love the vocal choir, reminds me a bit of jon hopkins

Sævar Jóhannsson is an award-winning pianist and composer based in Reykjavík, Iceland. His music explores the full spectrum of human emotion and experience; at times melancholic, but also playful and warm. Through his composition he ponders questions such as, ‘Do our places of origin matter—and what is our relationship with them?’ There’s a well-known German saying ‘Ich bin Weltbürger: überall zu Hause, überall fremd’ which roughly translates to ‘I’m a world citizen: I am everywhere at home and everywhere a stranger’. Sævar believes this is a phrase which describes him well; London his birthplace, being partly raised in Germany and now residing in Iceland. Jóhannsson has released four albums to date, including work as S.hel on Whitelabrecs with 2020’s ‘Disconnect’ and ‘RAMMI’ in 2021, in which he collaborated with Mikael Lind. His most recent album ‘Whenever You’re Ready’ was the first album under his own name and was distributed by Sony, winning the 'you should have heard this' award from the Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards in 2023. 

With each album Sævar builds and expands on the last, exploring new styles such as ambient electronics, prepared piano techniques, complex rhythms inspired by his jazz background, and lush string arrangements. Alongside his solo work, Sævar has composed and produced original music and accompanying soundscapes for three major theatre productions. He also created the score for the documentary 'Ég Sé Þig' by Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir.

‘Where the light enters’ is a collection of 12 solo piano pieces, inspired by thoughts of how our wounds affect us and are themselves unique storytellers. There’s a Japanese pottery repairing technique called kintsugi where broken things are glued back together using gold, silver or other similar materials, the idea being that the cracks make the object beautiful and unique and should therefore be visible. However, Sævar also contemplates the wounds we do not see. In Jóhannsson's mind the decision to have just solo piano reflects self-care, or simply put, giving yourself time with yourself and your thoughts or problems and rather than try to solve or interact with them, let them gently pass you by. The album, although following a structured framework, is also partly improvised, letting things unfold as they are without prejudice or expectations.

Where the Light Enters

wlr140 Sævar Jóhansson - Where The Light Enters

~ IIKKI 001 ~

artist : danny clay
album : stills 
duration : 40.59 mn
date : 19.09.16 
edition : vinyl, limited to 500 copies + fine art book, limited to 500 copies

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pre-order : September 05th / official release : September 19th, 2016

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Danny Clay : piano, voice, harmonium, viola
Paula Karolak : viola
2015-2016, San Francisco, CA

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Katrien De Blauwer
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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Links :

Danny Clay : 
https://soundcloud.com/dclaymusic
Katrien De Blauwer : 
http://www.katriendeblauwer.com
IIKKI :
http://www.iikki-books.com
https://iikki.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/iikki.books


Danny Clay - Stills (album preview)

“SOS” is part of a larger dance score composed by Madeleine Cocolas in collaboration with the VALLETO Dance Company for their upcoming Season 4 program. 

VALLETO’s “SOS” explores the nature of the soul in chaos with now unrecognizable memories. 

Thanks to VALLETO Artistic Director Valeria Gonzalez and Tim Held from Self Center Records."

II (from EP "SOS")

From 'Idea Region' cassette, out soon on Muzan Editions
https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/idea-region

IDEA REGION - norm mastered

Lassen

Cousin Silas - Lost In Autumn

////////// Kazuya Matsumoto x stabilo / and answer //////////

music:Kazuya Matsumoto x stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

mix / masterd : stabilo

artwork : stabilo

all reserved : equal cinema

■ 音楽家、サウンドアーティスト、作曲家、打楽器奏者の松本一哉さんとのコラボ曲を3分ほどにまとめたダイジェストver.です。

2/24にアートギャラリーミヤウチで行われる「equal cinema vol.01」来場者の方のみに配布されるデジタルトラック音源です。（非売品）

- equal cinema vol.01 -

2019 2/24 @アートギャラリーミヤウチ 2F,3F 
(広島県廿日市市宮内4347−2)

開場 / 開演：13:00 / 14:00

チケット通し券 / 前売り 2,500円 / 当日 2,800円
チケット各部券 / 前売り 1,000円 / 当日 1,200円

:GUEST 

■ 松本一哉

:LIVE

■ Gallery Six

■ 田淵祐喜

■ nensow 

■ 遊神

■ stabilo

■ 諌山元貴(映像)

■ カワサキ スン(ライブペインティング)

■ 志水児王(展示)

企画 equal cinema / 協力 アートギャラリーミヤウチ

http://equalcinema.com

kazuya Matsumoto x stabilo - and answer - digest

caduceus ep. (bandcamp digital download ep.)

stabilo-loadbang.bandcamp.com/album/caduceus-ep

:art work

stabilo (speaker gain teardrop

download

pulse of rain

resolve ep. (bandcamp digital download ep.)

https://stabilo-loadbang.bandcamp.com/album/resolve-ep

music / mixed / mastered by stabilo 

:art work

stabilo (speaker gain teardrop)

downlaod

saule

opening track from “On the Sorrow of Firn” by @Hilyard
https://hilyard.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-sorrow-of-firn

On the Sorrow of Firn

Hilyard - Snowpack

from 'Miscellany' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den348
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/origamibiro

After an almost 6 year hiatus, and the break up of the audio-visual trio it had evolved into, Origamibiro returns with Miscellany, a body of work amassed during the years since the release of 2014’s Odham’s Standard.

Though the group never officially disbanded, a number of life-changing events meant it simply became impossible to continue together. As such, the project organically reverted back to the solo pursuits of composer Tom Hill. Fellow multi-instrumentalist Andy Tytherleigh, however, remains a strong collaborator.

Miscellany comprises a varied mixture of work, ranging from electroacoustic to orchestral chamber music. Drawing upon much of the found-sound style for which Origamibiro became known, the DIY approach to sampling and composing continues to play a central role in the process.

Exploration into the tangible nature of everyday objects and textures - both in and outside of the home - is a theme relished in much of Origamibiro’s work. Forest brambles and plastic toy Easter eggs are examined in surgical detail alongside the debris of demolished piano parts, to be repurposed into whatever sonic potential they offer up.

However, new additions to the instrumental palette - viola da gamba, piano, zither, singing bowl, glockenspiel, drum machines and gongs - contribute to an even broader timbre.

Miscellany will be released on Denovali, March 2021.

Miscellany

Origamibiro - Swan In The Sand

Clara Engel & Bradley Sean Alexander - Made of Light

///// free download ep. /////

http://speakergainteardrop.com/stabilo

Based in Hiroshima, Japan, stabilo is the solo project of Yasutica Horibe.He plays the guitar in the band, 'speaker gain teardrop', which is based in Hiroshima.'stabilo' was born when he started making music that was difficult to be expressed by this band using the laptop from 2002. 


kazuya Matsumoto x stabilo - and answer - digest

stabilo-speaker-gain

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