Pretty Silence

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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

Dream Bird / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

“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

Modern Tales / Marihiko Hara & Polar M

flica - Don't Weep

Brian Crain - At the Ivy Gate

Remix for an awesome track by my friend Stray Theories.

Cover art based on the original.

Stray Theories - All I Know (Need a Name Remix)

[Piano/Thoughtful/Dramatic] - "Where We Go"

[Ambient/Uplifting] - "Lilt"

Mrs Jynx - Dusty

Machine Code

Out now on @calibermusic !
http://www.beatport.com/track/lotus-original-mix/5685068

Beatport

Aether - Lotus

flica - in dreams

Taken from ‘Music for the Motion Picture Victoria’ – released by Erased Tapes on June 15th, 2015
ORDER LP/CD/Digital here:
www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP071
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ABOUT:

Nils Frahm has always said that he’s just waiting for something real special when being asked if he would ever score the music for a film. And that’s exactly what German director Sebastian Schipper presented to him with his one-take feature ‘Victoria’. Filmed in Berlin, Victoria’s plot sees a runaway party girl, who's asked by three friendly men to join them as they hit the town, but their wild night of partying suddenly turns into a bank robbery as the music changes from techno to subdued piano sounds.

For the recording session at Studio P4 in Berlin, Frahm enlisted the help of long-time collaborator and cellist Anne Müller, violist Viktor Orri Árnason and ambient artist Erik K. Skodvin of Deaf Center on guitar.

‘Victoria’ won the Berlinale Film Festival prize for Best Cinematography and has also received seven nominations including Best Soundtrack for the Deutscher Filmpreis – Germany’s highest movie award, and will be released in cinemas across Germany on June 11th with plans to release it in the UK and other countries soon. 

More info: nilsfrahm.com · erasedtapes.com

Music for the Motion Picture Victoria

Them

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همنوازی پیانو و تار

Pierre Van Dormael - Undercover

First preview of upcoming Kiasmos LP! Out soon on Erased Tapes Records

Buy Kiasmos' 2009 single, 65, here: http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP013

Thrown

This is a track I made some time ago.
It is now out on the Clown & Sunset Prism and on my new EP Angst.

Also be sure to check out Pavla & Noura (http://soundcloud.com/pavlanoura), a collaboration between me and my friend Paul Sara. Out on the C&S Prism as well.

I hope you like what you hear :)

Hiathaikm

Yann Tiersen cover made by Censi on the 7th October 2010

Le Moulin_Yann Tiersen

A beat a night for 25 nights in dedication to Seba Jun.

Night 24. On some Brion inspiration again.

Enjoy.

Night 24

One of the bonus track on the album "Subdued". You can download this track and the full album here, via Bandcamp:

<a href="http://scienceteheran.bandcamp.com/album/subdued">Download "Subdued"</a> 

The album contains a new edition of the tracks "Subdued", "Something beautiful happened" and "Hope piano", and two bonus tracks, "This is your land" and "And I am sad, again". All tracks remastered and with high quality audio.

The album is free and can be downloaded by value 0. 
Any contribution will be donated to charity.

Tracklist: 
01. Subdued (part 1) 
02. When the stars started to spell your name 
03. Black ground 
04. Something beatiful happened 
05. Hope piano 
06. A new born 
07. Let's go somewhere they can't find us 
08. A thousand light years 
09. Subdued (part 2) 
10. Delusion

11. This is your land (bonus track) 
12. And I am sad, again (bonus track)

Pretty Silence

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