piano day is an official body created in 2015 by berlin-based composer nils frahm and his closest friends to house various exciting, piano-related projects for everyone to participate in.
the first project revealed by the piano day team in 2015 was the building of what will be the world’s tallest piano: the klavins 450, designed by piano builder david klavins who also created nils’s upright stage piano, the una corda. with over 70 per cent of the 120.000 euro target reached, the piano building is already underway and fans can continue to donate via www.pianoday.org.
it was on the 3.7 meters high klavins m370 that nils recorded eight improvised piano motifs in one sitting, which formed his 2015 album, solo.
alexander flood, one of australia’s most creative and versatile drummers and bandleaders, forges a new direction in his sound with third outing “oscillate” – a synthesis of club music and jazz, bringing together australian & european energies and sonics into an lp that is music for the whole body
mårble ist das pseudonym des musikers und multiinstrumentalisten anton glebov.
1691 ist sein erstes solo langspielalbum nach einer längeren pause, und es ist ein großartiges comeback! das album ist gefüllt mit spiritueller und spaciger jazz-inspirierter musik, die mårble in den jahren 2021 und 2022 in seinem ehemaligen studio in sankt petersburg aufgenommen hat.
jazz rock for psych heads, global sounds for jazz minds, or the steaming soundtrack to a midnight desert rave? for sure, echoes of zoo fuse influences from all over the musical earth into countless electrifying grooves.
sababa 5, hot on the heels of their self-titled debut lp, share a pair of raw funk nuggets on one unmissable 45 via middle eastern psych groove merchants batov records. limited to 500 copies on 7 inch vinyl.
elias devoldere is the drummer in bands such as nordmann, hypochristmutreefuzz, suwi, robbing millions, and john ghost. following an ep, kaiku, released last summer, bloomed > exploded is his debut full length as a solo artist. limited edition on marbled vinyl.
in the wake of their acclaimed comeback album figures (2020), aksak maboul took a playful sideways step to create this total work, a 63-minute, continuous suite of fifteen pieces, which could be described as an experimental audio play. the double vinyl release includes a download code.
get ready for schntzl 2.0. on their 3rd album casper van de velde and hendrik lasure, the two spongebobs of belgian jazz, enter cortizona and take you on board of their newly discovered musical spectrum
steve gunn and david moore s let the moon be a planet is a volume of improvisatory exchanges between classical guitar and piano, and a meeting place where two artists become acquainted through instrumental dialogue without a single expectation distracting them from the joy and open field possibility of collaboration.
septuagenarian brazilian music icon elza soares teams up with the cream of sao paulo’s avant-garde musicians for an album of apocalyptic, experimental samba sujo (dirty samba) that tackles the burning issues of 21st century brazil: racism, domestic violence, sex, drug addiction and global warming. the woman at the end of the world is elza’s 34th studio album and her first to feature previously unrecorded material, exclusively composed for her.
to comemrate the the 20th anniversary of her death, rediscover the greatest interpretations, studio and live, by the iconic singer nina simone on a nice double vinyl.
A MOI LA LIBERTE - EARLY ELECTRONIC RAI ALGERIE 19 (2LP)
2x12 Inch 28.04.23
delving into the deepest recesses of raï, this compilation serves as a tribute to its roaring years, but also as a rejuvenation of the genre in its sulphurous, subterranean version.
in time for the 30th anniversary of brazil 5: tom zé -the hips of tradition - the return of tom zé, we’re releasing two of zé’s albums chock full of avant garde pop hits ready to be discovered and exalted by the mainstream. limited green coloured vinyl edition.
in time for the 30th anniversary of brazil 5: tom zé -the hips of tradition - the return of tom zé, we’re releasing two of zé’s albums chock full of avant garde pop hits ready to be discovered and exalted by the mainstream. classic black vinyl edition.
“into the abyss”, the new album by joel holmes (former band leader of carl craig’s synthesizer ensemble and member of grammy-nominated cult band roy hargrove) is a perfect capturing of berlin’s new jazz and electronic scene.
nils frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. during his childhood he was taught to play piano by nahum brodski – a student of the last scholar of tschaikowski. it was through this that nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers. today nils frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer in berlin. in early 2008 he founded durton studio, where he has worked with peter broderick and dustin o’halloran amongst other fellow musicians.
the three instrumentals, which make up his debut release wintermusik are piano led pieces, coloured with occasional celeste and reed organ parts. the record’s equal measures of sorrowful refrains and uplifting passages, combined with a real intimacy that makes for an album you’ll want to return to again and again. the songs were originally intended as a christmas present for friends and family, hence its winter release on erased tapes. the vinyl release includes a download code.