from the album "Uto'Pians vol.2"
#pianoday2021

Midori Hirano Keep Shining

Some musings on this album: 

"Hier und Dort" (eng: Here and There) really wasn't written about anything particular or specific. All three tracks were born out of spontaneous "jams" with no set goals in mind. 
When listening back to them, contrasts between the inner and outer world, the inner dialog and outer perceptions come to my mind. For everything beyond that, you are invited to let your own thoughts and interpretations wander. 

As far as the production goes, all tracks, but especially "Hier" (Here) play with tiny snippets of sounds - derived from organic and synthesized meditations on sound, that have been recorded, cut into small pieces and rearranged - somewhat like a puzzle, trying to find interesting rhythms and tonal relationships and to assemble a coherent picture. 

"Dort" (There) opens up the sound world some more, allowing room for reverb - evoking larger spaces. To me, it feels more like a reaction to something that presents itself from the outside, rather than an introspective. It has a sudden change of perspective at about half-way, but emerges back into that external world. 

"Dazwischen" (In-between) was somewhat of a challenge, because it is derived from a somewhat less-than-perfect 4-track recording, so very little editing or volume changes between the instruments and elements of the track was possible. I liked the original, melancholic nature of the improvisation, so I kept that and played with progressively intricate edits of the whole track, as opposed to single elements.. 

As always, I tried to find a balance between detailed, "macro-editing" and a spontaneous flow as well as an element of rawness, as I feel this is what keeps the life in the music, be it electronic or organic. 

In any case, I very much hope you enjoy these pieces. If you want to share your thoughts, you a more than welcome to - I would love to read/ hear what you think. 

Be safe, 
keinseier 

released April 26, 2023 

Everything done by keinseier

04 HIER (REMIX)

03 DAZWISCHEN

02 DORT

While working on my full length, much more abstract and involved album I decided to release these two calm tracks as some sort of hold over - dare I say "by popular request"? At least it was requested a lot (well, that's relative) on Instagram. 

These grew out of quick sketches and improvisations, which I later reworked. I like the simplicity, both harmonically as well as production-wise. I left them untitled, as they were not written for a specific event, emotion or purpose. I'll leave it to you to fill these with your own images and thoughts. 
I sincerely hope you like these versions.

Untitled Track from 220616

Taken from "ultra-minimal" by Sylvain Chauveau, to be released 2nd February, 2024.

ultra-minimal

Sylvain Chauveau - mi

Atum

Just a quick DnB improv featuring only the Elektron Model Cycles. 
A hint of eq and some limiting on the master bus.

IHOP (DnB Impro 240616)

Shortly after releasing his highly acclaimed ‘The Benoît Pioulard Listening Matter’(Kranky), Pioulard left on tour to Europe in order to promote the album. This tour took him to several distinctive places ranging from urban Brussels to rural France and the mystic capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Once returned to Seattle, these new impressions and memories formed the inspiration to make ‘Slow spark, soft spoke’. Not surprisingly, the album continues in the same vein as his tour cd ‘Lignin Poise’ - which was repressed on vinyl by Beacon Sound - and is characterized by slowly moving lo-fi ambient textures. The album reveals Pioulards most melancholic side and once again shows his capabilities to bring beautiful sonic narratives with only a few instrumental layers.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ was initially released on tape on Dauw but sold out quickly during pre-order. After having received only sublime reviews and tons of request to re-issue the album, we now decided to give it a well deserved vinyl repress.

 “'Never, just as you wanted' is a timeless odyssey of complete transcendence with gradual bliss of guitar tones – and meticulously crafted sounds – that somehow map the ocean swell of human emotions – of the innermost kind – embedded deep within us all." (Fractured Air)

For this vinyl edition, Pioulard decided to add 2 totally new tracks in addition to the 4 initial ones. These new tracks are presented as the single 'Athanasy, 1993' which will be released and announced with the vinyl pre-order on October 4th. All together, the initial EP and the new single form a consistent full length which adds to his impressive and ever growing catalogue.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ will be released on October 26th on a limited  vinyl edition (200 heavyweight clear vinyl) and digitally. The tape comes with original hand-printed artwork by Femke Strijbol and will be accompanied by a unique polaroid taken by Benoît Pioulard (limited to 50 only).

Athanasy, 1993

My first ever all-modular live set for the June edition of Modular on the Spot - PDX. 
I wanted to try doing something more rhythmic with more upfront melodies for a change.  The main melodies are primarily Make Noise 0-coast being sequenced by Monome Ansible and being resampled in the ER-301.  The drones are all from the 4MS SWN. Textures + wurlitzer samples are coming from a 2hp Play + ER-301.  All the reverb comes from via Audio Damage EOS + Æverb modules. Pamela's New Workout from ALM/Busy Circuits is providing all of the clocks + LFOs.
This live set was recorded directly to a 4MS WAV Recorder module.

190629 (Live Set - Modular on the Spot PDX)

Score I wrote using 20 layers of legato strings, performed on the Viola Da Gamba. This was a piece that never made the final cut of a film I was working on in 2020.

Layers - Viola Da Gamba Sketch

Filmcomposer by day - genre surfer by night. This is my channel for cutting out my inner censor and commiting to whatever comes out.
A lot of the time, that seems to be ambient and glitchy music.

IHOP (DnB Impro 240616)

keinseier

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