Musique Concrète assignment results from the Storytelling Through Sound master course at University of Twente 2025-2026 Q2A

Kaushik - Conversations

Vlad - Dice Game

Luit - Cancelling Noise

Gijs - Droplets

Katharina - On Deck

Kevin - Industrial Organisms

Jennifer - Escuta

There is a quiet moment as winter begins to loosen its grip, when the frost softens, the light lingers a little longer, and time seems to gently unfold. With 'Piano Distance', Japanese composer Nakamura Hiroyuki invites us into that fragile threshold between seasons.

A pianist, composer, and visual artist working at the intersection of acoustic instrumentation and electronic processing, Nakamura’s work dissolves boundaries, between sound and environment, between memory and presence. His compositions weave together piano, field recordings, and textured electronics, forming immersive soundscapes that feel as much like places as they do pieces of music.

Where earlier works traced a dialogue between cultures and sonic traditions, 'Piano Distance' turns inward towards stillness, reflection, and quiet transformation.

This is music of thaw.

Delicate piano phrases surface like meltwater, tracing gentle paths through layers of drifting texture and soft harmonic haze. Sounds emerge, linger, and dissolve, carrying with them the subtle tension of something changing, something opening.

Time no longer feels suspended, but unfurling.

Moments stretch and release, folding softly into one another, echoes of winter still present, yet slowly giving way to light. There is a tenderness here, a sense of transition: of memory beginning to fade, of stillness giving way to movement, of endings quietly becoming beginnings.

Nakamura’s process remains intuitive and deeply atmospheric. Rather than imposing structure, he allows the music to gather and recede naturally, like frost melting from a surface, revealing what lies beneath. The result is a work that feels both intimate and quietly expansive-a meditation on impermanence, on seasonal change, and on the gentle passage from stillness into motion.

With 'Piano Distance', Nakamura Hiroyuki joins the Fluid Audio catalogue with a release that resonates with its ethos, yet carries its own distinct clarity: restrained, luminous, and deeply contemplative. This is music for the in-between-for the first warmth after cold, for the slow return of light, for the moments when the world begins again.

Nakamura Hiroyuki - Folded Hours in Frost

An evening field recording captured on a bridge over a mountain stream in Szczawnica, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains, Poland. The main sonic element is the sound of a dog barking, echoing through the calm mountain surroundings. In the background, occasional human voices can be heard along with the constant flow of the stream beneath the bridge, creating a natural atmosphere of the place.


Equipment:

Recorder: Sony PCM A10, on-board mics

Evening Dog Barking | Mountain Stream, Field Recording

A field recording from a mountain meadow in the White Water Nature Reserve (Biała Woda), Pieniny, Poland. At the center of the soundscape is a herd of cows peacefully grazing in an open space. The dominant element is the rhythmic, metallic sound of bells hanging from their necks. In the background, subtle sounds of grass being chewed can be heard, along with occasional mooing, adding authenticity and a strong sense of the animals’ presence. Altogether, it creates a calm, immersive soundscape that captures the atmosphere of a summer day on a mountain meadow.


Equipment:

Recorder: Sony PCM A10, on-board mics

Mountain Meadow Cowbells Ambience | Field Recording | Pieniny, Poland

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