Silent Vigils * Ian Hawgood
Silent Vigils create music best enjoyed when awake at times usually spent asleep *** Ian Hawgood performs on his childhood piano, using old disused reel to reel recorders and an array of vintage synths.
Tag: piano
Swoop And Cross * Overshift * Ed Carlsen
Swoop and Cross tells stories of disintegration, Overshift plays with light and shade, and Ed Carlsen displays elusive frames…
Robert Haigh * Bruno Sanfilippo
Two albums with a focus on the piano: Robert Haigh‘s Creatures of the Deep and Lost and Found by Bruno Sanfilippo.
Bruno Sanfilippo * Daniel W J MacKenzie * José Silva
More piano textures from Bruno Sanfilippo * Dense, atmospheric melancholy from Daniel W.J. MacKenzie (aka Ekca Liena) * and José Silva’s music to browse your photo collection by.
Jeffrey Roden – Threads Of A Prayer, Volume 1
Jeffrey Roden’s contemporary classical music for solo piano and string ensemble leaves enough room for many moments of silence.
In this unhurried meditative focus, the link to the work of Arvo Pärt and possibly Erik Satie, Morton Feldman and, to lesser extent, John Cage is obvious.
It’s Jeffrey Roden’s sole purpose to take the listener to “the other place: a place within oneself where there is a deeper awareness of many things both emotional and spiritual.”
Porya Hatami & Arovane * Offthesky
Two releases by Porya Hatami: one of them in collaboration with Arovane, the other a restrospective overview.
Also: a bonus release from Offthesky including two colourful ‘studies of light forms in transit’ videos by Jean Piché.
Tetherdown; Cyril Secq/Orla Wren; Gamardah Fungus; Luke Howard;
This shortlist starts off with Tetherdown‘s First Flight and takes you along to the soothing chords of Cyril Secq/Orla Wren, Gamardah Fungus and Luke Howard.
1631 Recordings Selection
Today is “Piano Day”, a perfect day for this overview of some recent releases on 1631 Recordings – a new label run by David Wenngren (Library Tapes) and Mattias Nilsson (Kning Disk).
In the first months of 2016, they’ve unleashed an incredible amount of releases featuring new material as well as a bunch of re-releases.
And there’s no sign this will stop soon!
Jason van Wyk; Stefano Guzzetti; Iggy Pop-Tarwater-Alva Noto; Inside the Baxter Building; Alex Lucas-Olan Mill
A new bunch to check out: great music from Jason van Wyk, Stefano Guzzetti, Iggy Pop-Tarwater-Alva Noto, Inside the Baxter Building and Alex Lucas + Olan Mill