Keyboardist/Piano Works

A little arrangement I did for the jazz standard 'The Nearness Of You' and that I had the pleasure to play with my guys in my musical college degree concert!
This was actually the birth of the whole project, so it is so special for me :)
Enjoy!
The Big Blind, Piano
George Henriquez, drums
Mathieu Popinot, contrabass

The Big Blind Trio - The Nearness Of You (Live at the EMC + live at the Magokoro )

It was a rainy day; so we decided to try telling just that with no words ;)
Pau Sotelo, Guitar.
The Big Blind, keys.
Carlos Sotos, drums.

Pau Sotelo Trio - Raining (Free Improv)

Introducing: The Big Blind Trio Project (Official Trailer)
Watch the official video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/1raoZx-1Pr4
 I’m incredibly excited and honored to finally release the culmination of this long long journey!
Since the earliest beginnings of my passion for music, I fully fell in love with electronics! With the infinite sound possibilities, the limitless creativity and the lack of stablished rules at all… And I had the certainty that it was the vibration of my whole generation. The soundtrack for this moment of history!
But somehow I always felt like if something was missing. Some kind of breath, of inaccuracy, of swing…
So then I suddenly discovered Jazz! And I found there a feeling that was so truly alive! So spontaneous! Free from the limits of the mind. And it instantly became my part time lover!
Once there in the middle between my two beloveds; I saw cristal clear that I wanted to make electronic music; but also to have people playing in real time! Listening, interacting, creating something fresh in the moment that couldn’t ever be repeated…
So after studying jazz piano improvisation  and electronic music production for about 6 years; I had the great lucky break to meet these two amazingly talented sailers who arrived my boat and joined me on this trip to the unknown: George Henriquez and Mathieu Popinot! A pair of the most egoless musicians I’ve ever known and with the determination to make whatever kind of music without any prejudices! So we founded together an electro-acoustic trio and created an immersive experience from the roots of jazz to the depths of dubstep!
I always loved the concept of a jazz standard as just a little seed that could grow into almost anything else; and I modestly had the idea of making the most iconic tunes of the EDM era to become the new standards! So I took some of the music from my idols that changed my mind and arranged it to be playable as a trio, leaving a big gap for improvisation!
Shout out for the fathers of the whole game and the ones who first pushed my curiosity further from just electronics!
Tracklist:
1/4: Haywyre - Doppelganger.
2: Koan Sound - Meanwhile, In the future.
3: Geotheory - Aphrodite.
5: Savant - Sledgehammer.
And also a massive thank to Moka Collective and HV for the amazing video and audio recording!
Oh, and how not? A honorable mention for the final cut edit to my brother M1RK0 with the guidance of this blind crazy director hahaha…
I can’t believe I fulfilled this dream of mine this early in my career; but this is just the beginning!
Follow the incredible team behind this video! It won’t have been posible without each and all of them!
The Big Blind (Arrangements, keyboards and teaser direction):
https://www.instagram.com/thebigblindmusic/
George Henriquez (Drums):
https://www.instagram.com/georgehbdrums/
Mathieu Popinot (Double Bass):
https://www.instagram.com/mathieupopinot_dbass/
Moka Collective (Video recording and editing):
https://www.instagram.com/moka.collective/
HV (Audio recording, mixing and mastering):
https://www.instagram.com/hagridvoid/
Mirko Nisenson AKA M1RK0 (Final teaser cut n visual effects):
https://www.instagram.com/mirkonisenson/
And follow the masters:
Haywyre:
https://www.instagram.com/haywyre/
Koan Sound:
https://www.instagram.com/koansound/
Geotheory:
https://www.instagram.com/vangeogh/
Savant:
https://www.instagram.com/savantofficial/
The Big Blind everywhere:
SC:
https://soundcloud.com/the-big-blind
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QwGrl6Xk1MlvbQ5epmS2X?si=f7f9ebe72d424020
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/thebigblindmus

Introducing The Big Blind Trio Project (Official Trailer Audio) “Full Video In Description”

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□ 𝗮 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 □

𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 (𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝) 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.
𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕, 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗-𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜' 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍'𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎. 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

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□ 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦 □

𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚂𝚗𝚘𝚠 - 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔
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𝙻𝚞𝚒́𝚜 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚘 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍 - 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛
𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗 - 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚊 𝚁𝚘𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜 - 𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛
𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 - 𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚃𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙻𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚜 - 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛
𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚂𝚗𝚘𝚠 - 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 '𝚂𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑'
𝙼𝚊𝚡𝚒 𝚁𝚘𝚊𝚍 - 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗, 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚛
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝙱𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍 - 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜, 𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 [𝙵𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚑𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜]
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 - 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑
𝚅𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚐𝚘 - 𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛
𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 - 𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛
𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝙰𝚛𝚍𝚘́𝚜𝚒𝚊 - 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊

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To Repel Ghosts;

Dissonance; [B-X° / N O I 47ᴬ]

I'm so excited to finally drop a piano solo record and this one in particular as long as it's the most challenging thing I've ever done as a pianist!!!
Back in 2021 because of my jazz degree final exam; my dear teacher German Kucich sent me this crazy tune and challenged me to transcribe it!
I immediately fell in love with it, so I started right away just with my phone cause I was out of town hahahaha...
During the last course year I transcribed every single note while GK guided me on interpretation nuances and trained me to get that og Brazilian swing!
It was a crazily beautiful journey and I can't be more thankful for him to have been the best piano mentor I could ever ask for!
So after a year of work, I got to play it live as part of my degree concert together with The Big Blind Trio guys and I can't actually manage to think I did it nowadays!
I found lately this oneshot midi recording from one of my trainings and I went crazy about it; so deff wanted to share it!
Also shout out to my man @mirko_nisenson for lending me his smooth virtual piano so that it's not the craziest piano tune with the crappiest piano sound ever lmao.
Hope you enjoy it.
May check if I can drop it to DSPs as my closing release of the year.
Listen to the original recording in the meantime:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/4DJf2haVEiox84VpKWXkn3?si=be47ea713c1649d8
And thanks to Cesar Camargo Mariano for being one of the most amazing and inspiring pianists on earth!!!
Stay tuned ;)

Cesar Camargo Mariano - Samambaia (Piano Transcription + Oneshot Challenge)

Blind producer, keyboardist, vocalist and electronic music composer.
Building some sound bridges between distant music worlds :)
Contact: thebigblindmusic@gmail.com

Unrequited Self Love Story LP (Analysis & Review On Bustena):
https://bustena.wordpress.com/2024/05/21/un-album-electronico-unrequited-self-love-story/

A blind producer? Like: Blind blind?
Yea! Shanti Vega AKA The big blind barely sees and he makes music with a frenetic talking computer!!! How the hell he does it? IDK ask him…
With a jazz piano training, a classical music background and a soulish passion for electronic music; this artist brings a take on the EDM scene that incorporates elements from all genres, but being none of them at all.
Based in Spain; he shows quite a versatile career as a keyboardist and producer; oscillating from all kinds of electronics to pop & rap vocals, acid bebop soloing, smooth jazz piano arrangements or even all improvised Avantgarde music.
He also leads The Big Blind Trio: A band project that covers from the roots of blues and modern forms of jazz to electro-acoustic arrangements for the electronic music pioneers such as Koan Sound, Haywyre or Savant:
https://youtu.be/1raoZx-1Pr4
He made his first appearance with his ‘Looking For Soundland’ project in 2019: A record conceived as a film without image; and then focused on studying the professional jazz piano degree in the EMC in Madrid; earning experience as a live performer in varied formats like ambience smooth jazz for background in formal events, jazz fusion dance bands, big band, duo comping singers and even leading his own jam session (The big Blind & Friends) as the resident musician. He also participated as a keyboardist and arranger for studio recordings with projects like The Estupendos or Chris and the Beats.
After finishing his studies in 2021: He got more serious into producing. Getting to work on the music for some of the most promising Spanish artists like Edna Free, Sol Bontempy, Paraíso Calero or Granuxi; while continued his personal experimentation with diverse electronic genres.
In 2023, he signed his debut album release with the brand new emerging label @wearesilkenwood with a whole vocalist project himself: His Unrequited Self Love Story LP! A full length album that oscillates from the hardest forms of bass music to the mellowest harmonies. And he came back on the label with his Funny Money EP in 2024: A country/dubstep/cinematic/jazz record??? Whatever hahaha...
He have been also seen on other well known labels of the underground such as @intrinzic-music, @phono-records & @novelchapters

‘My biggest goal in music is to fuse the sound possibilities of electronics with the freedom of jazz improvisation, the transcendence of classical music, the easiness of pop, the punch of hip hop and maybe also the rage of rock? Who knows where this journey will take me hahaha... Wish me luck!

Discord: thebigblindmusic