We have released the new edition of the ‘Modern Recordings Selections’ Playlist on Spotify – curated by Robot Koch! The award winning artist, producer & composer from Berlin released his latest ambient rework project ‘The Next Billion Years (Foam and Sand Reworks)’ in May 22. For this edition of the Playlist Koch has selected 30 of his favorit electronic and ambient tracks, creating a truly special and immersive listening experience.

Violinist, composer, and Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, Simon Goff, and multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, Katie Melua, today unveil their new single ‘Textures of Memories’, the second track from their forthcoming collaborative album, Aerial Objects!

“Some Other Place” is Meredi’s new solo piano album and a rework of her last released ambient album „Trance”. The three main melodies from “Trance” run through seven piano variations. It’s about “wishing yourself far away, to another place – to find solace there and so also to find yourself,” says the Berlin-based composer, pianist and producer. “The moment I play the piano I become the music. I am not here anymore. I am on that other side. That other place.”

‘Hotel Stamba’, was the second song the Simon Goff & Katie Melua  wrote for their up-coming collab album ‘Aerial Objects’ and is a love song to the eponymous hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia, where Katie spent the first eight years of her life. The accompanying video – which is also out now – celebrates architecture, pivoting from man-made spaces and shining a light on one of the great architects of nature, bees.

We have released a new edition of the “Modern Recordings Selections” Playlist on Spotify – this time currated by Modern Recordings´ very own Tara Nome Doyle. Tara presents us with a broad selection of some of her favorite tracks, showcasing her own catalogue, as well as music that inspires and excites her.

With the release of “The Next Billion Years” (Foam and Sand Reworks) Robot Koch decided to zoom in on his grandiose album project with Kristjan Järvi and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic orchestra, “The Next Billion Years”, giving its tracks a stripped-down ambient rework. Foam and Sand is Koch’s ambient soundscape and visual project, which runs parallel to the composer’s eponymous releases. Using mainly tape recordings, the signature Foam and Sand sound is created with loops that magnify their regularities and imperfections of the recordings and which are then shaped by the artist into hazy meditative journeys.

Last year’s album from the Moritz von Oswald Trio saw the band release, Dissent; its most Jazz release since its inception in 2008. New recruits in the form of experimental musician Laurel Halo and drummer Heinrich Köbberling brought fresh perspectives and processes as they continued the exploration of the spaces where Dub, Jazz, and Techno interact. Now, Dissent Remixes restores balance to these three elements as three generations working in the sphere where Dub and Techno converge reinterpret Chapters 2, 4, and 6 from the album adding new texture and rhythms.

Robot Koch teams up with visual artists Magnificent Mater and the Monom 4D Soundsystem to invite listeners and spectators to an immersive audiovisual experience in a new location in Berlin, on Thursday, May 26th. German composer and producer Robot Koch, together with visual artists Magnificent Mater invites listeners and spectators to experience the new album “The Next Billion Years (Foam and Sand Reworks) in an immersive audiovisual experience.

Award-winning composer Robot Koch has released “Post String Theory” (Foam and Sand Rework) today, which is the 3rd single leading up to his new ambient rework of his latest album “The Next Billion Years”. Just as the upcoming album the track bridges modern classical and ambient sounds. Koch removed the original’s pulsating electronics and crescendo strings, focusing instead on highlighting subtle melody fragments. “It’s an exhale. It could underscore the credits of a movie that took an unexpected but beautiful turn in the end,” says Koch

Meredi has released “Watching You Waltz”, which is the second single from her upcoming album  “Some Other Place”. “Watching You Waltz” reveals the final theme from Meredi’s song “Watching You” from her latest album Trance. The waltz is part of the idea of wishing yourself somewhere else, of feeling somewhere else, in order to find comfort and thus to find yourself again.

Modern Recordings invites you for label-showcase, live at the ZENNER in Berlin! At the event composer and pianist Meredi (Live) will present her new work “Some Other Place”. Further, one of our newest Modern Recordings artists Dario Lessing is joined by special guests to perform select songs from his new album “Frequency”. As the DJ of the night we welcome the great Martin Hossbach.

The Al Wootton remix of the Moritz von Oswald Trio´s “Chapter 4” is out now! It is the second track of a upcoming remix trilogy, which features tracks from the Trio´s acclaimed album “Dissent”. Combining subtle UK dub and moody percussions this remix features the signature style of a Moritz von Oswald pad and, of course Laurel Halo´s piano, stripped back to the very essentials of the Trio´s sound.

The deluxe edition of renowned composer and pianist Craig Armstrong´s latest and, highly acclaimed, album “Nocturnes – Music for 2 Pianos” is out now! Featuring 5 all-new compositions, the deluxe edition gives an even deeper insight into Armstrong´s extensive creative vision, one which he cultivated mostly over the first lockdown during the Covid pandemic. The tracks were recorded in Armstrong´s home studio in Glasgow and feature an array of melodic and meditative soundscapes.

On August 1st, at Royal Albert Hall in London, Robert Ames will be featured in this years BBC Proms season – with an exciting twist! As reported by The Guardian, Ames will curate and conduct a “Video Game Music Concert” which will range from orchestral arrangements of early 8-bit chiptune music through to the full scores that grace modern multimillion-dollar game productions.

We are glad to announce that the forthcoming collaboration of violinist, composer, and Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, Simon Goff and, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, Katie Melua, will be released through Modern Recordings this year! Their new album, Aerial Objects, will be released digitally and on CD on JULY 15, as well as on Vinyl, on September 2nd. The official trailer for the album is now on YouTube.

Robert Ames´ and Ben Corrigan´s new album “CARBS” is Bleep.com´s album of the week! As the independent record store mentions: “Robert Ames and Ben Corrigan’s careers so far have been focussed on guiding other artists to achieve their visions, but with CARBS as a highlight in their discographies, they find their own distinct musical voices”.

Right on time for the release of their debut collaborative album “CARBS” Robert Ames and Ben Corrigan have just released the music video for their new  single “Space Hopper”. The video was premiered on FazeMag.com and features Robert Ames and Ben Corrigan tacking the viewer on a wild trip through space. Enjoy!

CARBS – the new joint project by conductor, composer and curator Robert Ames and composer and podcast host Ben Corrigan – has just released their debut, self-titled album! Featuring seven powerful and eclectic tracks, “CARBS” is driven by spontaneity and a sci-fi-esque sound. It brings together the best qualities of the two all-rounders Ames and Corrigan.

“Glow (Foam and Sand Rework)”, the  second single of award-winning composer Robot Koch´s upcoming ambient project, is out now! Bridging modern classical and ambient sounds the track was created from outtakes Koch recorded with the orchestra he worked with on his last album, “The Next Billion Years”, on the last day of recording.

„Frequency“, Dario Lessing collaborative debut with Modern Recordings, is out today! The album features six different vocalists with international backgrounds from the US (Stimulus) to Australia (James Chatburn), New Zealand (Graham Candy), Austria (Rezar) and of course Germany (SHAMS, Mario). Recorded in Lessing´s Berlin based studio during the turbulent time of the Covid-pandemic, „Frequency“ is entirely about artistic connection.
The result is an album that is at parts ambient, sometimes influenced by Hip-Hop or avant-pop and, filled with Lessing´s piano tunes and accompanied by Lessing´s own vocals as well as those of his featured musicians. „Frequency“ is now available for download and streaming as well as an exclusive Vinyl version!