Realismo Mágico, by Various Artists

Realismo Mágico

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1.	Tim Linghaus - Saturn Days 02:03	buy track
2.	Sjors Mans - Zosima 05:16	buy track
3.	Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint - Bäckahäst 04:00	buy track
4.	Simeon Walker - Saturnine 05:52	buy track
5.	Martyna Basta - Speaking Of Explosive 03:54	buy track
6.	Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres - Fall Fly Run (feat. Josh Semans) 04:43	buy track
7.	Gustav Davidsson - Above The Rain 06:38	buy track
8.	John Hayes - Rituals 03:31	buy track
9.	Lucy Claire - Kelp 04:50	buy track
10.	Klangriket - MakingCoffee_Imp1.3 02:20	buy track
11.	Ella Zwietnig - You Went Through Me, Truly 02:54	buy track
12.	Brueder Selke - Lotos 03:30	buy track

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“The result is a heady sonic journey that is emblematic of the boutique label’s mission to be a home to artists whose work freely crosses the borders between ambient, electronic, and contemporary classical music.” - Stationary Travels

“I have been loving this label since they launched five years ago.”
- Alex Ruder (Pacific Notions, KEXP)

“We’d love to hear more such music as piano and coffee enters its second half-decade, already hinting at an expansion of timbre.”
- A Closer Listen

This year, piano and coffee turns five, and to celebrate, we are releasing our first compilation: Realismo Mágico — a conceptual project featuring unconventional works by new and old friends we have made along the way.

Inspired by magical realism, an artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy, this special release presents unheard material by twelve exceptional musicians — from experimental sound artist Martyna Basta to award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and from poly-instrumental duo Brueder Selke to prolific pianist and producer John Hayes.

Each artist has contributed with a new track that invites the listeners to submerge into their very own musical universes, which, at the same time, have been re-shaped by their interpretation of magical realism. We start off on our journey with the delicate nostalgia of Tim Linghaus, passing through Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint’s modern take on the story of a Norse mythological creature, followed by the harmonic ambiguity in Simeon Walker’s pleasingly strong dialogue between felted piano and drums. Later on, John Hayes shares with us a chaotic composition born out of samples from an old clock in his parents’ garage and saturated voices, which precedes Lucy Claire’s processed hydrophone recordings of seaweeds and starfishes in Australian waters. Ondes Martenot, pump organ, zither, analogue synthesizers, vocal processing, musical saw, and bowed gongs are some of the unusual elements to be found on this eclectic yet coherently unified record.

Realismo Mágico has been conceptually crafted and musically curated by Peruvian composer Sergio Díaz De Rojas, and beautifully depicted by illustrator Jordan Amy Lee and graphic designer Celia Fernández González.

Mastered by George Mastrokostas.

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released August 6, 2021

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