 24 Jan 2013 

Guest artists: cokiyu, Takumi Nishinoya 
Mastered by: Chihei Hatakeyama 
Art Direction by: The Simple Society (www.thesimplesociety.jp) 
Illustrations by: Izumi Matsuhashi 

(CD album comes with a bonus DVD-R containing 4 music videos) 

http://www.okamotonoriaki.com 
http://www.mu-nest.com 
info@mu-nest.com

Commuting

"No Sound Lost" Compilation : http://bit.ly/13o8Fl7
http://facebook.com/feverkin	
https://feverkin.bandcamp.com/

Vocals: @Bijoudream
Sax samples: @CuffMalloy 

Photo: Matthew Fox Duncan 

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