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The title of Mikael Lind's latest album, Unsettled Beings, is a reference to his restless self. After completing his 2012 album, Felines Everywhere, in the spring, by fall he had already written a couple of new songs, and on his Iceland Airwaves gig in November that year he performed nothing but new material. Constantly trying to develop his sound, Mikael makes sure that his followers never hear the same concert twice. The material he played at Airwaves last year constitutes the backbone of the album which is now being released.

Mikael is Swedish, but has lived and worked in Iceland since 2006. The interesting thing about his new release, is that all the people involved in realizing the music are also foreigners living in Iceland. Paul Evans from Greenhouse Studios played the violin and also mixed the album. Ryan Karazija, who is doing very well in Iceland with his band Low Roar, lent his vocals to four of the tracks. Alex Somers from Riceboy Sleeps, producer of several important new musical acts in Iceland, mastered the album.

The basic idea of the album is a core of several different pianos accompanied by a lush pattern of violins. The pianos are of varying character, and their melodies often intertwine in a poly-rhythmic fashion, giving the listener the option of letting different melodies compete for attention. Ryan's vocals add warmth to the songs, ornamented with Paul's violins - sometimes in a call-response aesthetics.

The album is being released by the San Francisco label Time Released Sound by the end of August. Time Released Sound is well known for the ambitious artwork of its founder Colin Herrick, who recently went to Iceland especially to work on the artwork for Mikael's new release.

Mikael Lind  "Unsettled Beings"  The Hermit's Fly Trap

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colors (Solo Piano)

Lost Wings - Tsubasa Chronicle

Yuhki Kuramoto - Second Romance

09.Pavane - Maurice Ravel

Embers, from the original motion picture soundtrack directed by Junpei Matsumoto in Japan 2014.
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official site: https://akirakosemura.com/
bandcamp: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/
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Embers (2014)

Yasushi Yoshida - Permanent Yesterday

one true thing 10.17.25

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420260/?ref_=nv_sr_1

youtube.com/watch?v=IYM2nAwtXBo

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Solitude Tony Takitani (2004) Soundtrack

I play what I transcribe. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcas228160n2moi/Shining%20Boy%20%26%20Little%20Randy.pdf

ryuichi sakamoto shining boy & little randy

The Sheltering Sky theme, composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990).

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlxAEmGmK-s

Soundtrack from the movie The Sheltering Sky (Il tè nel deserto) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich.

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Yamaha studio C7 grand piano, with pedal noise and string resonance, and sampled orchestral strings.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一 The Sheltering Sky

Joe Hisaishi - Carrying You (Castle in the Sky)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Seven Samurai (album three)

transcription of ryuichi's solo performance at the trio tour 20121212, rikuzen takata.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlyp75l1aa2zjq2/Energy%20Flow-2.pdf

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colors (Solo Piano)

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