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We are glad to announce that, together with her long-time friend and collaborator Hania Rani, Dobrawa Czocher has won the award for “Best Music Video” at these years Opus Klassik Awards. The Polish duo who recorded their first album of original music Inner Symphonies under Deutsche Gramophon in 2021, was honored for the music video of their single Malasana. Hania and Dobrawa will perform a small show at the official ceremony on October 8th.

Daniel Lanois’ captivating and highly personal new instrumental collection, Player, Piano, will transported you to wonderous places. Lanois recorded the entire collection himself, capturing a series of gentle, exotic piano performances at his studio in Toronto with the help of co-producer Dangerous Wayne Lorenz. (…)

This Friday, September 16th, Tara Nome Doyle will perform at Kulturhaus Centre Bagatelle in Frohnau, playing her song “Caterpillar” live for the very first time. She will be joined on stage by fellow artist Minru. Tickets are available now.

On Tara Nome Doyle’s recent album, »Værmin«, »Caterpillar« is a big, opulent piece; the new string quartet version on her upcoming EP »æ« reveals nuances of fragility and power. It has been arranged by the Icelandic composer and conductor Viktor Orri Árnason whose score was recorded by the Belgian Echo Collective in Brussels. Doyle wanted to approach her work from a different angle, to further explore the album’s melodies and the relationship between the musical accompaniment and her singing. Her new exploration of her latest album, in form of the upcoming EP “æ”, will be available soon!

Aurora is the 2nd single from “DNA II”, Dario Lessing’s neo-classical follow up to “DNA” from 2020, which garnered more than 10 million streams worldwide. The atmospheric piano piece takes us back to Dario’s roots: a young, upcoming composer and his beloved piano. “Aurora is an ode to the magical light in nature”, says the Berliner.

After the emotinal “My All” and “Inverness”, “Eau” is the third single to be released by Daniel Lanois in anticipation of his upcoming album “Player, Piano”, which will be available on September 23 of this year. Daniel Lanois himself describes this track most precise: “Eau is the simplest melody on my piano record, it has lullaby and hymn in its spine.” Listen to the song now by download and streaming! “Player, Piano” will be premiered by Lanois during the Modern Recordings showacse at the 2022 Reeperbahn Festival, on the day of the release.

Since 2012 Hendrik Weber aka Pantha du Prince has dedicated himself to a comprehensive project that has long shined brighter than his other releases and which is now reaching a tentative artistic peak with Garden Gaia. After the album Elements of Light in 2012, which was recorded with The Bell Laboratory, came Conference of Trees in 2020, this time as a soloventure. What unites these three albums is that Pantha du Prince has dedicated them to theme of “humans as nature” – in the sense that humans unfold and flow out of their surroundings as bodies. Now, in August 2022, the album finally sees the light of its release. An extensive tour is already set to take place and as a foretaste of the live shows one can now listen to the album via download, streaming or by purchasing the CD and Vinyl edition.

Modern Recordings returns to Reeperbahn Festival to present its second showcase! Starting of the evening will be the newly signed polish cellist Dobrawa Czocher, giving attendees a sneak peak into her upcoming album “Dreamscapes” which will be released in January 2023. British composer, conductor and producer Robert Ames will then join forces with long-time collaborator Ben Corrigan, performing their collaborative 2022 album “CARBS”. As the grand finale Daniel Lanois will perform, among other tracks, singles from his album “Player, Piano” which will be released on the day of the showcase.

Pantha du Prince´s second single of his upcoming album “Garden Gaia” is out now! The new  track “Blume,” which is German for “flower,” received its final polish through a conscious act of letting go. Pantha du Prince sent what was for him a finished track to Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg in Oslo, who then intervened and rearranged everything. And it was Kieldsberg’s idea to have Helena Tusvik Rosenlund sing an additional track over Hendrik Weber’s reverberated vocals. On the track Pantha further allows for extremely fragile musical moods to simply exist and bolsters them with frequencies that seem to naturally communicate with us.

Simon Goff, producer, composer, violinist, and recording engineer, talked to MusicTech in light of his new joined release with Katie Melua, “Aerial Objects”. He reveals compelling insights on his first time working with a vocalist, adapting and re-thinking his sound to create the perfect match between two sonic worlds. Goff further goes on to show of his progress of working in the studio, his special gear, and tools, and gives a piece of advice to those who are seeking to build a studio of their own.