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nicolas bernier - Music For A Piano / Music For A Book
"’Music For A Piano / Music For A Book’ is the latest release from Nicolas Bernier. ‘Music For A Piano’ was due to be released after his wonderful ‘The Dancing Deer EP’ back at the end of 2010. However, the project was pulled back, developed further and along with ‘Music For A Book’, presented as a double album in an amazing package designed by Urban9. "I began to work on the composition of these two works during a residency at The Banff Centre, a quite amazing place welcoming artists from around the world in the fields of media art, classical music, dance, photography, theatre, and so forth. Literally in the middle of the Canadian Rockies, I was working in one of the little studios during these two months. Trees, mountains, fresh air, art... a dream. I was working in this little cabin. In the room, there was not much but this strange and ancient music making object, this instrument of a startling complexity. I have always hesitated in front of the piano, feeling small before an icon of several centuries of music. But I jumped. The piano and I spent several nights tinkling together to the songs of crickets in July and “Music For a Piano” is the result of those nights. In the meantime, I was beginning to work on one of my greatest fantasies: a soundtrack for a book. There are soundtracks everywhere — too many I would say: for dance, video, film, shopping centres, theatre, news, even imaginary soundtracks... but not many for books. And there is something that can enhance the reading there I think, that can add a dimension to the reading of a book. At least it worked for me when, in the late 90’s, I was discovering modern music, reading Marguerite Duras’s “Un barrage contre le Pacifique” while listening John Zorn’s “Duras”. I had to wait about ten years to be fortunate enough to meet an author who would be enthusiastic about having an exploratory music soundtrack for his book. From the sessions with the piano, I then started another set of tracks for the third novel of a quite brilliant young author here in Montréal, Marc-André Moutquin. The book entitled “Entre l’aurore et la nuit” will soon be published by Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur. The plot of the novel takes place in Nunavik, the cold, desertic northern region of the province of Québec. I’ve composed seven eerie sound aurora, an ethereal soundtrack that stands like the counterweight weight of the heavy climate that can sometimes inhabit this part of the world. Nicolas Bernier"
ERASED TAPES
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Another two fragments of harrowing beauty from Olafur Arnalds.
CHRISTOPHER WILLITS + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Ghostly International
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West Coast droner Christopher Willits teams up once again with legendary pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
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Famed composer Nico Muhly comes to the end of his ‘drones’ series with ‘Drones & Violin’.
Preservation
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Sophie Hutchings’ artfully confirms her place amongst the likes of Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick etc...
HIBERNATE
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David Newman aka Autistici's first album for Hibernate.
Preservation
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Alex Twomy infuses his new age musings with the light twinkling of FM piano.
Komu
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Ian Hawgood returns with his first new album in a couple of years for his newly minted Komu label.
Long Forgotten Days Under A Dust Covered Sky
NOMADIC KIDS REPUBLIC
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Coudy ambience, using a rich palette of field recordings an synthesized sound...
Celer
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Sublime synth loop orchestrations from Will Long aka Celer. '
Air Texture
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Another collection of gaseous drones and harmonic contemporary ambient music.
Home Normal
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Cinematic and absorbing scenescapes tempered by a pop sensibility.
Cronica
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Captivating showcase from Nicholas Bernier filled with shards of sustained strings and slowly bowed cello.
El Libro De Los Arboles Magicos
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**Pastoral ambient swirls incorporating nocturnal field recordings and delciate electronica**
Home Normal
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A rich palette of field recordings awash with detailed micro-sound and harmonised drones.
Home Normal
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More lavish, micro-ambient soundscaping from the on-form Home Normal
Home Normal
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East Of Oceans is Brock Van Wey aka BVDub's alias for the more uptempo side of his atmospheric output.
Home Normal
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Saxophone tones with choppy hiccupping rhythms, harmonies and breathy pads.
Home Normal
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**Swelling neo-classical/ambient composition**
MASAYOSHI FUJITA, SIMON HARRIS, JAN THOBEN, KASSIAN TROYER & DEREK SHIRLEY
Home Normal
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Home Normal
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Dusty neo-classical/ambient exhalations from Offthesky with cellist Danny Norbury and Ian Hawgood.
Home Normal
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Anthony Harrison presents his fifth album of kosmische improv as Konntinent.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
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Bedroom Community present the first of three 'Drones' EPs from Nico Muhly.
SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU & STEPHAN MATHIEU
Schwebung
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Stephan Mathieu and Sylvain Chauveau come together for this remarkable album of Bill Callahan covers.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
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The second in pop-arranger extraordinaire Nico Muhly’s ‘drones trilogy’.
SONIC PIECES
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A softly spoken but unmistakably gorgeous record - new on Sonic Pieces.
Gentle Threat
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Hard to believe it’s been almost ten years since that genre-defining first ‘Solo Piano’ instalment...
Denovali Records
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Poppy Ackroyd debuts on Denovali with a delicate suite exploring the nuances of neo-classical piano and violin
130701 (FatCat Records)
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One of the most loved and influential modern classical albums of the last few years...
Denovali Records
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Quietly epic ambient compositions in the mould of Max Richter, Marsen Jules, Ulver or Stars of the Lid.
