Track taken from the forthcoming album Eaten Alive.

Released on LP/CD/Digital through Denovali on the 31st January 2014

Pre-order here:
http://www.denovali.com/talvihorros/


Talvihorros - The Secrets Of The Sky

Katze Perle

múm (Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Smárason & Samuli Kosminen) live at Radialsystem on 14 February, 2016.

Together with the percussionist Samuli Kosminen, the founding members of múm, Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Smárason, performed an improvised live score to “Menschen am Sonntag”, a masterpiece of silent film. 

Special thanks to the artists for a great performance, to Jan Gieseke for the amazing sound and to Carlo Grippa for mastering this tune.
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artist.
Photo: Markus Werner

múm plays Menschen am Sonntag @ UM:LAUT -  Live Snippet 1

We haven't done one of these mixes for a long old time!

A collection of tracks forthcoming on the record label and a few personal favs from the past 12 months.

Headphones advisable...

Enjoy 


Off-Key Sessions: Home

Wall Sailor

The Swifter - Steel Murmuration

Artist: Hauschka
Title: Constant Growth Fails 
Album: What If 
Release Date: March 31, 2017

Pre-order North America: https://www.temporaryresidence.com/products/trr290
Pre-Order ROW: http://hauschka.lnk.to/whatif

Since 2004, Volker Bertelmann – aka Hauschka – has, steadily earned a remarkable reputation as a purveyor of imaginative, distinctive, prepared piano music. On What If – which finds him adding player pianos (also known as pianolas) to his arsenal – Bertelmann expands his range even further, defying expectations and delivering what is without a doubt his most ingenious album yet
While engaging with his trademark technique of utilizing unusual objects – art erasers, for example – to treat (or ‘prepare’) the piano, Hauschka also programmed parts for player pianos, exploiting the speed at which they could play, manipulating the resulting sounds, and building layers to emphasize a composition’s meter.
What If aims to provoke reflection beyond the musical sphere with the titles of the both the album and its individual tracks. Overflowing with haunting melodies, mysterious sounds, and complex patterns, What If crowns an extraordinary couple of years for Hauschka. Likely to prove one of 2017’s most original albums, What If redefines the very notion of piano music in dramatic and exceptional fashion. It stands as a rebuttal to those who lazily shoehorn Hauschka’s work into the so-called, uncomfortably broad ‘new classical’ category, and instead underlines his status as a unique and invaluable artist.

© Temporary Residence Ltd. & City Slang

What If

Hauschka - Constant Growth Fails

Pre-order 'All Together Again' on LP/CD/DL: phonofile.link/all-together-again

There is no end to composer Peter Broderick’s creative output, and so we present to you his new album titled 'All Together Again' — available worldwide on November 17th 2017 via Erased Tapes.

Words from Peter, October 2017:

"Ever since I started releasing records in 2007 (10 years ago now!), people have contacted me periodically to ask if I’d be interested in making music to accompany their projects. Most of these projects have been things like films, dance pieces and theatre plays . . . but every so often I get the odd request for something a little different. Peter, would you write a song for my wedding? My one year anniversary? A ferry boat ride?

In early 2015 I was asked to perform 12 minutes of music during a runway show as part of New York Fashion Week. I agreed and began composing a 12-minute piece which I could perform on my own with a few different instruments and some looping pedals. I made a recording of the piece and sent it over to my contacts at the fashion show . . . but a few days before I was to fly out to New York, they wrote back and told me they actually just wanted me to play a few older songs that they were already familiar with. Feeling slightly disappointed, I shelved the other piece, giving it the title If I Were A Runway Model.

It is with great pleasure that I now present this piece in a collection of commissioned works spanning the last decade . . . it’s All Together Again. This group of oddball works does indeed include a couple pieces written for weddings (Our Future In Wedlock and The Walk), and a song someone asked me to write as a gift for his wife on their first year wedding anniversary (Emily). And indeed, there’s a 17-minute piece written to accompany a ferry boat ride in Istanbul (A Ride On The Bosphorus). A few of the pieces were written for films (Robbie’s Song, Atlantic and Seeing Things), and one for a kind of interactive installation (Unsung Heroes).

In my early days of recording, I took pride in playing all the different instruments myself and doing the recording myself as well. And then at some point I started branching out, working with other musicians and recording engineers. But this record is very dear to me in that it’s a return to that original approach . . . playing all the different instruments myself, working with my limits on each one, and my own limits in recording and mixing. I’ve always held a broad curiosity for all different instruments and all different styles of music, and if nothing else I hope this record will portray that curiosity, and my pure love for this thing we call music. Can you dig it?"

The cover art was made by Peter himself in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, by cutting and sticking different coloured paper fragments to depict the individuality of each track.

TRACK LISTING

1. If I Were A Runway Model
2. Robbie’s Song
3. A Ride On The Bosphorus
4. Emily
5. Our Future In Wedlock	
6. The Walk
7. Atlantic 
8. Seeing Things
9. Unsung Heroes

WEBSITE: www.peterbroderick.net

All Together Again

Peter Broderick - Robbie's Song

Ívar's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ivarpetur

YuleTrackList:
Fairuz - Talj Talj
Brunaliðið - Það á að gefa börnum brauð (Ívar Pétur Edit)
Mike, Peggy And Penny Seeger (Rounder 0268) - Look Away To Betlehem(Ívar Pétur nennir Mash)
Kenny Rogers Og Dolly Parton - A Christmas To Remember
Skakkamanage - Costa del Jol (Apfelblut edit)
Skapti Ólafsson - Sleðaferð (Apfelblut edit)
Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes
Katla María - Ég fæ jólagjöf
Rúnar Júlíusson - Friður á jörð
María Baldursdóttir - Gefðu mér gott í skóinn
Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson - Hátíð í bæ
Meco Monardo - R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas (feat. John Bongiovi aka Jon Bon Jovi)
Gáttaþefur - Ég set góðgæti í skóinn
Les Chanteurs de Noël - Et Les Cloches Sonnanient
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Auld Lang Syne (Feat. S.P.M)
Ellý Vilhjálms - Agnarlítill angi 
Mike, Peggy And Penny Seeger - Oh, Mary And The Baby (Ívar Pétur Jólastuðstund Mash)
Heikki Juhani - Talvihalla (Rati-Riti-Ralla)
Louis Prima - Senor Santa Claus
Vulfpeck - Christmas in LA
The Angels - Snowflakes and Teardrops
múm - Nú er Gunna á nýju skónum
Fairuz -Sawt el eid

Örvar and Ívars Weihnachtsmarkt Mix

múm is back in Berlin in February: After their celebrated performances in the last two years, the Icelanders return to the stage of UM:LAUT right in time for Berlinale. Get your tickets now: http://umlautlive.de/menschenamsonntag/

múm (Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Smárason & Samuli Kosminen) live at Radialsystem on 12 February, 2017.

Together with the percussionist Samuli Kosminen, the founding members of múm, Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Smárason, returned to the UM:LAUT stage to once again perform a splendid live score to “Menschen am Sonntag”, a masterpiece of silent film.

Special thanks to the artists for a great performance, to Carlo Grippa for the amazing sound and for mastering this tune.
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artist.
Photo: Jacob Hansen

Live @ UM:LAUT (12.02.2017)

múm plays Menschen am Sonntag @ UM:LAUT - Live Snippet 3

from 'The Death of Our Invention' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den297
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/birdsofpassage]

The Death of Our Invention

Birds of Passage - Without the World

Fallen

Small Collisions

UM:LAUT is a live platform for artists and labels availing themselves of various musical traditions, realising ambitious and unique projects regardless of genre boundaries. The series' focus lies on the experimental range between classical and electronic instrumentation, composition and improvisation, club and concert hall. Considering itself an open stage for cooperations between artists of different disciplines, UM:LAUT aims to present music in dialogue with other art forms – music giving impulses to film, video, photography, installation, dance and performance.