77 (2020), is the second movement of For Ash (2019-21), a short, three-movement work for solo piano dedicated to my friend, Ash Mistry. In contrast to some of my earlier piano music, there is greater focus on melodic design and variations in harmonic voicing and less on structural symmetry, balancing lyrical and systematic aspects. Each of the three movements explores a melodic line in two parallel voices, mostly in intervals of a third in the first movement and fourths in the other two.

Composed February 2020
Recorded April 2022, unedited take on digital piano

Photo: Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, Caledon, 2020

Music and composer’s notes copyright Bruce A. Russell 2025

For Ash, II. 77

Performed and produced by Eliott Leger
Mastered by Martin Englert 
Composed by Max Richter
Published by Mute Song

On the nature of daylight

On the Nature of Daylight (Piano Version)

MIMINOIMI podcast #32
- Tsuyu -
by H.Takahashi
@whitecompany

June in Japan marks the rainy season. During this time, the weather is often unstable and the atmospheric pressure tends to be low, which generally creates a gloomy climate. However, the rainfall is usually gentle, making it a cool and pleasantly beautiful season as well.
This mix captures a day in Japan’s rainy season (Tsuyu/梅雨).
Please listen while imagining the soft, continuous drizzle falling gently from the sky.

6月の日本は雨季です。この季節は天候が不安定で気圧が低く一般的に憂鬱な気候ですが、雨足は穏やかでひんやりと心地の良い美しい季節でもあります。そんな日本の雨季(Tsuyu/梅雨)の１日を表現したミックスです。しとしととやさしく降り続ける雨を想像して聴いてください

- Track Lists - 
dudal - i'm no longer found
Loto Retina - Oisiveté En Milieu Aquatique
Sarah Sikorie  - Solslimerne i Stavns Fjord (Littorina littorea)
Olli Aarni - Nurmettunut
Knud Viktor - Ambiance 2
Yoshitake Kawai - Bussei - 01 Second January
Nanna Elvin Hansen - Whirl
R. Pierre - 34.039139, -118.892818
R. Pierre - 34.316942, -118.256334
Takashi Kokubo - 夜の音風景[安雲野] 1
florence cats - sails veils
Knud Viktor - image 3
Knud Viktor - image 2
dudal - wait for it

-Selector-
H.Takahashi
@whitecompany

A Tokyo-based composer and architect, he has been running the record store Kankyo Records since 2021.
His ambient works have been released on international labels such as Where To Now? (UK), Not Not Fun (US), Dauw and Aguirre (Belgium), and White Paddy Mountain (Japan).
He is also active in the live unit UNKNOWN ME with Yakenohara, P-RUFF, and Yudai Osawa, and performs as a member of Atoris.
In 2024, he launched a new project called H TO O with Kohei Oyamada, his collaborator in Atoris. Their debut album Cycle was released on the UK label Wisdom Teeth.

東京を拠点とする作曲家/建築家。2021年からレコードストア【Kankyo Records】を経営。作曲家としてUKの【Where To Now?】、USの【Not Not Fun】、ベルギーの【Dauw】や【Aguirre】、日本の【White Paddy Mountain】といったレーベルからアンビエント作品をリリース。また、やけのはら、P-RUFF、Yudai OsawaとのライブユニットUNKNOWN MEの他、Atorisとしても活動。2024年から、Atorisで活動を共にするKohei Oyamadaとのユニット”H TO O”として活動を開始、デビューアルバム『Cycle』がUK【Wisdom Teeth】よりリリースされた。

- Artwork -
www.instagram.com/loid0001/

#32 - Tsuyu - by H.Takahashi

Daigo has a new piano - a tiny vintage steinway.

New Piano..

“Unfaded” is an instrumental piece by Laumin that portrays a wish that never fades, suspended between moments of time. Featuring prayer-like piano and strings that shimmer like moonlight, the piece gently accompanies introspective and quiet hours. This is the third single from Laumin, a neoclassical project that depicts scenes of a dawn that never existed.

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Une chanson née du silence après la chute. Voix fragile, piano discret, douleur contenue. “Below the Silence” explore ce qu’il reste quand l’amour s’effondre et que chaque mot devient un poids. Une confession à voix basse, quelque part entre l’ombre et l’espoir. 

Mon premier morceau.

A song born from silence after the collapse. Fragile voice, minimal piano, restrained pain. “Below the Silence” explores what remains when love falls apart and every word carries weight. A whispered confession, between shadow and hope. 

My first song.

🎧 Follow for more emotional darkness.
🔗 Also on Instagram: @tonpseudo
#darkpiano #emotionalmetal #spokentruth #soloartist #belowthesilence #darkmusic

French Translation:

[Couplet 1]
Tu as arraché le mensonge dans lequel je vivais.
Et tout… s’est effondré.
Maintenant je me tiens, là…
Dans les ruines de mon propre enfer.
Et j’ai honte.
Honte de ne jamais avoir vu ses flammes.

[Couplet 2]
J’ai sombré trop lentement pour voir venir.
Trop engourdi pour ressentir… juste en train de disparaître.
Puis je me suis vu…
Et j’ai ressenti la haine.
Pour ce que j’étais.
Pour ce que vous avez subi.

[Refrain]
Si je te perds…
Je disparais dans le noir.
La lumière s’éteint — je disparais.
Tu es la drogue sous ma peau.
La voix que j’entends… quand tout est parti.
Je saignerai pour chaque faute que j’ai commise.
Je me décomposerai dans ce qui reste encore.
Chaque souffle épelle encore ton nom.
Plus de rêves.
Juste une mort silencieuse.

[Couplet 3]
Tes yeux ne parlent plus.
L’amour est parti, je disparais.
Mais je trouverai un moyen…
D’atteindre ton cœur
Et de souffler une étincelle…
Sur ta confiance en morceaux.

[Épilogue]
Si tu peux encore m’entendre…
Les mots sont venus. Maintenant.
Je ne demanderai pas de pitié.
Je ne supplierai pas pour le passé.
J’ai tout détruit.
S’il reste une seule braise en toi…
Je donnerai mon sang pour qu’elle s’enflamme.
Pour trouver un nouveau chemin pour nous.
Même si ça doit me tuer.
Je ne suis plus celui que j’étais…
Il est mort le jour où j’ai perdu ton cœur.
Mais je suis encore à toi —
si tu veux encore de moi.

Lyrics:

You ripped away the lie I lived.
And everything… came crashing down.
Now I stand…
In the wreck of my own hell.
And I’m ashamed.
Ashamed I never saw the flames.

I sank too slow to see it coming.
Too numb to feel… just fading out.
Then I saw myself…
And felt the hate.
For what I was.
For what you faced.

If I lose you…
I fade to black.
The light goes out — I disappear.
You're the drug under my skin.
The voice I hear… when all is gone.
I'll bleed through every fault I made.
I'll decay inside what still remains.
Every breath still spells your name.
No more dreams.
Just quiet death.

Your eyes don’t speak anymore.
The love is gone.
And I… fade away.
But I’ll find a way…
To reach your heart.
And breathe a spark…
On your trust in shards.

If you can still hear me…
The words came. Now.
I won’t ask for mercy.
I won’t beg for the past.
I shattered it all.
If there’s a single ember left in you…
I’ll give my blood to make it flame.
To find a new way for us.
Even if it kills me.
I’m not who I was…
He died the day I lost your heart.
But I’m still yours —
if you still want me.

Below The Silence [Dark Piano / Emotional Metal]

A delicate piano phrase intertwines with the gentle resonance of strings, depicting a serene scene where subtle sorrow and faint hope coexist. The poetic, wavering soundscape stands as a symbolic piece that embodies the world of Laumin.

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להתגבר על יום האסון

Piano & Strings-based Instrumental "Unight" is an instrumental piece by Laumin that explores the ambiguous moments of a night leaning into dawn. Through a delicate interplay of piano and strings, the music gently embraces the sense of something ending while quietly beginning anew. Like night softly leaning into morning, it reflects a fleeting, tender transition in sound.

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Fogo Corredor" is a hypnotic exploration of minimalist soundscapes, blending ambient textures with post-classical and electronic influences. Inspired by the works of Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sunn O))), and Vektroid, the track evolves around a central motif that morphs through layered arrangements—where acoustic introspection meets digital experimentation. Originally released in 2024, the composition was later expanded into a video art piece supported by Brazil’s Lei Paulo Gustavo, further deepening its meditative narrative. A gateway into Smhir’s forthcoming genre-defying album, arriving 2025.

Fogo Corredor

Released under the iiP moniker, ‘SEN’ is the latest work by sound designer Setsuya KUROTAKI - a three-part composition shaped by field recordings, live instrumentation, and finely calibrated programming.

Constructed as a musical self-dialogue involving his alter-egos "Sebastian Kline" and "Nicolie Binara", the work examines the fluidity of sound materials and the emergence of emotion through the conceptual frames of “Sequence,” “Environment,” and “Neutral.”

Balancing restraint and organic layering, it can be read as a subtle disturbance of the boundary between interiority and environment.

Piano / Sebastian Kline
generative sounds / Nicolie Binara
all instruments, program,
produce and mastered by Setsuya KUROTAKI

artwork / Seth Black
www.instagram.com/seth6lack/

Environment

Sequence

Alexandre Condessa is a violinist and composer that defines his music genre has Dark Alternative Neoclassical. His self-titled EP is an introduction to his music style — a blend of sentimental melodies, dark ambience and (occasionally) elements from electronic music.

2 Forgotten Lullaby

3 Chasing Oblivion

4 The Unfinished

1 Fearless Wish

Jean-Michel Blais - amour (for a love that withstands time)

The Hunt of Wolves is my most experimental and electronic work to date — a dark, intimate score composed for the theater play by Becca Hoback and Mihail Bonev.

Set in a post-Soviet dystopia, the music explores surveillance, fear, submission, and resistance through fractured melodies, ambient textures, and dissonant electronic landscapes. Each track echoes the emotional shifts of a man trapped under the gaze of invisible eyes, hunted not by beasts — but by systems.

This is not background music. It is a sonic stage.
A poetic descent into control, chaos, and what remains of the self.

The Administration

Bosques de mi Mente is the moniker of Spanish composer Ignacio Nieto Carvajal, a minimalist composer of contemporary and cinematic music. He launched the project in 2007 in Spain, focusing on evocative, nostalgic soundscapes that explore the tension between noise and silence, memory and present reality.

Bosques de mi Mente blends piano, strings, found sounds, and electronic textures to craft music that pushes the boundaries of ambient, cinematic, and experimental genres. His compositions often evoke childhood memories and emotional landscapes, creating a fragile balance between chaos and calm . Several of his works are entirely improvised, captured in single takes to preserve their raw intimacy.

His compositions have been featured in films and theater productions, and performed internationally at festivals such as ROJO/Nova in São Paulo and events across Iceland and Brazil. His work has also been recognized with awards for best soundtrack in both stage and film contexts..

-Adventurous music
-Connecting and exchange
-Diverse collaborative projects

MIMINOIMI (from JPN), the organizer of the festival Ambient / Week, is now launching a podcast.
With a focus on introducing adventurous music, building creative networks domestically and internationally, and fostering collaboration across diverse fields, MIMINOIMI aims to bring these goals to life even further. Along with producing live shows and talk events, MIMINOIMI is launching the ”MIMINOIMI podcast”.

In the post-pandemic era and the age of streaming, the diversity of online music platforms has reached new heights. In this context, the "MIMINOIMI podcast" serves as an experimental space that complements live events, supporting new forms of music distribution, connection, and development.

The podcast will feature a range of content, including ambient mixes by DJs, intimate music selections from musicians’ bedrooms, and various discussions and interviews related to sound and music. These will be shared from multiple angles on SoundCloud.

Eliott Leger is based on Île de Sein, an island of Western Brittany where he lives and writes.

"Lux" is his uplifting upcoming debut album.

Eliott is not on social media but writes a monthly newsletter !

New & vintage compositions / lo-fi / analog

Setsuya KUROTAKI (iiP, Nicolie Binara, Sebastian Kline)
[Multidisciplinary Artist / Producer / Selector / Sound Designer, TOKYO, Japan]

Setsuya KUROTAKI continues to implement a wide range of creative works centred on “Sound” across society, including sound production for domestic and international fashion shows, sound branding for commercial facilities, and sound design for visual works, public spaces and mobility.

As a musician, he participates in numerous live performances and recordings, performs as a guest artist, and uses various stage names to give performances around the world.
Setsuya’s sphere of activity is broad and varied - music direction for domestic and international fashion shows,
sound branding for commercial facilities, sound design for websites, as well as composing for film and various sound installations.
So far his work has taken him to all the key locations around the world -
Paris, London, New York, Milano as well as Taiwan, Shanghai, Hong Kong and of course his hometown Tokyo.
Setsuya often features as a performing musician in studio recording and live stage situations and tours nationwide as a DJ / Music Selector.

i practice turning people into trees which means appreciating them just the way they are

Laumin is a music project based in Japan.
After the dawn, still—the moon remains.

Instrumental project born from silence and decay. Between fragile piano and haunting textures, each track speaks what can’t be said. Below the Silence and No Way For Redemption are fragments left behind — for those who understand.

New tracks tagged #Postclassical