from 'Carlos Cipa & Sophia Jani - Relive' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den192
available in January on all formats at [denovali.com/carloscipa]

CARLOS CIPA, musician and composer residing in Munich (Germany), has been teaming up with pianist and composer SOPHIA JANI to follow up his highly acclaimed full length debut “The Monarch and the Viceroy“ with a two-piece collaboration record named RELIVE.

Carlos discovered his passion for music very early in his life. At the age of 6 he began taking classical piano lessons with various renowned teachers. Ten years later after he started playing drums in different bands he became more and more interested in composition and improvisation. In the following years he made experiences in different music styles like jazz, hardcore/punk, indie rock and orchestral music. For his debut record on Denovali Records he focused on his main instrument, the piano. Currently, he is studying classical composition at the “University of Music and Performing Arts Munich”.

Since the release of his debut record, Carlos so far shared the stage with marvelous acts like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds.

Sophia Jani, being in the beginning of her twenties like Carlos, has discovered her fascination for piano in a similar age. She is classically trained on piano and violin and has deepened her skills at the conservatory of music in Munich before she began studying piano at the conservatory in Bordeaux, France. Sophia left Bordeaux after one year turning away from just interpreting classical pieces to concentrate on writing her own music. Taking this crucial step, a concert of Ludovico Einaudi she attended played an important role. Recently Sophia developed an interest in filmscoring as well as experimenting with vocals. Besides classical composers like Chopin and Ravel, filmmusic especially from Bernard Hermann and Thomas Newman influenced her compositions.

The two pieces “Anouk’s Dream” and “Whatever a Sun Will Always Sing” were written for Carlo’s and Sophia’s performance at the Denovali Swingfest 2013 in Essen. The idea was to jointly compose two piano pieces for four hands, which do not only include playing the ordinary way, but also utilising rather unusual sounds from inside the piano. Carlos and Sophia used all kinds of contemporary techniques to create these sounds, like plucking and beating the strings with their fingers or different kinds of beaters, bowing them with nylon guitar strings, creating harmonics while pressing fingers down on the strings during playing, using the „aeolian harp“-technique (used for the first time by Henry Cowell in 1923) or creating beats on the cast iron frame. Throughout the two tracks nothing other than their combined fingers, the two nylon strings and three different kinds of beaters were used to create the music, the pieces can be played live without using any electronics.

During the recording process of the album RELIVE, neither of the compositions has been changed in any way. They were played exactly as in the live situation, which was a very important theme throughout this collaboration.

Carlos Cipa & Sophia Jani - Whatever A Sun Will Always Sing (Snippet)

This is a track from the "Turning Witch EP," released April 22 on Montross Music. It was recorded with Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse, Denali) in Virginia and Denver, and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri (The Sight Below, Orcas).
Available for purchase at mombi.bandcamp.com or Itunes, Spotify etc.

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Turning Witch

The original version of 'A Midsummer Evening' is taken from the new Yann Tiersen album '∞ (Infinity)'.

'∞ (Infinity)' is released by Mute on May 19th in the UK (May 16th Germany/Australia, May 20th USA/Canada).

Pre-order now:
Digital Download - smarturl.it/yanninfinityiTunes 
CD - smarturl.it/yanninfinityCD 
LP - smarturl.it/yanninfinityLP 

For more information: http://yanntiersen.com/
Live Dates: http://www.bandsintown.com/YannTiersen



Yann Tiersen - A Midsummer Evening (Radio Edit)

Molecular

Molecular (Piano Day 2023)

Sólfar

The Compass

Lyrics and voice: Oddrun Eikli @oddruneikli
Keyboards: Vicente Bueso 
Artwork: Juan Carlos Grande

Time Will Tell Us.

They are waiting
they can not live there anymore
they are waiting to set sail

the rain looks like fastflowing streams
it gleams

they can not live there any more

they stand in the cold in a bitter wind

they can not live there anymore

time will tell us 
what we will be
we are waiting to set sail

time will tell us
they are waiting to set sail

Lachrymose

Time will tell us

Lachrymose V (Time will tell us) feat. Oddrun Eikli

Piano, composition and recording by Jim Perkins 
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

Bandcamp : https://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-exquisite-corpse

We’re pleased to announce a new collaborative album in conjunction with Bigo & Twigetti. ‘The Exquisite Corpse’ is based on the surrealist game of the same name. Taking Leah Kardos 'Little Phase' as it's starting point, the piece will be reworked by a series of composers and producers to create an album of tracks which continually evolve as each new version is passed from one artist to another, adding to and transforming material from the original piece. We'll be releasing a new track from the album every 2-3 weeks with the first track due towards the end of October and the full album available in April 2017 so keep an eye on our social media for updates.

The Exquisite Corpse

Jim Perkins - Flutter

from compilation ‘Algorithmics’ (Piano Day 2017)
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2oG1fbz
iTunes: https://itun.es/ca/wNf5ib
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2pfs44p

@edcarlsen
Ed Carlsen: piano, programming
Recorded by Ed Carlsen 
Mixed by Ed Carlsen
Mastered by Emil Thomsen

distorted strings:
Matias Emil Fyhn: Cello
Sofia Kongsgaard Lang: viola
Nanna Treu: violin

Artwork by Marin Blanc (http://www.marinblanc.com)
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Ed Carlsen - Weaved (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

The Last Waking Moment

David Nevue - Dreamers Waltz

Original piano work in a cinematic style.

Thanks for listening! Merci d'écouter!

Painting by Escher


Yann Tiersen - A Midsummer Evening (Radio Edit)

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