This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Lucy Claire - Kelp

Renowned US composer & sound artist @taylordeupree contributes this reflective number to our Piano Day collection Splices. The piece was inspired by and composed using samples from a piano gifted to him by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Like so much of his work, this ambient soundscape channels the tranquil vibrations and energy of a world asleep. Tender notes ring quietly, casting beautiful resonances to linger in the late night air...

You can find the recording anywhere you listen to music: https://orcd.co/td-channeling

https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/splices

Channeling

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Taylor Deupree - Channeling

@petraleksander's second entry in their Triptych piano series is painted with a delicate blend of dark and light shades, the whole infused with a nostalgic beauty that gives it an immediate sense of familiarity. 

Triptych II appears in our Piano Day collection 'Splices', and you can find the recording anywhere you listen to music: https://orcd.co/triptychii

https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/splices

Triptych II for Piano

Pêtr Aleksänder - Triptych II for Piano

A piece I composed for a short film by Everynone for Radiolab / NPR.  Buy this track, and watch the film here: http://www.unseen.bigcartel.com/product/goldmund-words-flac

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Goldmund-words

Spirited Away - The Name Of Life

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Contribution to Piano Day 2017 by Vargkvint, through Feeder Recordings

Vargkvint - Regnsång

From upcoming unreleased tracks album 'Fragments'.
https://thesafety.bandcamp.com/album/fragments

Cove

Composed, performed and recorded by Ben Crosland
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

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Rainbow Hill

Ben Crosland - Rainbow Hill

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