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This month's guest mix comes from the talented young composer, pianist, and label owner Sergio Diaz De Rojas @bonjoursergio.  With releases on famed labels like 7K!, Sonder House, or Deutsche Grammophon, as well as an impressive output on his very own Piano & Coffee Records, this Peruvian musician is taking the world by storm. He prepared a mellow, delicate, and intricate journey alongside an insightful interview for us.

Tracklist + Interview

Subtempo Mix 030 - Sergio Díaz De Rojas

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Le Parapluie

"Night Walk II" is a slow, meditative piece inspired by Rome and the unique moments of contemplation and silence that a night walk can offer.

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Night Walk II

Like a drop in the ocean, this track has a pressing delicacy capable of disrupting, with the slightest of the movement, the impetuosity of the sea. The piano notes seem to sing an ancestral story that reaches directly to the listener's soul. A state of uncertainty, between the cheerful and the mournful, permeates the entire experience of the track.

Stereociglia

My Significant Other

Luca Longobardi - My Significant Other (Original Mix)

In a sonic world which currently appears to be saturated with meditative and reflective music, it seems too hard to meditate and then reflect upon the meaning of this saturation. Is it the fact that we’re all receding into quietude and need a bit more space for all our mental health, or is it simply the machinery behind the scenes that works like a suggestive algorithm to feed us more of what we want? I suspect the truth lies somewhere in between because it’s a little bit of both. Thankfully, I think I can see right through the latter, and bring you closer to the former because there are a few artists, and more importantly, record labels, that really focus on aesthetics, delivering music that connects every listener, and not just dilutes them with more of the same. In this particular case, I am speaking, of course, of Moderna, which since 2015, has been offering us beautiful gems. With their latest release, this Montreal-based imprint is introducing us to a Polish composer and pianist, Piotr Wiese. Building upon a successful string of film soundtracks, singles and albums, Wiese is currently working on a new LP for the label, but today we can get a sneak preview into his world with a charming title track, taken from his upcoming EP in September. “Coming Home” is a lovingly executed solo piano piece, with roots in European romanticism and newly-born branches in contemporary classical and reductionist minimalism genres – exactly how I like it. It’s a poetic melody that comforts and quilts, reminding me so much of those meditative and reflective pieces that I love so much to console in, even if they come from a turbulent mind of my own.

"Coming Home is all about a journey – the one you undertake to get to know your true self. Sometimes a lot of time has to pass to get to the place where you live your own life, rather than the lives of others. And then when you get to that place it feels like ‘coming home’ from a long journey. There can nonetheless be sadness because there are people, often loved ones, you have to leave behind to live in peace with yourself amidst the joy of the return to self."

Coming Home

TRACK PREMIERE : Piotr Wiese - Coming Home

Three Sisters

Three Sisters 1

Olof Cornéer  & Mika Takehara - Three Sisters I

This time for Daigo's rework of 'Seis' (originally written by Hiroko Murakami), he recorded the track through his newly modified DIY preamps and a pair of echo machines.

The space and the timing between each notes are carefully calculated and played while the echoed sounds are generated somewhat unintentionally with the tape flutters, this track gives its listeners a whole new experience and perceptions of the instrument and also gives the glimpse of Daigo's musical world.

@ Grulla Records

Seis

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Seis (Daigo Hanada Rework)

For your enjoyment, happyness and mental health.
@Brombaer

Fljóta & Brombaer - Unknown Passage

S.O.L Best of Album is out 16.3.2018 !
finally, physical CD and digital release is availabe in all major stores

I am so happy to announce that finally you can get and order my physical Best of CD in all major german stores. Even better, many markets already have them on stock. Here is the list:

Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann Berlin
Media Markt Berlin
Saturn Braunschweig
Saturn Bremen
Saturn Frankfurt
Saturn Hamburg
Saturn Köln
Saturn Magdeburg
Hot Rats Magdeburg
Media Markt Ulm
JPC

For all my fans outside Germany you can of course get your copy on my website (dirkmaassen.com)or on amazon. Also the album is ready to stream and to download on all digital stores around like spotify, deezer, apple music, amazon, google play, and many more.

Skin on Skin // Dirk Maassen

We Came and Left (Solo Piano)
Released on 1631 Recordings; as part of the "Piano Cloud Series Vol 5".

We Came And Left - Solo Piano

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.

Glass Island (Reworked)

Silent Story

TRACK PREMIERE : Richard Luke - Silent Story (Rework)

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