after
a longer pause in summer and some spare common recordings primal scapes mastermind
michael schreiber and
sven piayda have announced to play a live set together at makroscope in mülheim
an der ruhr at september 16, 2023.
while working in studio on new scapes songs the guys stared to play around with
live ideas.
the live set will include known and unreleased tunes from both artists
while transforming it into real live version via real-time controllers and electric
guitar.
after playing numerous jams in 2023, this will be the first live gig for record
of tides as well as fro primal scapes
– and it will be a mash-up set.
both artist have already performed live together for ‘vivid euclids’
which is still available as official
zany music release and live
stream recording on youtube.
primal scapes x record of tides will play live for electric café at makroscope
and will be supported by further electronic music based artists.
please check the facebook event for more and up-to-date information.
update 2023-09-08: unfortunately sven piayda cancels the gig because
of personal issues
so primal scapes will perform an electronic stand alone set.
schreiber and piayda agreed to keep this performance concept for a later show,
the mash-up set is still supposed to be played live.
also common work on a future primal scapes album is supposed to be taken up
when possible.
all info in the nutshell:
primal scapes x record of tides live at
ELECTRIC CAFÉ
makroscope, mülheim an der ruhr
2023-09-16, 7 pm
friedrich ebert straße 48
mülheim an der ruhr
germany
we are also delighted to announce the release of the elektro jam #5 live bootleg
as recorded at lokal harmonie in duisburg on june 17, 2023.
the live jam features performances by walter eul, andreas hilburg, klaus kahmann,
thomas klein,
thomas machoczek, sven piayda, tangerine tom and michael wlochinski.
the recording was mastereed and edited by anderas hilburg and spread among the
performers.
as sven was way more convinced of the peromance after listening to the files,
he offered to design a cover and put it out on zany music as free live bootleg.
the release is now available for free and digitally only via archive.org.
apart from putting out the releases as bootlegs,
curator thomas machoczek considers to deliver the full elektro jam series
as official release with catalogue covers designed by piayda.
so far, there is no date anticipated.
it is our massive pleasure to announce the release of record of tides´ long-awaited
‘pieces upon pieces’ album via zany music on june 16, 2023.
the album was already finished in 2022 and inspired by a remarkable summer 2022,
see svennet journal.
‘pieces upon pieces’ is the forth album of the ‘purchases’ series,
the album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to ‘penicilina’ (2022) while
using sample-based post-hiphop and idm production.
the album also features the ‘fly away song feat. prjct fear’ as it contains
samples supplied by prjct fear a.k.a. dean blues.
the track was also featured on ‘boneyard elements’ (2022) by prjct fear and
record of tides' 'songbook' (2022),
now the track is finally presented in a record of tides album context.
zany music calls it the best pieces of the ‘purchases’ series so far,
as it hat put some boards-of-canada-vibes into the abstract electronica.
the album will be available digitally only.
the album is promotionally escorted by a new video directed by robin moedder.
moedder and piayda struck up their collaboration last winter considering common
audio visual live performances.
as there are no dates fixed recently, moedder started with a music video for
the track ‘deep cruise’
featuring typical technical treatments leading to a perfectly fitting pictures
for the abstract track.
we hope for future live performances to be announced.
next to the new video we also like to bring your attention back to the video
for another track
from ‘pieces upon pieces’ called ‘camp finals’ as directed by christopher terhart.
the music video is the first output of a collaboration which started back in
summer 2022:
terhart and piayda teamed up for terhart´s movie debut titled ‘kaivalya’, an
experimental documentary about solitude.
it is announced as a non-verbal and non-narrative piece of cinema features scenes
of decay,
nature and various places all over germany, focussing on broken beauty.
on terhart´s request piayda has scored the movie based upon known and previously
unreleased record of tides tracks from the ‘purchases’ series.
these tracks have been remixed and remastered and will appear without beats
as score of the movie.
the soundtrack is supposed to be available via bandcamp parallel to the movie´s
release.
as there are no live dates to announce for architects of utter destruction and
record of tides (all festival participations have been turned down)
we are happy to announce that sven piayda is scheduled to play live at elektro
jam #5 at lokal harmonie in duisburg.
back in february, piayda debuted at ej#4 for a great and abstract set,
you can still download two hour set via zany load over at
zany-music.com.
it is our massive pleasure to announce new music by record of tides.
‘camp finals’ delivers the first sounds of the upcoming new album ‘pieces upon
pieces’
which will be out on zany music on june 16.
the album will be the fourth album of record of tides´ ‘purchases’ series.
the new track features a beautiful video directed by christopher terhart.
the new music video is the first output of a collaboration which started back
in summer 2022:
terhart and piayda for terhart´s movie debut titled ‘kaivalya’, an experimental
documentary about solitude.
it is announced as a non-verbal and non-narrative piece of cinema features scenes
of decay,
nature and various places all over germany, focussing on broken beauty.
on terhart´s request piayda has scored the movie based upon known and
previously unreleased record of tides tracks from the ‘purchases’ series.
these tracks have been remixed and remastered and will appear without beats
as score of the movie.
the soundtrack is supposed to be available via bandcamp parallel to the movie´s
release.
the release of the full movie is scheduled for 2023 without any fix date so
far as it is still in post production.
you can already watch the trailer over here: vimeo.com/759265114
terhart and piayda have already collaborated on ‘penicilina’ by record of tides.
the track ‘vorwegnahme’ was originally produced by terhart a.k.a. monkelmann,
piayda turned the track into a longer and more complex version also featuring
an acoustic guitar solo.
the spoken work part written by monkelmann adapts a found text based upon conspiracy
theories.
by reinterpreting and translating it into german language it is turned it into
a positive prophecy.
christopher terhart is also known as visual artist mostly known for great infrared
photography.
last thursday piayda performed the second and last record of tides glitch hop
hdj set at rosi gelsenkirchen.
above you can see snapshot from the night, the record of tides site features
some more pictures.
we would like to thank everyone at rosi gelsenkirchen and hier ist
nicht da for making the events possible.
recently there are no further live or hdj sets on schedule.
svennet brings back a classic competition from 2006:
win a string! now you can win once again some worn strings from sven´s legendary
signature guitar prototype guitar nicknamed susie.
as sven piayda is teaming up with architects
of utter destruction again to work on new music
and all the equipment is set-up for great performance you can get the old strings.
if you want to win, please drop a line and tell us why you need to get it.
winners will receive the current album ‘monument’ as mp3 version on top! good
luck!
it is our great pleasure
to announce the upcoming record of tides hdj set at rosi gelsenkirchen
on thursday, april 20. the glitch hop set debuted on march 24 at hier ist
nicht da in gelsenkirchen, now piayda will do the long-awaited set at
rosi gelsenkirchen on april 20. the set is supposed to start around 8 pm (maybe
even earlier) and will end around midnight. as this is not a classic av live
performance, there will be slots for chats and hang-outs.
nadine heckner
of rosi announces: a long cherished dream comes true. sven piayda will
perform a dj set at my place. he had to wait a long time for an appointment,
but now I am even more happy that I can present you his glitch hop hdj set. save
this date, even if it is still a long time from now.
for
the glitch hop hdj sets piayda plays glitch hop, post hip-hop, electronica, idm,
vaporwave, downbeat, wonky, remixes, mash-ups, rare & unreleased. in the
consistently conceptual sets, the closely related genres of hip-hop and electronica
are woven into one another despite their differing popularity. sven piayda
has been working on the concept for months.
update
2023-04-12: also I have to share tis picture kirsten lipka a.k.a. gelsenmylove
has taken during the glitch hop hdj set at HIND and published via her blog
over at gelsenmylove.de.
have an eye on this site and so not miss the glitch hop hdj set at rosi gelsenkirchen
(via svenpiayda.com/blog)
check
out the posters for record of tides hdj sets, they are announcing the upcoming
hdj sets now and will become collectibles later. you may already find them
around the hier ist nicht da. you can order yours directly from the
studio.
here is our first snapshot of record of tides doing the hdj set at hier ist nicht
da. more images to come. piayda will do another long-awaited set at rosi gelsenkirchen
on april 20. set your schedules!
we
are happy to announce the digital reissues of the AESTATE ‘greatest hits’ (2015)
album as well as remix compilations ‘patch’ (2010) and ‘prov aiida ep’ (2011).
the reissues are available via zany music and downloadable for free via zany
load, they will not be distributed via bandcamp for different reasons. zany
music did a makeover on the meta data written into the files and will offer them
in reliable zip format. the reissues contain the original mp3 files in original
release quality. additionally, the /CAMP exclusive live recording ‘performance’
is offered on the /CAMP with corrected meta data. as phil barnett and sven
piayda have announced to work on a new collaborative project again, zany music
has announced to do a second reissue series as the remix albums feature four common
tracks by barnett and piayda. back in 2021 zany music reissued the three AESTATE
albums containing bonus tracks and live excerpts.
on
the day of release of record of tides ‘post internet’ album, february 24, sven
piayda assembled at the electro jam #4 to play a two hour set featuring musicians
as dean blues, walter eul, andreas hilburg, klaus kahmann, thomas machoczek
and ioannis zedamanis. the live performance was streamed live on facebook.
on march 24, on the day of the glitch hop hdj set at HIND and the AESTATE
reissues #2 release day, zany music put out a live bootleg of the live performance
distributed via archive.org.
it is our great pleasure
to announce the upcoming record of tides hdj set at hier ist nicht da on
friday, march 24. for the glitch hop hdj sets piayda plays glitch hop, post
hip-hop, electronica, idm, vaporwave, downbeat, wonky, remixes, mash-ups,
rare and unreleased. in the consistently conceptual sets, the closely related
genres of hip-hop and electronica are woven into one another despite their
differing popularity. sven piayda has been working on the concept for months.
the glitch hop set will debut at hier ist nicht da in gelsenkirchen
on march 24, piayda will do another long-awaited set at rosi gelsenkirchen
on april 20. the sets are supposed to start around 8 pm and will end around
midnight. as this is not a classic av live performance, there will be slots
for chats and hang-outs.
check
out the posters for record of tides hdj sets, they are announcing the upcoming
hdj sets now and will become collectibles later. you may already find them
around the hier ist nicht da. you can order yours directly from the
studio.
as
phil barnett and sven piayda have announced to work on a new collaborative project
again, zany music has announced to reissue the AESTATE ‘greatest hits’ (2015)
album as well as remix compilations ‘patch’ (2010) and ‘prov aiida ep’ (2011).
(the remix albums feature four common tracks by barnett and piayda). the
reissues will be available via zany music and downloadable for free via zany load,
they will not be distributed via bandcamp for different reasons. zany
music will do a makeover on the meta data written into the files and will offer
them in reliable zip format. the reissues will contain the original mp3 files
in original release quality. additionally, the /CAMP exclusive live recording
‘performance’ will receive the dame makeover to offered on the /CAMP. back
in 2021 zany music reissued the three AESTATE albums containing bonus tracks and
live excerpts. the remix and ‘greatest hits’ reissues will be available on
march 24, 2023.
on the day of release of record of tides ‘post internet’
album, february 24, sven piayda assembled at the electro jam #4 to play a
two hour set featuring musicians as dean blues, walter eul, andreas hilburg,
klaus kahmann, thomas machoczek and ioannis zedamanis. the live performance
was streamed live on facebook. on march 24, on the day of the glitch hop hdj
set at HIND and the AESTATE reissues #2 release day, zany music will pit out
a live bootleg of the live performance distributed via archive.org.
on the day of release of record of tides ‘post internet’ album, sven piayda
assembled at the electro jam #4 to play a two hour set featuring musicians
as dean blues, walter eul, andreas hilburg, klaus kahmann, thomas machoczek
and ioannis zedamanis. the live performance was streamed live on facebook,
the recording of the performance is still available. the pictures above are
taken by dean blues, who played his first live show in three years. some more
pictures can be found over in the journal. we hope that there will be a recording
available, cross your fingers!
we are happy to announce the release of record of tides´ long-awaited ‘post internet’
album via zany music on february 24, 2023. the album was already finished
in 2020 and originally supposed to be released by kreislauf.organistation which
unfortunately missed to finish the process (and whose site has recently vanished
from the internet). ‘post internet’ does not belong to the ‘purchases’ series,
the album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to ‘black album’ (2020) while
it uses the idm context for mixing up rock music with conceptional and arty electronica.
it features midi programming, sample processing, browser-based production
tools, guitars, accordion, calimba, euclidian generated beats, human and robot
voices. post-internet is a loosely-defined term for a 21st-century
art movement involving works that are derived from the internet or its effects
on aesthetics, culture and society. according to the title´s connection to
the world wide web, the album will be available digitally only.
as the
album was ready for release about two and a half years ago, some tracks are
already known: ‘becausetheinternet’ already appears in a newly mastered version
on ‘songbook’, the track ‘random darknet shopper’ already debuted live during
the gig at consol gelsenkirchen in 2021. the track ‘no sign’ feat. primal
scapes was the first collaborative track using euclidan-generated beats which
led to the psxrot euclids series.
the album is promotionally escorted by two videos
directed by matthias danberg: the track ‘random darknet shopper’ features
a first person perspective museum walkthrough exploring different sculptures
by matthias danberg using computer game aesthetics. danberg originally produced
an environment for a game engine which was actually explorable via internet browser.
while the necessary software is no longer functioning, only the recorded walkthrough
remains. as the video illustrates a track called ‘random darknet shopper’,
piayda came up with the idea to add night vision to the video. (the cover
artwork for the digital single is also based upon a still from the video.)
on february 3rd zany music released the video for ‘be sure to wear flowers in
your hair’ which uses altered scenes from the first person perspective museum
walkthrough in black and white aesthetics. the track is based upon a heavily
processed sample from a well-known seventies song which was originally produced
as sound piece for sven piayda´s portfolio, where it is also to be found. danberg
and piayda have already collaborated for the record of tides´ music videos ‘vogh
beats2’ and ‘horns of paradise’ from ‘black album’. their forth video is supposed
to be the closure of the video series.
have
a look at the video for ‘be sure to wear flowers in your hair’ by matthias danberg.
as piayda already announced on the journal video directors christopher terhart,
robin moedder and chris huff are recently working on music videos for two
(!) upcoming albums from the ‘purchases’ series. we hope for the sound and vision
to be released in 2023. additionally there are ideas to use the extraneous
video material within live visuals or even perform with a visual artist live.
the studio takes care on production and will announce when there is something
to see.
oscillators,
filters, envelope generators, low pass gates, distortion, loopers, ring modulators,
frequency shifters, noise generators, mixers, amplifiers, granulators, echo
and reverb –they are all welcome here – and their many other electronic friends too. together
we will set out on a journey of sound, following our desire for creative exchange
and the fun of experimentation. anything goes – stylistically completely open.
parallel to the album release the lokal harmonie in duisburg has scheduled
the ‘elektro jam #4’. here electronic musicians are announced and invited
to jam and improvise the night´s performance. on organisator thomas machoczek´s
invitation sven piayda will join the jam by pluging in the guitar and modulation
device. doors open at 7.30 pm the jam is supposed to start at 8 pm.
we are happy to pass on the announcements of upcoming record of tides glitch hop
hdj sets at hier ist nicht da and rosi in gelsenkirchen. the
sets will take place on march 24 at hind and april 20 at rosi. nadine heckner
of rosi announces: a long cherished dream comes true. sven piayda
will perform a dj set at my place. he had to wait a long time for an appointment,
but now I am even more happy that I can present you his glitch hop hdj set.
save this date, even if it is still a long time from now.
record
of tides is the electronica project of media artist sven piayda. ambient,
idm, post hip-hop and post rock are woven into an independent and sophisticated
sound, and the sounds are accompanied live by specially produced visuals.
record of tides celebrates electronic music beyond techno and soundscape.
the unique sound oscillates between composition and deconstruction, from
nostalgia to futurism, and explores the possibilities of the genre. piayda
looks back on releases and gigs over the last two decades and remains independent
and groundbreaking with its varied sound.
for 2023, piayda has come up
with something special in addition to audiovisual live sets: for the glitch
hop hdj sets, he plays glitch hop, post hip-hop, electronica, idm, vaporwave,
downbeat, wonky, remixes, mash-ups, rare & unreleased. in the consistently
conceptual sets, the closely related genres of hip-hop and electronica are
woven into one another despite their differing popularity.
sven piayda
has been working on the concept for months now. check out the posters for
record of tides hdj sets, they are announcing the upcoming hdj sets now and
will become collectibles later.
update 2023_01_26 via svenpiayda.com/blog: I
wanted to do a glitch hop set for a while now and offered the concept to some
venues harvesting a lot of frustration, so I am more than surprised to present
two shows now. I even feel scared of my own idea, I drafted it and it was
put on the schedule by others and now it is happening with me not knowing
exactly what may happen. it is exciting anyway, it may turn out great or lame,
two chances, we´ll see…
these dates are standalone events for fun, somehow
they are also promotional dates for the ‘post internet’ album (which is lying
around finised since two years…). it is hilarious, I am already finishing
the album after the album after ‘post internet’ and it will be great material.
in this context I am also working with artists and directors to have the right
video for it. so I will come up with another but final video by matthias danberg
for ‘post internet’ and I am recently working with christopher terhart, robin
moedder and chris huff on upcoming material. there is great stuff ahead…
I
am taking the visual site very serious here, but I do not want to do it all on
my own as I found people willing to work with me and contribute to the project
and as I am thankful for their fantastic input. I have realized to start working
on the album covers when I feel an album in production, I guess the cover
is as important as the music, maybe the cover is everything most people know about
an album, maybe it is a door opener to some… keep an eye on the internet,
great stuff is coming, for the meantime let´s have some fun:
as phil barnett and sven piayda have announced to work on a new collaborative
project again, zany music has announced to reissue the AESTATE ‘greatest hits’
(2015) album as well as remix compilations ‘patch’ (2010) and ‘prov aiida
ep’ (2011). (the remix albums feature four common tracks by barnett and piayda).
the reissues will be available via zany music and downloadable for free via
zany load, they will not be distributed via bandcamp for different reasons.
zany music will do a makeover on the meta data written into the files and will
offer them in reliable zip format. the reissues will contain the original
mp3 files in original release quality. additionally, the /CAMP exclusive live
recording ‘performance’ will receive the dame makeover to offered on the /CAMP.
back in 2021 zany music reissued the three AESTATE albums containing bonus
tracks and live excerpts. the remix and ‘greatest hits’ reissues will be available
on march 24, 2023.
without any announcement in advance and definitely surprising record of tides
released the new track ‘random darknet shopper’ on january 1st via zany music
and distributed via bandcamp. it is supposed to be available for free for
a limited time only. piayda has already debuted the track live during the
gig at consol gelsenkirchen
in 2021. ‘random darknet shopper’ is taken from the long-awaited album
‘post internet’ which was already finished in 2020 and originally supposed
to be released by kreislauf.organistation which unfortunately missed to finish
the process. now the album will finally be released on february 24, 2023.
it does not belong to the ‘purchases’ series, the ‘post internet’ album is
supposed to be the legit follow-up to ‘black album’ (2020) while it uses the
idm context for mixing up seventies rock with conceptional and arty electronica.
the title is a quotation from a work by swiss artist collective !mediengruppe
bitnik. during 2014 and 2016 the group programmed a bot to randomly purchase
items from the darknet.
the track comes with a music video directed by matthias danberg available
via youtube. it features a first person perspective museum walkthrough exploring
different sculptures by matthias danberg using computer game aesthetics. danberg
originally produced an environment for a game engine which was actually explorable
via internet browser. while the necessary software is no longer functioning,
only the recorded walkthrough remains. as the video illustrates a track called
‘random darknet shopper’, piayda came up with the idea to add night vision to
the video. danberg and piayda have already collaborated for the record of
tides´ music videos ‘vogh beats2’ and ‘horns of paradise’. their third video
is supposed to be the closure of the video series. the cover artwork for the
digital single is also based upon a still from the video.
jan-dirk
platek x record of tides will release their follow-up to the remarkable mini ep
‘expotential/frequentism’ on january 13. the new ep will be called 'boxes',
featuring three new collaborative tracks. the release will be available via
bandcamp and streaming, the streaming version will feature an alternate cover
which is now used for all collaborative works.
sven piayda wrote
on the journal: last year jan-dirk platek and me did our first collaboration
for ‘expotential/frequentism’, as the result turned out to be more than convincing
for all of us I offered to do it again. there were plans in summer but I actually
wanted to have more time passed until we do a second try. as we are both busy
with projects and issues we did not focus it and I did not see it coming. I
was surprised to see a picture of him recording new material for me, a few days
later I received three piano tracks. I thought they were already quite dense
and I did not really see what to do with it. jan replied that I should take
time and suddenly everything happened in two days, working parallel on all tracks.
when I sent mp3 demos of my versions, jan posted some very kind works on facebook,
making my day:
I'm listening to the almost finished mixes of my collaboration
with record of tides and I could cry from happiness. when two people understand
each other blindly on a musical level, it's really extraordinary. I have met
sven piayda only once in my life - and that was a long time ago. sometimes
great things come about without much discussion. it just fits. (taken
from svenpiayda.com/blog
(2022-12-23
it´s in the way that you use it, a perfect year for samo | entry by sven)
on
december 16, primal scapes aka michael schreiber will finally release his second
solo album. ‘macrocosm’ will once again feature sven piayda on guitar, chris
huff on bass and jan van aachen on drums. schreiber has already produced ‘entertain’
(2020) with this band, electronic musician and keyboardist andreas hilburg
expands the line-up for the track ‘desperdida’. the recording sessions have
started directly after finishing the debut album in july 2021 without fixing any
release dates. van aachen, huff and piayda have released their debut album
‘monument’ as architects
of utter destruction in the meantime in february 2022.
the new album
turns out to be a synth rock album far away from pure electronic music. the
sleeve design and artwork has been produced by schreiber and piayda, based upon
schreiber’s pixel randomizer programming, piayda developed a series of pictures
showing cgi surfaces. these pictures have been processed ending up in the
album artwork.
on friday, december 16, primal scapes will celebrate the
release with a live stream event. starting at 8 pm schreiber will stream the
full album via youtube, as he has directed videos for every single song. between
the videos michael schreiber and sven piayda will discuss the production process
and will also answer questions, which will be delivered via chat. additionally,
a surprise guest will probably show up.
‘macrocosm’ will be available as digipack
compact disc as well as in numerous digital formats, distributed via bandcamp
and zany music.
as
we are going into the last month of the year we are looking for the final events
of the year. we are happy to announce sven piayda´s contribution to the lisaluna
short film festival traditionally taking place on the shortest day of the year,
december 21. the festival schedules ‘illumination interlude’, an exclusive
edit of the animated music video originally directed for record of tides´s track
with the same title and originally contributed to last year´s festival which
was cancelled due high corona infection numbers. caused by restrictions of
pandemic measures, the festival did not take place in 2020 and 2021. for 2022
the festival has moved from the st. josef church basement to stapeltor in duisburg.
it is our massive pleasure to announce the release of ‘songbook’, a 16 track
compilation album to be out on zany music and distributed via bandcamp in digital
formats on november 25, 2022. ‘songbook’ is a collection of features, vocal
based and song structured or underrated single tracks, coming up in new context,
previously unreleased or finally re-mastered, all produced between 2004 and 2022.
this album is a once in a lifetime piece, somewhere between art and pop. it
combines very different production methods, styles and sounds, nevertheless it
works great as an album. zany music calls it path into the record of tides
universe, retrospective and roller coaster ride.
‘songbook’ features collaborations
with stunning musicians, writers and producers such as all notes off, samuel
taylor coleridge, cosima & monkelmann, don scriba jr., mabel e. hicast, kill
scrxxn, jan-dirk platek, primal scapes, prjct fear, sven and dirk wienecke.
01 legacy feat.
don scriba jr. 02 save space feat. primal scapes 03 becausetheinternet
04 la vie pendant la pandemie feat. mabel e. hicast 05 vorwegnahme feat.
cosima and monkelmann 06 mountains feat. all notes off 07 fulerum county
(the saints) 08 fly away song feat. prjct fear 09 genesis feat. samuel
taylor coleridge 10 slts_pro 11 makemake stendhal syndrome feat. kill
scrxxn 12 a dozen roses 13 rosstrappe feat. dirk wienecke 14 smoke,
wax and honey (aural park version) 15 go through feat. sven 16 expotential
feat. jan-dirk platek
detailed credits coming soon. the
album will be available digitally only in different formats.
sven
on the website intro picture used for 'songbook', taken from the journal: the museum also featured a show concerning women in art, also on the question
on being underrepresented as creators and being declassified as (sexual) objects
in works. this is a complex topic I would not dare to discuss here but there
was one position really striking my mind. bolette berg and marie hoeg have
been working as photographers at the end of the 19th century. their heritage
contained a box labelled as private with a bunch of pictures taken, obviously
unreleased and obviously just for fun. here the two female photographers stage
themselves as boy, man, bear or smoking in a boat. these pictures must be
a hundred years old, these still look beautiful and fresh but they teach you one
thing: a lot of discussion and finding on diversity is a lot older than often
realized.
and
here the two women used the medium to capture some playful thoughts for the time
afterwards. here the age of (post-) postmodernism comes in. we already know,
that there is nothing new left and these women even have the medium to proof
it for us. it is the conserving medium which enhances our post-modernistic
world. it should be relaxing and calming every discussion we´re in. it is
not new, we have seen it before, find out what we already have and then consider
if you still feel like starting a revolution. I felt like neo meeting the
architect in matrix. so what do bolette berg and marie hoeg teach you, apart from
making great photographs? taken from svenpiayda.com/blog
(2022-07-29 for the museum hat trick: arken and ordrupgaard | entry by sven)
it is our great pleasure to finally announce the new collaboration of christopher
terhart and sven piayda for terhart´s movie debut. ‘kaivalya’ can be described
as an experimental documentary type of film about solitude, it is a non-verbal
and non-narrative piece of cinema. the film features scenes of decay, nature
and various places all over germany, focussing on broken beauty. on terhart´s
request piayda has scored the movie based upon known and previously unreleased
record of tides tracks from the ‘purchrases’ series. these tracks have been
remixed and remastered and appear without beats as score of the movie. the
soundtrack is supposed to be available via bandcamp parallel to the movie´s release.
the release of the full movie is scheduled for 2023 without any fix date
so far as it is still in (post) production. you can already watch the trailer
over here: vimeo.com/759265114
terhart
and piayda have already collaborated on ‘penicilina’ by record of tides. the
track ‘vorwegnahme’ was originally produced by terhart a.k.a. monkelmann, piayda
turned the track into a longer and more complex version also featuring an acoustic
guitar solo. the spoken work part written by monkelmann adapts a found text
based upon conspiracy theories. by reinterpreting and translating it into
german language it is turned it into a positive prophecy. christopher terhart
is also known as visual artist mostly known for great infrared photography.
in 2022 record of tides appeared live for three times, a live performance, a hdj
set and an av live set. as these performances focus on the sample and synth
based music of record of tides, sven piayda has been considering on how to
bring up live music from the ‘collected riffing works’ albums or the architects
of utter destruction debut album. as forming a new band is not an option,
it is considered to perform live guitar to a pre-produced backing track. incidentally
and not announced, piayda appeared live for a jam session at anyway, essen, on
septmeber 15. as the this way of performing live turned out to be simple and
convincing, future dates for jams are supposed to come up. on the basis of
‘collected rigging works’ these live events will be called'‘selected shredding
gigs' or 'connected riffing jerks' later on.
we expect these dates for
'connected riffing jerks' (not confirmed yet)
update
2022_09_27:here is another stunning episode: the anyway posted a date
for a jam session. I was curious but my day was already full of stuff I had
to care for and I experienced some jams as pretty stupid when singing collectives
show up to present cover versions or the resident band simply plays their songs.
however, managed to show up on time, bringing my new white strat (finally
playable but not yet completely finished) and the line6 pod. well, the rest
was super easy. all musicians showing up are a little bit insecure, open-minded
and willing to do something together. we really rocked a lot on improvised
riffs, sometimes even improvised vocals with the audience applauding our jammed
songs. it was so thrilling and joyful that I want to do it again. I do not
know if I want to found a live band again, but recording songs and playing
jams appears to be a great opportunity. I want to some more jams in the next
months or ‘selected shredding gigs’, see www.recordoftides.com.
I realized that it must have been over a decade that I played guitar in front
of an audience (or people hanging out at the same pub as I do) but I feel
that I still can do it and should do it. set your schedules: october 13, live
jam session, anyway. seeya!
last sunday I did a blues jam session in bottrop.
it was strange to play blues songs I do not even know myself and wait for
the solo spot. doing a jam without any given song brings a lot more dynamics
into it, also some more euphoria. however, this is susie and me on stage for
the first time in a decade.
update
2022-10-01: on behalf of bandcamp friday, october 7, zany music releases ‘downfall
(slow)’. the track originally appeared on record of tides´ 2022 album ‘panamerican’.
during the av live set at szeniale festival in gelsenkirchen on august 20,
2022, piayda came up with a slower and restructured version of the track.
this version is now available as ‘name your price’ download in different digital
formats, later it will be added as bonus track to the ‘panamerican’ album.
it
is our massive pleasure to announce the opening of the new sven piayda solo exhibition
at essen-based kunstverein kunstwerden on sunday, september 11 at 4 pm. the
show will be entitled ‘needle in the multiverse’ as curated by petra steinhardt
and will combine multiple disciplines and aesthetic impressions.
the
press text states a following: in his solo exhibition for kunstwerden sven
piayda combines photography, video, cgi, found footage, multiples, sound and
music to create a multi-aesthetic experience. an almost half-hour animated
film and the one-hour soundtrack enable immersive immersion - as well as a memory
game on display, which makes it possible to experience the crux of fixed rules
when viewing things. full of cross-references to science, art history, and
pop culture, the works from the last nine years quote nasa's probe missions, de
saussure's linguistic models, leonardo da vinci's landscapes, beethoven’s unfinished
10th symphony and hugh everett's multiverse theory. the exhibition reflects
the observation of things with limited means between infinite zooming out and
authentic self-reflection: is the answer to the question of divine genius
to be found in the interuniversal, in the transcendent or in ourselves?
the show will also feature ‘future perfect (lbv#10)’, a transparent vinyl
containing piayda´s attempt to finish ludwig van beethoven´s 10th symphony. the
piece has already been on display at kunstmuseum mülhein in 2021 and at galerie
an der ruhr in 2020 – here the record was presented on a player to explore
the sound. in the kunstwerden exhibition, the record will not be played but
sound piece will appear within the sound installation. next to ‘future perfect
(lbv#10)’ the soundtrack also feature parts of ‘saturn rings’, ‘la mer’, ‘the
long way down’ as well as record of tides tracks ‘horns of paradise’ and ‘snd’.
the
show, its opening and aligned events will fit recent pandemic related hygienic
rules. sven piayda is expected to be present during the opening, an artist
talk is scheduled for october 23. further dates to be announced.
sven
piayda NEEDLE IN THE MULTIVERSE kunstwerden e.v., essen 2022-09-11
– 2022-10-23 opening 2022-09-11, 4 pm
record
of tides returned to the szeniale festival in 2022 after performing in 2019 for
the debuting festival. thanks to fans and supporters, there is a lot of material
documenting both gigs which have both turned out to be very good ones. studio
is recently puzzling all media together (including photographs, mobile phone video
footage and line-out-recordings) to produce two live bootlegs capturing the
performances. we hope to have these twin bootlegs produced soon. they
may be released in future, probably escorting the next szenale.
sven
piayda has already blogged about the szeniale gig and the support by many great
people. the studio is still working on the material and will come up with
more soon. first of all, we are extremely happy to present a live snippet
on youtube: record
of tides performing ‘b-petol’ with perfectly syncing visuals. the clip was
filmed by sandra borbe, who had already streamed parts of the performance
live on instagram. we hope to present more snippets of the performance soon.
now
you can exclusively download ‘b-petol (live at szeniale 2022)’ here.
record of tides has finally started to upload videos on youtube, most of the
content is mirrored from vimeo.
the rot channel has also brought up a
video documenting piayda playing ‘random
darknet shopper’ at consol in summer 2021. the track is supposed to be
taken from the unreleased and upcoming ‘post internet’ album, for which visual
artist matthias danberg is working on videos.
this
has been a remarkable weekend, actually an electronic weekend. after postponing
the szeniale because of the covid pandemic and working for about two years on
it finally took place last saturday. I was finally able to play the record
of tides set. after much practicing and preparing I was able to play a good gig,
I am pretty happy with the result. even if the set-up contained a lot of (still
on time) improvisation, the whole thing looked good, the way it was supposed
to be. playing live (especially in gelsenkirchen) leaves me with mixed feelings,
however, I have managed to also have a good time when playing on a festival. so
I am pretty happy with the result, it looks and sounds the way I want it to, but
it also feels ‘enough’ or somehow finished. I think I could change it towards
a post rock show in the future and maybe play somewhere else. so why would
I come up with a french headline while not speaking it? well, because of me
performing and seeing dominik eulberg live I would call it the electric weekend.
translating it into french makes it sound like ‘fin de siècle’ which is marking
an era but also the end of it. maybe it was defining something, and maybe
it is over. I do not know yet. however, I am thankful for a lot of support
and documentation by a bunch of lovely people around. I am still getting pictures
and video snippets which I am transforming into material for the record of tides
website and hopefully for youtube. so once again, a big thank you to marion
neunzig, laura haurand, sandra kunce-haurand, sandra borbe and grisho schlüsi.
I will come up with a digital thank-you-bundle. recently, there are some tracks
in the making, but I will focus on an upcoming compilation album as well on
a soundtrack for an experimental movie. matthias danberg and me are working
on audio visual material for an unreleased album. also, my on/off project
called architects of utter destruction needs a second album and the song writing
process is a long one… additionally, there is still a primal scapes album
in the making… let´s have a closer look on the past weekend.
marion
neunzig joined my gig at consol in summer 2021. by taking and posting some pictures
we got into contact and I have invented her to performances afterwards. fortunately,
she was able to join this time and took some remarkable pictures. above you can
see some impressions from the gig, more soon.
my friend and collegue sandra
borbe has turned out to be a big supporter by taking pictures (and partying afterwards)
at szeniale 2019, frühlingserwachen and this szeniale. she has delivered some
remarkable videos (from the instagram live stream) and pictures, not only
from the gig, also from the fooling around afterwards.
we
are happy to announce the return of record of tides to the gelsenkirchen based
szeniale festival for an upcoming audio visual live set on august 20, 2022.
the szeniale festival will to take place in the ückendorf district of gelsenkirchen
at various places again. it premiered on july 13, 2019 and featured about
300 artists in different disciplines presenting exhibitions, readings, performances
and concerts. record of tides played at exodus supported by wesenberg (third
places) and all-night dj set by partykumpel following the record of tides performance.
the festival was supposed to take place in a two year period but had to be
postponed because of pandemic-related issues.
after contradictive information
concerning piayda´s participation and collaborating artists, we are now happy
to announce a pure record of tides audio visual live set featuring new sounds
and immersive visuals. the performance is scheduled to take place at nikolai
kirche (ückendorfer straße 108) at 10 pm.
no tickets are needed, the entry
to all performances is free. make sure to show up on time and check the festivals
program. even if there are rumours, the szeniale is the last confirmed upcoming
performance for 2022. you are welcome to join, take pictures and videos.
update 2022-08-15: after some rumours in the last months
we are happy to confirm that matthias danberg and record of tides are recently
collaborating on audio visual material again. danberg has already directed
two videos for tracks from the ‘black album’, watch ‘vogh
beats2’ and ‘horns of
paradise’. the collaboration is supposed to be based upon the ‘post internet’
album, which was finished in 2020 but is still unreleased. we hope to post
stills and further info soon.
without
any announcement in advance and definitely surprising zany music has released
the new record of tides album ‘penicilina’ in digital formats as distributed
via bandcamp. the album features 14 tracks pandering between different styles
and production methods in electronic music. the album was already produced
in january and february 2022.
next to typical post hip-hop and idm productions
the album also contains a feature with cosima and monkelmann. ‘vorwegnahme’
was originally produced by monkelmann, piayda turned the track into a longer
and more complex version also featuring an acoustic guitar solo. the spoken
work part written by monkelmann adapts a found text based upon conspiracy theories.
by reinterpreting and translating it into german language it is turned it
into a positive prophecy. monkelmann a.k.a. christopher terhart is also known
as visual artist mostly known for great infrared photography. the album was
once again mastered by michael schreiber.
single tracks have already appeared:
‘thinking often’ was featured in record of tides´ live set at heilig-kreuz-kirche
in may as well as within the hdj set at consol. ‘new lift to compromise’ was
already featured in primal scapes’ hdj set on a party at schreiber ranch in june.
‘seconds’ was already featured in prjct fear´s live set streamed via twitch
in june 20, see youtube.com.
next to the previously unreleased track prjct fear a.k.a. dean heuke played
many tracks from the ‘purchases’ album during his sets. you can watch the
recording (half time dressed up as darth vader) of his live streams over at youtube.
additionally dean heuke a.k.a. prjct fear as directed the official video for
‘seconds’, which can be watched here.
written,
produced and performed by sven piayda ‘vorwegnahme’ written, performed and
produced by christopher terhart and sven piayda spoken word vocals performed
by cosima mastered by michael schreiber artwork by sven piayda distributed
by bandcamp and cool record stores
update 2022-07-10: please check out the new review on ‘penicilina’
by thierry massard on nocovision. we are always thankful to present reviews
and feedback. check out the review over here.
‘penicilina’ is based in sound and artwork on the ‘purchases’ series.
after ‘purchases’ (2021) and ‘panamerican’ (2022) this solo follow-up is the
third album of the series, it also might be the best one so far.
after
confirming to perform at szeniale ’21 record of tides´ participation was not save
for the postponed date on august 20, 2022. now we are happy to tell that record
of tides is scheduled to perform an audio visual set at nicolai church in gelsenkirchen.
set your schedules. all info in the live
section.
record of tides´ kultur.picknick auf consol hdj set is now available via /CAMP.
(the record of tides remix for gallops has been taken off the /CAMP again)
log in and download as mp3 file, have a look at the track list once again:
aphex twin – nannou four tet – mama teaches sanskrit boards of
canada – an eagle in your mind bibio – you nightmares on wax – les nuits
prefuse73 – afternoon love in dabrye – hyped-up plus tax röyksopp
– sombre detune four tet – angel echoes turner – head in the sky brothomstates
– end of an era (unreleased) aphex twin - marchromt30a edit 2b 96 – 01 boards
of canada – palace posy record of tides – thinking often (unreleased) aphex
twin - #3 [rhubarb]
record
of tides performed a beautiful and complex set at kultur.picknick auf consol
last saturday. the tacks were mainly based upon idm and post hip-hop and were
merged into one another without deconstructing them. piayda also played a
new track called ‘thinking often’ which appeared towards the end of the set ending
up in aphex twin´s ‘rhubarb’ ambient masterpiece. ‘thinking often’ also appeared
during his live set at heilig-kreuz-kirche in may. this might point on a release
of new album.
more about the kultur.picknick auf consol dj sets
over at svenpiayda.com/blog.
the kultur.picknick auf consol hdj set will be available via /CAMP soon, but
we like to share the tracklist in advance:
aphex twin – nannou four
tet – mama teaches sanskrit boards of canada – an eagle in your mind bibio
– you nightmares on wax – les nuits prefuse73 – afternoon love in dabrye
– hyped-up plus tax röyksopp – sombre detune four tet – angel echoes turner
– head in the sky brothomstates – end of an era (unreleased) aphex twin
- marchromt30a edit 2b 96 – 01 boards of canada – palace posy record of
tides – thinking often (unreleased) aphex twin - #3 [rhubarb]
the new techno project by dean heuke (a.k.a. 1satzleiter) called prjct
fear releases the debut album ‘boneyard elements’ on june 10, 2022. the
album is available via bandcamp as well as via common streaming portals. the
album features the track ‘fly away song’ with record of tides. the track is also
supposed to be featured on an upcoming record of tides release. heuke and
piayda have already collaborated for the ‘eltern’ remix by 1satzleiter.
after
playing live sets at frühlingserwachen festival and at consol last summer, record
of tides will return to consol in gelsenkirchen to play his first hdj set in a
decade on june 4, 2022. the kultur.picknick auf consol features program from
june 3 to 5 including the dj stage on saturday, june 4, as curated by roman pilgrim.
next to record of tides, natalie pielok, zeitgeist and lemon & pilgrim will
perform dj sets.
kulturgebiet consol an der trendsportanlage nähe zugang
bismarckstraße klarastraße 45889 gelsenkirchen
the festival features
performances and participation by come with us, consol theater, flames-fire compagny,
forum 2000, kulturraum die flora, kunstmuseum gelsenkirchen, kunstschule gelsenkirchen,
lalok libre e.v., lemon & pilgrim, les djembistes, markus kiefer, mir puppentheater
gelsenkirchen, natalie pielok, norbert labatzki & melody reich, record of
tides, der schreberjugend am trinenkamp und zeitgeist.
you may like to
find out about the festival over at gelsenkirchen.de. also
you can download the festival flyer including full program as pdf version over
here.
we are happy to tell you the zany music has reissued the eps escorting the purchases
album as vinyl versions: the ‘gimmicks ep’ and the ‘the biggest trick ep’
are available as white label vinyl cuts with artwork stickers. as they feature
the music on only one side, both contain hidden tracks on the b-side.
the
tracklists and running times (not listed on labels) are as following:
‘the
biggest trick’ vinyl ep A1 she was sent (4.12) A2 rope (3.50) A3 fields
(edit) (1.08) A4 everything she says (3.02)
‘gimmicks’ vinyl ep A1
la vie pendant la pandemie feat. mabel e. hicast (4.14) A2 farewell fires
(alternative version) feat. primal scapes (2.29) A3 woman experts (edit) (1.09)
A4 beats over rags (4.00)
the vinyl reissues are limited and are expected
to be sold out quickly, we hope to offer them also as merch at the upcoming
hdj set at consol. in stock copies can be ordered via bandcamp.
zany music has also added some more formats for the ‘panamerican’ album. the
tape version was added yesterday. unfortunately, all physical formats of ‘panamerican’
are sold out already, the album is still available in numerous digital formats.
it
is our massive pleasure to finally announce the release of 'collected riffing
works 2', the long awaited follow-up album of 'collected riffing works’ (2019)
expanding the CRW series by record of tides. the album is quite surprisingly
released once again by zany music and is distributed by bandcamp in multiple digital
formats. the album surprises in style, sound and composition once again as
it focuses on post rock instead of idm and post hip-hop. also there has been
no promotion in advance which is quite unusual for zany music.
'collected
riffing works 2' is a collection of ten tracks which have been produced over the
period of the past 15 years which have been waiting to be released since spring
2020. as the title already mentions, the album contains mainly guitar riffing
based music focussing on the rock music influences of record of tides. the
track ‘sanctuarium’ even features sebastian flamma as co-producer.
'collected
riffing works 2' is now available via zany
music and distributed via bandcamp.
above
you see a photo taken on may 21 of record of tides live at frühlingserwachen festival
as taken by sandra borbe. piayda played a great set for a manageable but very
interested audience at 1.30 pm. we like to thank kirsten lipka and sandra
borbe for documentation and support. more to come.
also, record of tides
will return to consol in gelsenkirchen on june 4, 2022 for kultur.picknickauf
consol performing a hdj set on behalf of festival curator roman pilgrim.
further information to be announced.
we
are happy to announce the record of tides live set (unfortunately without visuals)
at frühlingserwachen festival to take place at heilig-kreuz-kirche and bochumer
straße in gelsenkirchen on saturday, may 21, 2022. the line-up of artists
performing at heilig-kreuz-kirche has ben curated by julian rybarski who will
also perform with his band at this venue. even if the performances are limited
in time of just half an hour and are scheduled for the early afternoon, we
would like to invent you to this festival as the line-up features a wide range
of styles of musicians connected to the city of gelsenkirchen. the musical
performances at heilig-kreuz-kirche will end about 4.30 pm but the festival will
offer more acts around for an open end.
have a look at the line-up and
time schedule (performances will be on time):
12.00 am st. barbara
gospel
12.45 am mario stork & band
1.30 pm record of tides
2.15 pm val’n’tin
3.00 pm metromara
3.45 pm julian
rybarski large band
the venue of heilig-kreuz-kirche opens its doors at
11.30 am. free entry, no tickets needed.
frühlingserwachen - heilig-kreuz & bochumer straße facebook
event
update
2022-05-14: above you see julian rybarski (musician and curator), irja hönekopp
(head of department in the urban planning department), andrea lamest (head
of the cultural department) and overall organiser simon schlenke presenting the
full programme during the press conference. we hope for a great day with lots
of meets and greets. don't miss it! (picture by cornelia fischer)
you
may like to download the program flyer giving all information on upcoming acts
and their time slots as well as further festival infos. click here
to open in new window.
also,
record of tides will return to consol in gelsenkirchen on june 4, 2022 for pfingstpicknick performing a hdj set on behalf of festival curator roman pilgrim. further
information to be announced.
even
if this year is the third in a row which makes it difficult to schedule live events,
we are happy to tell you that record of tides will return live in 2022. the
information available still remains rare but piayda has confirmed to return to
the szeniale festival in gelsenkirchen on august 20 with an audio-visual set.
the festival was originally announced for 2021 but postponed due pandemic-based
issues. earlier this year, on may 21, record of tides will also perform an
audio live set among further artists at the opening of heilig kreuz kirche
in gelsenkirchen as emschertainment venue. more info to be announced. next
to these confirmed dates there are also rumours of further dates and even a hdj
set. piayda is already in preproduction to present unreleased and altered
tracks for upcoming live shows.
for the meantime you may like to enjoy recordings of past
live performances: you can watch the ‘vivid euclids’ live set by primal scapes
x record of tides as streamed on youtube. also you can watch a high quality
recording of record of tides` av live set at consol gelsenkirchen available in
the /CAMP.
next
to these live dates zany music has announced to release more music by record of
tides. the long awaited ‘collected riffing works 2’ is supposed to be finally
put out this year. also, a new album continuing the post hip-hop albums of
‘purchases’ and ‘panamerican’ is supposed to come out in summer.
dealing
with the on-going humanitarian disaster in ukraine, providence (rhode island,
usa) based label component recordings releases a compilation featuring artists
from all around the world in the genres of electronic music, experimental, ambient,
industrial, techno and related styles. the call was initiated by the musicians
from snowbeasts (elizabeth virosa and robert galbraith from providence, usa) and
kai niggemann (cologne, germany). they have received hundreds of submissions
from over 27 countries, from all over the world, selected, grouped and assembled
an album that is an intense sonic journey through many different styles of
electronic music. there are nearly 200 tracks of amazing quality on this album,
making this one of the longest albums ever released on bandcamp. visual artists
noah g hirka designed the artwork for this album.
all proceeds from the
sale of this compilation will be split evenly between the charities vostok sos
and the ukrainian red cross.
‘for peace. against war. who is not?’
is a compilation by hundreds of electronic music artists from all over the world
to raise money and awareness for the humanitarian disaster caused by the russian
war on ukraine. we united to ty to help using what we know best: our music
and art. support this compilation now by buying it on bandcamp (feel free
to add as much of a donation as you can afford). 100% of the proceeds go directly
to vostok sos and the red cross ukraine. enjoy the music, and please spread the
word! (press release)
the compilation exclusively contains the
new record of tides track ‘a dozen roses’. the track was produced while working
on a follow-up to ‘panamerican’. as the track was already removed from the
new album´s tracklist we are happy to present it in this context. once again
it was produced by sven piayda and mastered by michael schreiber. (primal
scapes a.k.a. michael schreiber is contributing the track ‘overseas’, which
is already available as live version on ‘vivid euclids | live 2021-12-03’.)
we
like to encourage you to react to the on-going humanitarian disaster, purchasing
the compilation is one opportunity to do so. next to contributing to this
charity project, piayda is also supporting relief organizations.
a special
thanks to kai niggemann for managing the contribution.
update
2022-03-16:after only about 8,5 hours we have raised over $2500 already
[over $4200 after just 24 hours]. many people are paying much more than our
recommended low-threshold price of $12 — one person paid $200 for the compilation.
[…] there is an amazing momentum that all of you are making happen through
social media and your mailing lists. — component recordings sale progression
report
update 2022-03-17: the ukraine charity compilation already
raised $5000 and it is still selling. the compilation also appears in bandcamp´s
category rankings, it is #4 in electronic, #2 in experimental and #1 in techno.
cdm writes: as far as i know, the largest international compilation
has been ‘for peace. against war. who is not? a compilation for the people of
ukraine’. it feels like a landmark musical moment – at once, resisting putin’s
aggression and supporting ukrainian freedom, and also reviving universal antiwar
messages. none other than wolfgang flür of kraftwerk opens with a new antiwar
anthem to the whole planet, “say no”. other names join, including stephen
mallinder (cabaret voltaire), scanner, die angel (with ilpo väisänen of pan sonic
fame), schneider tm, joasihno (cico beck of the notwist), mia zabelka, and
dead voices on air. but i also see a lot of names from around the world and
from more experimental corners, including friends who have been stalwart opponents
of oppression elsewhere. that is to say, this is not limited to people who
have just become politically active for ukraine. i contributed a track there,
too, a new one that for me connects to how i feel. thanks to organizers snowbeasts
(elizabeth virosa & robert galbraith) and kai niggemann. vostok sos and ukrainian
red cross are the beneficiaries, and the financial response was overwhelming even
in the first few hours.
update
2022-03-19: today, saturday, march 19, the first sum of money is supposed
to be donated. the last reported amount was $5600, we estimate it for today
up to about $6000 to be split and donated. more info soon.
update 2022-03-21:
up to now the compilation havs received $7402 in donations. the first payments
have gone to vostok vos and the ukrainian red cross for $2794 each and additional
funds will be sent when they are transferred from bandcamp. the response have
been incredible with many people donating well over the $12 asking price with
numerous donations of $50 and $100. there has been one generous person donating
$200. the label wants to thank the people who have been sharing and promoting
the project and making this all happen.
update 2022-03-31: component
recordings have raised over $8500 so far but hasen't received all the funds from
bandcamp yet. about $8000 have already gone to vostok sos and the red cross
ukraine. feel free to spread the word that the money is already helping! it's
bandcamp friday on april 1st. this means bandcamp doesn't take their normal revenue
share and about 10% more of the money raised will go to the cause (about 5%
go to paypal, the rest is actual benefit money), please support.
update
2022-04-03: component recordings has raised over $10.000 already. bandcamp
friday alone brought about $1000. a big thank you to everyone supporting and keep
going.
without
any announcement in advance and definitely surprising zany music has released
the new record of tides album ‘panamerican’ as distributed via bandcamp. the
album features 14 tracks pandering between different styles and production methods
in electronic music. the album was not mentioned but was already produced
in november and december 2021. after collaborative releases with jan-dirk platek
and primal scapes as well as numerous features ‘panamerican’ is the legit
solo follow up to ‘purchases’.
‘panamerican’ comes as follow-up to
the critics´ favourite masterpiece album ‘purchases’ and its escorting ep series.
once again piayda layers synths and samples over changing beats delivering
a contemporary post hip-hop variation, but things are quite different this
time. fulfilling the teasers of ‘battery ep’ the new album for 2022 takes
up the multiply remixed drum ‘n’ base hit ‘concrete walls of gruga’. this
time it appears calm and slow while being as complex as usually. low end downbeats
alternate with wurlitzer rhythms, jazzy drums as well as cold idm beats. record
of tides peers into the future as usually but has one foot in the good old american
days. this mix of influences, styles and sounds may sound strange and ambiguous
as draft but merges perfectly in generating one of his most poppy albums. this
is an elaborated late work and gateway offer as well. in all of its friendly
complexness ‘panamerican’ is the parting of ways by stringing the possibilities.
where can you go from here? (press release)
written, produced
and performed by sven piayda mastered by michael schreiber artwork by
sven piayda distributed by bandcamp and cool record stores
update 2022-01-31:serious playfulness from a musician who has
long since become an expert in the art of avoiding pitfalls. in substance
and form. protean hip hop abstraction, [...] crystallizes with the expected agility,
the double game of a crossover of influences in balance and downtempo variation. nocovision.com
update
2022-01-31: this friday, february 4, will be the return of bandcamp
friday. on bandcamp fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches
the artist/label (after payment processor fees). when you make a purchase
on any other day of the month an average of 82% reaches the artist/label. so
if you are considering to purchase music form record of tides or any other release
from zany music, bandcamp friday is the day to go ahead. you are always making
a great deal, you´ll get /CAMP access as may receive further goodies and releases.
update 2022-02-03: above you see two graphs documenting the performance
of record of tides on bandcamp since joining in autumn 2020 counting the plays
and not the sales. we are not delivering any numbers here. as you can see
in the upper one, the attention is following waves placing the peeks around new
releases. the trend appears to be downward considering the one and a half
year performance. looking at the last months you can see ‘panamerican’ performing
well by creating a high peek and a quick fall-off. we hope for some more long-lasting
success. however, download ‘panamerican’ on bandcamp friday, february 4, and
get the ‘purchases’ album (mp3 bundle) in addition as bonus item.
update
2022-02-21: friend and collaborator sorin paun a.k.a. hexalyne has created
a mix for and live event and radio show producers INDEx. the mix #21 by hexalyne
is available via soundcloud (see link below) and features next to numerous outstanding
tracks from autechre and richard devine the record of tides track ‘downfall’
from the recent album ‘panamerican’. check out hexalyne´s latest release ‘tcaresset’
on bandcamp!
jan-dirk
platek a.k.a. we
deserve this and sven piayda have collaborated for an upcoming two-track release.
the digital only double single jan-dirk platek x record of tides ‘expotential
/ frequentism’ will not be on label and out january 14, 2022, available
on your favorite streaming service among applemusic, spotify, amazon music, tidal,
deezer and bandcamp. it will be available as pre-order via bamdcamp on boxing
day, december 26, 2021. platek and piayda already collaborated for the ‘concrete
walls of gruga’ remix compilation.
additionally sven piayda has directed a promotional video for the
track 'expotential'. the fully animated black and white video is also available
on boxing day, december 26, 2021. it will be available on youtube and as bonus
item on the bandcamp delivered download version of the 'expotential / frequentism'
release.
update 2021-12-27: on boxing day, prettyinnoise.de premiered
the video escorted with small article. (please apologise the half-correct
track credits): Der Klang-, Video- und Fotokünstler lebt seine Kunst in
verschiedensten Projekten und mit unterschiedlichsten Ansätzen aus. Neben
Record Of Tides ist er ebenfalls der Kopf hinter dem Musikprojekt AESTATE. Für
die neue Record Of Tides Single hat er sich mit Jan-Dirk Platek zusammengefunden.
Solomusiker Platek ist vielleicht den ein oder anderen PiN-Leser:innen von
seinem Projekt We Deserve This bekannt. Zusammen veröffentlichen die beiden
Künstler nun eine 2-Track Single (Expotential / Frequentism), die am 14.01.2022
auf allen gängigen Streaming- und Downloadportalen erscheinen wird.
Die
Nummer besticht durch relativ ruhige Ambient-Flächen die scheinbar kurz vor dem
Ausbruch immer wieder eingefangen werden. Nach dreieinhalb Minuten entlädt
sich die aufgebaute Spannung in einem wahren Klangrausch, welcher überraschenderweise
auf jegliche Beats verzichtet. Ein spannendes Projekt, welches man jedem Fan
elektronischer und meditativer Instrumentals empfehlen kann.
‘expotential’
is just melancholic in the beginning and becomes more brutal and powerful than
a slayer song towards the end. it sounds unique, even after the umpteenth
listen. – jan-dirk platek
creating ‘expotential’ was quite
different from what i´d usually would do. however, it is all derived from jan´s
piano lines. stretching, folding and checking where it would go and there
you are. – sven piayda
on
friday, december 3, 2021 at 8 pm michael schreiber and sven piayda added the next
chapter to their collaborative euclid series. their ‘vivid euclids’ performance
was streamed live via youtube from primals studios and is still available as recording.
the set featured live versions of tracks from the euclid series as well as
older and unreleased tracks.
on january 1 ,2021 primal scapes and record
of tides released their collaborative album ‘revenant euclids’ without any
announcement in advance via zany music and distributed via bandcamp. the album
features ten tracks mostly based upon randomized euclidian pattern. the collaborative
album was produced in november and december 2020. following their highly appreciated
collaborative album, primal scapes x record of tides released the appendix ep
‘sweven euclids’ on march 1, 2021 using similar production methods without
creating any beats within their ambient pieces. the collaborative ep was produced
in january and february 2021. ‘vivid euclids’ is also supposed to be released
within the next weeks.
primal
scapes x record of tides ‘vivid euclids | live 2021-12-03’ get the live album
via bandcamp watch the the recording of the original live stream via youtube
as
we are going into the last month of the year we are looking for the final events
of the year. we are happy to announce sven piayda´s contribution to the lisaluna
short film festival traditionally taking place on the shortest day of the
year, december 21. the festival schedules ‘illumination interlude’, an exclusive
edit of the animated music video originally directed for record of tides´s
track with the same title. back in 2018 the festival screened piayda´s experimental
short film ‘never is a long time’ which won the festival award. caused by
restrictions of pandemic measures, the festival did not take place in 2020. for
2021 the festival has moved from the st. josef church basement to stapeltief in
duisburg. get all info at the bottom of the post. (caused by rising infection
numbers we do not expect the festival to take place as announced. please check
lisaluna facebook site for updates.)
sven piayda | illumination interlude LISALUNA
SHORTFILM FESTIVAL 2021 stapeltief, duisburg 2021-12-21, 7 pm
on
friday, december 3, 2021 at 8 pm michael schreiber and sven piayda will add the
next chapter to their collaborative euclid series. ‘vivid euclids’ will be
a live performance streamed via youtube from primals studios. the set will
feature live versions of tracks from the euclid series as well as older and unreleased
tracks.
on january 1 ,2021 primal scapes and record of tides released
their collaborative album ‘revenant euclids’ without any announcement in advance
via zany music and distributed via bandcamp. the album features ten tracks
mostly based upon randomized euclidian pattern. the collaborative album was
produced in november and december 2020. following their highly appreciated
collaborative album, primal scapes x record of tides released the appendix ep
‘sweven euclids’ on march 1, 2021 using similar production methods without
creating any beats within their ambient pieces. the collaborative ep was produced
in january and february 2021.
michael schreiber explains the approach
and working process: to perform electronic music live always has a limiting
factor - which is only two hands and two feet per musician. due to that these
performances sometimes feel lame (although they sound nice) when there is too
many playback material. the approach we choose for the next live stream is
different from that and could be called it-based. think of an audio-workstation
as a giant modular system with tons of modules like clocks, logical units. these
modules are arranged into independent sequencers and can be compared to little
programs running and doing music. instead of triggering keys or buttons which
directly trigger a sound we will perform ‘them’ and change the ‘programs’ doing
that for us. this might be a little abstract way of making music - as there
is no creativity inside the machine - and pressing a key or button to trigger
a certain note or sound in that moment is different from saying the program
that the chance for that event to happen increases. nevertheless it is fun
- an interesting and highly efficient way of making music.
all in
the nutshell:
primal scapes x record of tides vivid euclids (live)
here
is one of three new pictures of record of tides performing at szeniale festival
gelsenkirchen in 2019 as shot and delivered by cannot be named. spoiler:
sven piayda is very likely to return to perfom a live set in 2021, a very special
venue and a very special set-up. more info soon.
also: the flamma
piayda complex returns digitally october 31: ex-destination: nowhere
and the suspenderettes singer sebastian flamma and sven piayda formed their
project in 2008 and released their pop metal debut album ‘the evidence’ on
october 31, 2009. the guys did never officially split up but did not manage
to produce a follow up album. nevertheless there have been preproduction for
live shows, an attempt to do a cover version of the knife´s ‘heartbeats’ (which
was never finished) and numerous remixes around 2012 which appeared on youtube
only.
now their album will return digitally exactly 12 years later on
october 31, 2021 on zany music. it will be distributed via bandcamp availabe
in numerous digitals formats. the compact disc version may also be available again. zanymusic.bandcamp.com
on
august 12 record of tides performed live at consol gelsenkirchen. the gig
documents sven piayda´s electronica project very well by mixing up classic
idm tracks with post hip-hop productions, well-known and unreleased tracks.
fortunately the performance had been documented by fellowship musician
michael schreiber, so the audio recording is now available as live bootleg
from archive.org. additionally the video of the full performance can be streamed
and downloaded from /CAMP now. if do not have access to the /CAMP and it´s
exclusive content, you can learn about the conditions and sign up here.
record
of tides´s ‘battery ep’ was released on september 3 and differs a lot from previous
recordings as it abandons post hip hop to focus on drill’n’bass influenced
idm. the ep also features the track ‘concrete walls of gruga’ which is already
well-known as remix by we deserve this. now zany music drops a collection
of remixes by prominent artists exploring the possibilities of the track while
expanding it into numerous genres.
‘concrete walls of gruga’ has been
reworked by kratzwerk, we deserve this, konvlikt, wesenberg, primal scapes and
record of tides.
the origin of this production traces back to an anticipated
collaboration of kratzwerk and record of tides. guido richter a.k.a. kratzwerk
asked for stems of the track and a little later further artists joined the project
while using the same stems to adapt the track into their style. fun fact:
sven piayda plays guitar on the primal scapes remix on behalf of michael schreiber.
it was recorded during (yet unfinished) sessions for a new primal scapes album.
the track also features chris huff on bass.
download ‘concrete walls of
gruga remixes’ from bandcamp.
update 2021-09-20: our friend thierry massard wrote a review on
‘concrete walls of gruga remixes’ for nocovision: not content with sharing
an original success with himself sven piayda has called together a dream team,
discreet in appearance, but which will certainly make history.
read
the full review (in french and english) over here.
even
if record of tides´ latest release ‘the biggerst trick ep’ came out on
july 2, zany music has already announced a new ep. the new ‘battery ep’ differs
a lot from previous recordings as it abandons post hip hop to focus on drill’n’bass
influenced idm. it features five tracks linked by a continuous ambience. the
ep also features the track ‘concrete walls of gruga’ which is already well-known
as remix by we deserve this. further remixes of this track are possible.
record of tides ‘battery ep’ is out on zany
music september 3 and distributed by bandcamp.
purchasing
music on a bandcamp friday offers full payment for the artists without distribution
share. the ep will be available as name your price download in different formats.
we
deserve this (a.k.a. jan platek) already released a remix of the record
of tides track 'concrete walls of gruga'. this might be a hint for even
more remixes to come. for the meantime enjoy 'concrete walls of gruga (we deserve
this remix)'. don´t forget to ckeck out we deserve this on bandcamp.
still
promoting the ‘purchases’ releases bundle zany music has uploaded the live performance
of the track ‘dismissed’ which appears live a little bit shorted but even
more twisted. please enjoy, more live video snippets might be up soon.
last
thursday, august 12, record of tides performed an open air audio visual
live set at consol in gelsenkirchen supported by fellow live electronic artists
lemon & pilgrim. even as the stage and light situation was not suitable
for video projection sven piayda managed to show a visual presentation via screen.
the night was curated by visual artist roman pilgrim and is part of the summer
stage festival. fortunately fellowship artist michael schreiber took care
of documenting the event, so we are happy to hand over some audio and video
snippets of this great set to you. a live bootleg delivering the full audio
recording of this gig is likely but not scheduled yet.
record of tides
is not scheduled for further live events recently (nothing is likely for 2021)
but is expected to return to gelsenkirchen for the szeniale festival on august
20, 2022.
recordoftides.com
is uploading incoming pictures of the performance. as there is more and more media
made available via this site, the webmaster is working on some new structures,
some links might not work properly recently, but these issues will be fixed
in the upcoming weeks.
the
show ended with a long, alternative and live improvised version of ‘beats over
rags’ followed by (a police sirens passing by and) the crowd cheering. the
track is now available (probably for limited time as single track) and will be
added to the ‘gimmicks ep’ as bonus track. a live bootleg delivering the full
audio recording of this gig is not scheduled yet but will be available via recordoftides.com. (the
track has vanished as single track from bandcamp and is now available as unlisted
bonus track of the 'gimmicks ep'. click the picture above to get there.
unfortunately
we cannot present a video snippet now because of technical difficulties, but
we´d like to share the set list of this special gig:
01 fields / old faith
(previously unreleased) 02 brazil pot one 03 random darknet shopper (previously
unreleased) 04 falcon (aural park version) with granada interface (fast) 05
becausetheinternet (previously unreleased) 06 love rush-up 07 exxa 08
p110_fracture 09 boston gardens 10 she was sent 11 illumination interlude
12 wildcat dreams 13 rfx 14 reel (previously unreleased) 15 vogh
beats2 16 dismissed 17 beats over rags / fields
record
of tides retuns to perform live at consol, gelsenkirchen. after the postponement
of the 2021 szeniale festival caused by the on-going covid pandemic we did not
expect to announce live dates for this summer. on august 12 record of tides
will perform an live set at consol in gelsenkirchen supported by lemon & pilgrim.
(even if both sets have been announced as live sets it is not sure if a projection
is technically possible at this venue.) the night is curated by artist roman
pilgrim and is part of the summer stage festival.
update 2021-08-10:
as the stage and light situation is not suitable for video projection we expect
a visual projection via screen. sven piayda and the studio have been working
very hard on this solution, we hope you enjoy! record of tides av live
set consol, gelsenkirchen 2021_08_12, 7.30 pm
please
note: entry to the event area is only possible with a current negative
test or proof of full vaccination or being recovered. without proof it will
not be possible to visit the summer stage at consol.
tickets are be free
but will be obligatory for your visit, please click
and book here.
update
2021-08-03:we deserve this (a.k.a. jan platek) has quite surprisingly
released a remix of a so far unreleased and unknown record of tides track
called 'concrete walls of gruga'. this might be a hint for an upcoming release
featuring the original track, maybe even more remixes to come. for the meantime
enjoy 'concrete walls of gruga (we deserve this remix)'. don´t forget to ckeck
out we deserve this on bandcamp.
after
massive problems within the last months concerning cancelled releases and shows
we are happy to announce new extensive material by record of tides on zany
music to be available on different media. the ‘purchases’ releases bundle
features all new tracks on vinyl, compact disc and download mostly based upon
samples expanding record of tides´ musical style towards post hip hop while still
being recognizable for his unique style. sven piayda started to work on the
new pieces back in december 2020 and finished the bundle in spring 2021. all
tracks have been mastered by michael schreiber to grand a transparent and punchy
sound for all tracks of the ‘purchases’ series.
the
upcoming series of releases starts with the ‘purchases ep’ available on limited
edition 12” black vinyl only. it features six tracks which also appear on
the album which is supposed to be released as final item. the vinyl is available
june 4 via bandcamp and exclusively from certain local record stores which will
be announced here. (the ep might be sold out quickly, you might contact us
for new items to arrive.)
the
vinyl release is followed by a digital only and free ‘gimmicks ep’ which contains
10 tracks which have been outtakes of the forthcoming album or additions after
the album was already finished. the ‘gimmicks ep’ features mabel e. hicast
and primal scapes (a.k.a. michael schreiber) on single tracks.
the
series finishes with the ‘purchases’ album available as download and compact disc
distributed via bandcamp only. the album contains 16 tracks available in different
digital formats.
the
covers, sleeve designs and music videos are inspired by artworks or pictures which
appear on walls in animated shows like ‘family guy’ or ‘the simpsons’. sven
piayda started a series of works aiming to create pictures looking like they could
appear as artworks in theses animated shows. the videos escorting the album
also feature the flat cartoon look in combination with the computer animated
movements which also refers to contemporary animated tv shows.
update
2021-06-28: our dear friend thierry massard has delivered a review on ‘purchases’
via nocoVision calling it a masterpiece: … the less "wise" musicologists,
and producers of sounds with a wavering memory, nourished by the spoils of their
elders, must now worry about their durability - melodic lines supported or
skilfully crushed, rhythmics in precarious balance, ‘purchases’ has the advantage
of not immediately revealing all its luxuriant richness. […] satisfying themselves
with delight, with the happiness of a story once again in progress - masterpiece!
a big thank you to thierry, once again! have a look on the full
review over at nocovision.blogspot.com
check
out the video for 'brazil pot one' as directed by sven piayda.
update
2021-07-02:
the ‘purchases’ album was supposed to be the final release of the ‘purchases’
series, now zany music adds another ep to the series: ‘the biggest trick ep’
features the track with the same name in an edited version which was originally
produced for the vinyl ep next to the edit version of ‘slides’ which was originally
released on the ‘purchases’ vinyl ep. the new release also features tracks
which have been produced in spring and already during the release period of the
series. once again michael schreiber has mastered all tracks of the ep which
has not been scheduled for release originally and is now added to the bundle.
‘the biggest trick ep’ is released on zany music and distributed by bandcamp,
the release is available as name your price download in different formats.
the
'purchases' vinyl ep is out on zany music and will be distrubuted via bandcamp.
additionally, we are delighted to announce that the vinyl ep will also be
available via onkel stereo in duisburg, germany. this lovely shop always
offers a great range of vinyls from punk to post rock and idm. next to getting
the new record of tides release, this is shop is worth a visit anyway!
update
2021-06-05: as the ‘purchases’ vinyl ep is already sold out via bandcamp there
are still copies (or maybe one or none) at onkel stereo. above you see a picture
of the lovely sticker and price tag onkel stereo´s sabine put on it: ‘reminds
of boc and aphex twin’, available for best price.
update 2021-06-05:
friend and fan becky go got a rare copy of the ‘purchases’ vinyl ep and has
presented it on her instagram
channel. it is great to see it is bringing the joy it is supposed to.
update
2021-07-05: grischo schlüsi x record of tides: our friend grischo (well
known from annual heavy rotation lists) has delivered a kind of fan made video
adapting the track ‘illumination’ from ‘gimmicks ep’ to his beautiful slow
motion bee study ‘beelumination’. watch
the piece over at vimeo.
update
2021-06-05: record of tides retuns to perform av live at consol, gelsenkirchen.
after the postponement of the 2021 szeniale festival caused by the on-going
covid pandemic we did not expect to announce live dates for this summer. on
august 12 record of tides will perform an av live set at consol in gelsenkirchen
supported by lemon & pilgrim. the night is curated by artist roman pilgrim
and is part of the summer stage festival. tickes will be free, more info soon.
update
2021-06-05: the szeniale festival 2021 was originally scheduled for june 19
featuring record of tides with a new audio visual live show featuring josie
kalies and 1satzleiter. after developing an alternating way of presenting
the events because of the pandemic the staff has decided to postpone the festival
to 2022. nevertheless, june 19 is now scheduled as ‘come together’ at ‘trinkhalle
am flötz (gelsenkirchen)’ and opportunity to meet and greet as well as to
talk about future projects and updates for the szeniale 2022. participants
need to register, in case of interest to participate, please email us.
there
have been rumours that zany music planned to release a bootleg of record of tides
live performance at szeniale 2019. there is a reconstructed recording but
no scheduled release. it may be put out one day, but for now you have to be patient.
in
this spring of falling incidences and upcoming negotiations on events we have
to tell you that participation remains unlikely. [...] also plans to return
to stage with record of tides have been interfered again and again. there
have been plans to play at szeniale in summer 2021 featuring new visuals as
well as guest performances by 1satzleiter and contemporary dancer josie kalies.
as everything is insecure we have to announce that there will no performance
as originally drafted. there have also been plans to do a streamed live show
but nothing has been fixed. there may be no live shows for record of tides
in 2021 anyway.
updade 2021-05-22: the szeniale festival will be
postponed to 2022 with no scheduled exhibitions or live events for 2021. we
will have to check possible dates for 2022 while we hope for record of tides to
perform. also we have to see if the collaborations with announced guest artists
will be possible as planned for 2021.
zany
music has released a new video for ‘horns of paradise’ by record of tides which
is once again directed by matthias danberg. the track appears on record of
tides´ recent solo work ‘black album’ from 2020. the new video is believed
to be the last video for the album, which is available from bandcamp and archive.org.
more
or less exactly ten years after the release of AESTATE´s last album ‘carbonized’
and about 14 years after the debut album zany music releases digital reissues
of the three iconic albums. each bundle contains the original album tracks in
maximum sound quality completed by bonus material expanding the running time
of each album to about 90 minutes. additionally the reissues feature processed
or reworked cover artworks reflecting the history of the releases.
zany
music originally released all albums primarily on compact disc while putting the
maximum quantity on the disc. the albums were therefore limited and optimized
for their medium. the label also put out the albums as digital download but
delivering only medium quality mp3s because of web space issues. now the albums
are available via bandcamp, added to the record of tides discography and no longer
limited in length.
let´s have a closer look to the digital reissues:
AESTATE
(debut album, 2007) contains the original album plus bonus track ‘plad 4040’.
the cover features a darker colour at the lower edge of the font.
SUPERFLAT
(2008) contains the original album plus an approximately 22 minute excerpt
of AESTATE´s live set as performed at ruhr in love open air techno festival
in oberhausen in 2008 as line out recording as bonus track. the album originally
featured two cover versions for the compact disc version, the digital version
also contained an alternate cover. the reissue cover merges these three versions
creating a more colourful appearance.
CARBONIZED
(2011) contains the original album plus bonus tracks ‘tync shaft’ (originally
released on the 5th anniversary label sampler by digital kunstrasen in 2010) and
‘renites’ (originally released on the 10th anniversary audio visual label
sampler by crazy language in 2016). the original cover featured sven piayda´s
‘herbarium show’ tableau (2010) but as the group has never been happy with this
choice, the reissue cover shows renderings done during the same production
period using the same input material delivering different abstract structures
while keeping the original colours now.
the first announcement of digital
reissues has been posted on april 1st on AESTATE´s mostly inactive facebook site.
as you see, this has not been april fool´s… however, chris huff and sven
piayda are not working on new AESTATE material, ‘renites’ may remain the group´s
final track.
updade
2021-04-18: following a statement by the szeniale team we do not expect the
festival to take place as scheduled. record of tides is not going to play
on june 19, 2021. alternate dates or concepts have not been communicated so
we do not expect sven piayda to play live in 2021. record of tides was supposed
to be supported by contemporary dancer josie kalies as well as singer 1satzleiter.
after
a remix ep and collaborative releases with primal scapes, all notes off and 1satzleiter,
’black album‘ is still the current and last solo album by record of tides.
as piayda announced skipping a new release we are happy to finally present
a new video directed by matthias danberg for the track ‘vogh beats2’ from
the 2020 album. danberg and piayda have finally brought results to their long
term announced collaboration, the new video is based upon danberg´s ‘bee’
movies which had been in recent exhibitions is only slightly edited to fit the
music. as the credit still above indicates, there might be more than one video
done from merging the black album with bee movies.
instead of promoting
new music, the video focuses on the recent solo work released about one year ago.
recently there is no info on plans for releasing new music.
because
of unexpected technical difficulties the video will be available by march 28,
2021.
after
two remarkable releases with primal scapes and lockdown based studio projects
we like to announce discontinuation of certain projects. as it has been mentioned
in the journal and facebook, piayda finished a new record of tides album which
was supposed to be released as ‘post internet’ in spring. the album was believed
to be released on the hamburg based netlabel kreislauf.organisation. even
if label and artist have anticipated the release, negotiations on how to do it
have come to nothing back in january.
now piayda has decided to skip the
release even if putting it out on zany music would have been an option. just
like ‘yellowcake’ the new piece ‘post internet’ will remain finished but remain
in the archive. tracks of both albums have been features in live sets but
are not available apart from bootlegs. the reduction of releases is supposed
to help focussing on a future release featuring different formats and even videos.
‘yellowcake’ and ‘post internet’ will remain unavailable until further notice.
following
their highly appreciated collaborative album ‘revenant euclids’ using mostly generative
sounds and structures, primal scapes x record of tides release the appendix
ep ‘sweven euclids’ using similar production methods without creating any
beats within their ambient pieces. once again both claim to have not played the
major part in the production. the collaborative ep was not mentioned but was
already produced in january and february 2021. michael schreiber and sven
piayda have already announced to work on further common projects while looking
for a new sound again. the release comes without any announcement in advance
and is uncommonly placed on a monday. ‘sweven euclids’ is released by zany
music and distributed via bandcamp only two months weeks after ‘revenant euclids’
which the ep is supposed to expand.
‘revenant euclids’ is still available
and highly recommended. the album features ten tracks mostly based upon randomized
euclidian pattern. the collaborative album was not mentioned but was already
produced in november and december 2020. primal scapes and record of tides
released their collaborative album ‘revenant euclids’ without any announcement
in advance on new year´s day via zany music and distribution via bandcamp.
today primal scapes releases the new ‘white twin’ ep featuring mostly alternative
versions of songs from the album ‘entertain’ next to two new tracks. the familiar
tracks are once again featuring sven piayda on guitar and chris huff on bass.
even if michael schreiber has created new mixes with new drums and vocals
the songs feature bass and guitar tracks recorded during sessions in summer
and autumn 2020, which have been slightly rearranged only. so this ep is an
appendix to the album expanding the range of styles.
michael schreiber
states on his intention: ‘the principle of keep it simple in matters of music
means to cut an idea down to the vital core. as a positive side effect of
condensation new space appears to rethink and recreate a track. this is where
the idea for these six previously released tracks came from.’
'white
twin' is available digitally only via primal-scapes.de and zany music. you
can still get your physical copy of ‘entertain’ on compact disc, please write
to studio[at]svenpiayda.com
we
are happy to announce the release of the new album by 1satzleiter entitled ‘kontrast’
on recordjet. the album features guests as danny grease, valerian and record
of tides. sven piayda has contributed a remix for the song ‘eltern’ which
can be found next to the original version on the album. the album is distributed
digitally only via spotify, apple music, amazon music and youtube.
you
can already watch the promo video directed by dean heuke. it features next
to the song´s german lyrics the logos of both artists. enjoy.
sven
piayda´s and 1satzleiter´s a.k.a. dean heuke´s plans of working together had been
announced back in 2017 and have been postponed ever since. now they have finally
managed to do so, future collaborations are possible.
the
szeniale festival is scheduled to return to gelsenkirchen on june 19, 2021. sven
piayda is supposed to contribute a new video for presentation in public space
(curated by nancy e. watt) and will also bring back a record of tides audio
visual live set, hopefully escorted with contemporary dancers. caused by the
recent pandemic situation we cannot guarantee the festival will actually taking
place and if record of tides will be able to play. at least zany music considers
to release the 2019 performance at szeniale as live bootleg as compensation for
cancelled shows. all info concerning on-going developments will be communicated
here when available.
without
any announcement in advance and definitely surprising primal scapes and record
of tides released their new collaborative album ‘revenant euclids’ via zany
music and distributed via bandcamp. the album features ten tracks mostly based
upon randomized euclidian pattern. michael schreiber a.k.a. primal scapes
has been busy within the last weeks in illustrating the production method
or even using it live via streamed performance. the collaborative album was
not mentioned but was already produced in november and december 2020.
michael
schreiber has directed and produced a video for the track ‘p110_fracture’. the
video features the full track as featured on the album. schreiber states:
‘sometimes being a human in an urban environment feels like being part of
the matrix and I start thinking of giant 3d printers creating all these monotone
structures.’ watch it over at youtube.
update
2021-01-09: we are delighted to announce that the final track from ‘revenant
euclids’, the current collaborative album by primal scapes x record of tides,
entitled ‘p73_aic_closing’ is featured on the recent episode (#554) of the
weekly sundae podcast as hosted by stefan schulz. back in august he record
of tides track ‘exxa’ was already featured on episode 534 followed by two
instrumentals from the ‘entertain’ album in episode 549.
sven piayda is recently focussing
on working on a new record of tides album. the piece is supposed to be finished
in 2020 and may be out in spring. new tracks had appeared in his last live
set at marienkirche herne and may be part of the upcoming album. new live
performances are also in the making as the collaboration with contemporary dancer
josie kalies is supposed to be continued. additionally piayda has finally
collaborated with 1satzleiter
aka dean heuke. their plans of working together had been announced back in
2017 and have been postponed ever since. piayda has finally and actually produced
a remix as record of tides which is supposed to be released on 1satzleiter´s
upcoming album ‘kontrast’ next to the original track. the album is announced
for february 2021 and is supposed to be available digitally only via different
streaming platforms. next to josie kalies 1satzleiter is believed to be performing
special guest for live performances. more info soon.
this
year we are celebrating 15 years of live electronica. after playing live with
bands like apologies and dissident(en) club, sven piayda debuted
with live performed electronica at halle luja in tönisvorst back in 2005. escorted
by heiner neumann for live visuals the digital artists took the stage while being
announced as Sellafield. the group split up shortly after because of schedule
difficulties while piayda focussed on productions to be released as AESTATE. now,
in weird 2020, we are looking back on one and a half decade of (audio-visual)
live electronica (sometimes even with guitar), dj and hdj sets. it feels like
time for a little celebration.
sven piayda has already stated that record
of tides´ performance at marienkirche in herne might have been his best gig since
playing szeniale festival in gelsenkirchen back in summer 2019. we are happy to
finally present video footage documenting the show. also zany music has announced
to release a live bootleg of the performance merged from microphone and line recordings.
the bootleg is supposed to be available soon, definitely still in 2020.
the
video captures josie kalies contemporary dance performance based on sound by record
of tides performing a fast live version of ‘granada interface’ (as found on
the ‘aural park ep’) and a new track featuring computer voiced vocals believed
to be titled as ‘becausetheinternet’. based upon footage taken during october
30 a second video snipped is supposed to be around and may came up. record
of tides performed a compact audio only live set at marienkirche in herne for
the ‘feuer und flamme’ festival. the performance was placed under an impressive
light installation by katerina kuznetcowa and alexander edisherovas.
update
2020-11-14: we are
thrilled to finally present the marienkirche live bootleg. this 30-minute
live set was recorded just two weeks ago and is all about what record of tides
live is recently. next to tracks from 'black album', 'endurance' and 'aural
park', this set delivers some new tracks with computer voived vovals and jungle
beats. a big thank you again to roger rohrbach and everyone of the 'feuer
und flamme' staff and to josie kalies for dancing and recording.
you can
get the live recording for free from archive.org. have
a look at the oiginal albums avalable over at bandcamp.
2020-11-15
update: we have
finally updated the stuff available from the /CAMP. the record of tides compilation
album ‘driftings’ had been removed and is now available from bandcamp with an
updated track list. the album is no longer available for free. the 2020 vinyl
release ‘aural park ep’ has also moved over to bandcamp. the /CAMP is now
offering redeem codes for free downloads in wav, flac, mp3 and further formats.
additionally we have finally added the remix for ‘darkjewel’ by gallops. the
band requested remixes and offered stems back in march but the announced plans
to put the remixes on a charity release have gone astray. the remix is now
available to /CAMP users for free. enjoy!
we
are still delight to announce the release the primal scapes debut album ‘entertain’
which is out now. the release is available as physical version on compact
disc and is also available digitally via soundcloud
and primal-scapes.de. the featured
tracks have been written, performed and produced by michael schreiber who
was releasing (and collaborating with record of tides for ‘altered stems’) under
his former stage name all notes off. the album is featuring record of tides´
sven piayda on guitar and AESTATE´s chris huff on bass. additionally, jan
van aachen contributes percussion on one track. now you can also order the
album from this site, you may ask for promo copies!
last
friday record of tides performed a compact audio only live set at marienkirche
in herne for the ‘feuer und flamme’ festival. the performance was escorted
by contemporary dancer josie kalies and was placed under an impressive light installation
by katerina kuznetcowa and alexander edisherovas. above you see a photo taken
by philipp valenta during the performance. we hope to present more media documenting
the performance soon.
in consequence of the covid-19 pandemic development
and regulations in it was not possible to bring up record of tides as announced
for november 3. therefore the 'feuer und flamme' festival staff decided to
bring up record of tides on october 30. the festival appeared to be exemplary
concerning recent rules for realisation a save event in times of the pandemic.
we would like to thank everyone at the festival for being professional and
making it possible. also a big thanks to josie kalies for turning the performance
into something unique. we apologise for quick changes, the staff and sven
piayda took a lot of effort to make the performance possible as this was the
last live performance for 2020 and probably months.
watch
josie kalies` remarkable performance at marienkirche, herne for the 'feuer und
flamme' festival. more video footage from the festival coming up soon.
record
of tides´ performance at marienkirche in herne might have been his best gig since
playing szeniale festival in gelsenkirchen in summer 2019. video snippets
as well as a live bootleg from the marienkirche gig might be coming up... (material
is recently being edited) plus: this site is all new, check it out.
to
compensate everyone who wanted to join the date on november 3 and could not participate
on october 30 we are delivering unreleased live footage form past shows. now
you can watch record of tides performing 'snow_1-7_140' & 'triads' during
his audio-visual live set for eurasia electronica 2018 in gelsenkirchen. this
is might have been the last unreleased footage snippet from the 2018 performance.
feuer
und flamme festival record of tides live set marienkirche, herne eikel
2020_11_03,
7 pm 2020_10_30,
7 pm new date
breaking
news: as
consequnce of the covid-19 pandemic devellopment and the followed regulations
it will be not possible to bring up record of tides as annonced for november
3. therefore the 'feuer und flamme' festival staff has decided to bring up
recod of tides today, october 30. (next to further artists who can modifiy
their schedules quickly) if you want to join the compact audio only set you
can visit the festival today.
we apologise for quick changes, the staff
and sven piayda are taking effort to make things possible. this will be the
last live perfomance for 2020 and it might for months.
the ‘feuer and
flamme’ festival will place art and music in a dedicated church for four days.
it was originally planned to take place during the pentecost season but had
to be delayed due the covid-19 pandemic.
have a look at the festival schedule and performance announcements. also
have a look at their website, you free to register your participation to fit pandemic
measures.
new album 'entertain' by primal scapes out october 30, 2020. written, performed
and produced by michael schreiber featuring record of tides´ sven piayda and
AESTATE´s chris huff. watch and/or listen to 'humming project'.
michael schreiber states: from the first ideas in april the project has developed
in the following months of song writing and recording. it didn't become a
typical electronic album but rather a mix of electronic and organic elements.
besides some personal leaning how nice this mixture can grow together, it
has also provided further learning effects: if you put two things that are
good on their own in one pot and just stir, it doesn't always taste good - but
only if you simplify the original recipe. through the collaboration with sven
piayda, chris huff and jan van aachen it has become a typical and equally untypical
album for me - with an exciting colour. I am more than satisfied and excited
with the result that it is finally finished. as always, you can't count the
hours that go into such a project, some tracks now carry the internal revision
number 15, because they have struggled with their hands and feet to fit into
the overall picture. also in this project I have learned a lot, especially
the combination of electronic music with hand-played real instruments offers interesting
ways to make the clear to cool electronic structures more organic. see
www.primal-scapes.com
update
2020_10_12: we are happy to announce that the physical copies have arrived
and will be definitely available by october 30. place your orders now via
www.primal-scapes.de. signed
copies are also believed to be around, don´t forget to ask for it! more
soon!
this
year´s KURZstummfilmfestival will deal with number ‘5’ in all its contributions.
the festival will also premieres sven piayda´s ‘aftermath’, a video project
started back 2019 directly after announcing the new topic but without deciding
if the piece will be published or not.
‘aftermath’ is drafted as a horror
movie for elementary school students using post internet art aesthetics once again
with music by record of tides. the heavy weight of bad grades (‘5’ is the
second worst grade to get in germany) seems to reach into the peace of the
summer break symbolizing the students resort. within the aftermaths the echo
of not being good enough remains omnipresent. the short film is only five
minutes long and features material taken back in 2004 as well as digital animation
done in 2019.
the KURZstummfilmfestival will take place on september 26,
3pm at zeche carl in essen. caused by the corona crisis you have to register
for participation as the maximum number of visitors is limited to 50 people.
(please register here)
additionally the festival will screen the contributions on youtube, starting
with uploads in september 22 and having all videos available by september 25.
piayda is attending to the festival for the third time as chosen by the
jury having shown ‘granada interface (the lost tapes)’ in 2019 and ‘die entdeckung
europas’ in 2018.
it
is our massive pleasure to announce an upcoming record of tides live performance.
the ‘feuer and flamme’ festival will place art and music in a dedicated church
for four days. it was originally planned to take place during the pentecost
season but had to be delayed due the covid-19 pandemic. within this festival
record of tides will perform a compact live set on tuesday, november 3, 7pm. up
to current information the set is expected to be audio only, changes and updates
will be communicated here. this will definitely the last performance for 2020,
based upon the developing of the covid-19 community spreading the festival
might modify of cancel schedules.
feuer
und flamme festival record of tides live set marienkirche, herne eikel
2020_11_03, 7 pm
the
lockdown/quarantine situation made live events impossible for the last months.
record of tides did the last av live performance on february 8,2020 at medienbunker
duisburg. in the journal piayda announced being pretty unhappy with the performance
and announced to figure out ‘which context could be suitable and how I can
turn it into what I want it to be’ (2020-01-30
beyond the visible: genius in context | entry by sven, update 2020-03-07).
there haven´t been live activities since, but a live bootleg of the reconstructed
performance was discussed. now there are rumours of an upcoming performance
even in 2020. we hope to deliver more info soon.
one
of the record of tides albums I have been working on is ‘gift remixes’ or ‘remixes
for trash’. back in the days of dissident(en) club I was doing remixes to
fill the b-sides and special editions and to keep my electronica work going. now,
while recording with michael schreiber I am thrilled again by just recording guitar
tracks in a digital studio without caring for anything else. as I like the
sound of guitars in combination with programmed beats I was checking similar stuff
of my discography and ended up with the flamma piayda complex, record of tides´
‘edurance’ (if you want to put it into this line) and dissident(en) club,
of course. I still believe we did great stuff back in the days of our short existence
but only released two album on compact disc. I came up twice with the idea
to re-release it as free digital version (there is no money in it anyway) but
all my request have not been taken up and I am pretty bored of trying to bring
something back that was not my opus maximus (even if I still believe it is
worth listening to it today). however, there are a bunch of remixes and have
surprisingly found even more remixes of the ‘science fiction’ era which I had
forgotten. so what I’ll do is skip my attempts to bring back the original
albums and keep seeking for unreleased snippets and remixes so I have material
which is under my domain so I can put it out whenever I want. this may be
in near or far future but we should bring some stuff in shape here.
update
2020_08_10
via svenpiayda.com/news:
the
record of tides track ‘exxa’ is featured on episode 534 of the weekly sundae podcast
as hosted by stefan schulz.
update
2020_08_13
via svenpiayda.com/blog:
back
on march 22 right at the beginning of the lockdown/quarantine situation the
british post rock band gallops offered stems of their track ‘darkjewel’ via instagram
to be remixed and released for charity. [...]
without saying to much I
can state that I was a gallops fan, their album ‘yours sincerely, dr. hardcore’
is still one of my favourites, I discovered it back in 2013 and still have
it in my car, guess. a little later the band surprisingly split up but reunited
a few years later and delivered a new album featuring ‘darkjewel’. I knew
and have the track even if I did not have the album. when the call for remixes
came in was really thrilled to work with them. I did the production within
one day and it had to end as the machine was pushed to the limit and refused to
handle more tracks. of course, I wanted to be one of the chosen ones to be
on the release for charity, even if I could not figure out what kind of context
this was supposed to be. I contacted them via instagram to ask for a deadline
(there was none) and took two attempts to deliver the wav-file. before the
conversation fell apart completely (no-one was answering or even reading my messages
via insta or fb anymore) I often felt like texting with a stoned teenager.
the guy on the other end never put his name under the two-liners. however
they have kicked the project into the long grass. I have requested a few times
if there will be a release or if I can release it myself but stayed without answer.
the band´s website vanished so I guess they must have split up again. that´s
bad for them but what really grinds me is to make people work for nothing which
is a lack of valuation and professionalism. being musicians themselves, they
should know better. plus, the ‘charity’ idea is also scraped.
I have been
a fan but now there is a bad aftertaste. however, I have decided to put it
out myself, probably via /CAMP and I trust your ability to find yourself a charity
project you want to donate for.
as
you might know, michael schreiber and sven piayda have been collaborating for
the well appreciated album ‘altered stems’ and have been discussing further
collaborations since. next to music production it is remarkable that schreiber
is also a trained code programmer who has already created code for well-known
artists and is now collaborating with the studio for generative image production.
they have already finished a mini series wich remains unreleased but have
also created series of posters escorting the 'aural park' project.
also they are recently working in studio together for new music. piayda has
already announced to not put out any more music in 2020, so it is believed
that they are working on material for schreiber´s project ‘all notes off’. more
soon!
michael wrote in advance of the recording: I am very excited
to try new things and work on new material together with sven. think I have
to check if there is a red carpet anywhere so I can roll it out in front of the
studio. a little later this ‘preview’
was found online, once again with a comment from michael: a track preview
on the upcoming album ‘entertain’ - in case in plan will be released in 2020.
the track was done in a single recording session in another collaboration
with record of tides and as always has been a pleased in co-working with high
output. background of the track: one of my customers is running a real ‘heavy
metal’ business and the machine park and industrial space is really impressive.
the common recording sessions appear to be a lot more ambitioned than
expected. up to now it is believed that the material will be released in autumn
with a yet unknown project name. also there are rumours that AESTATE´s chris
huff has shown up in studio to contribute bass guitar parts for certain songs.
something is coming up. please be patient and stay excited!
caused
by the constantly changing weather situation and strict restrictions in public
parks the ‘aural park’ project ends without any public listening event. there
have been test events by the team in spring, but it was not possible to schedule
an event within the announced timespan. we hope to bring back the event next
summer, the studio is considering changes like an open call to feature further
artists working with sound. the ‘aural park’ vinyl edition has sold out quickly.
as zany music considers to put out more music on vinyl there might be a second
run of the ‘aural park’ vinyl next year. if you are interested, please contact
studio[at]svenpiayda.com, so we can put your name on the list (and will not give
your data to anyone else.) the ep is also available via /CAMP. by purchasing
the vinyl, poster or any other product you will get full access to music, videos
and texts featured in the /CAMP.
update
2020-07-27: sven
piayda has returned to 'natürliche ausrede' podcast for episode 030. as
this episode is supposed to be the end of the first season, podcast host chris
braucks and sven piayda change roles, the focus is on braucks this time while
piayda acts as host. therefore the episode is called 'selfie mit sven'. chris
braucks adds in is escorting text: the guest of this episode is a returner.
on may 18th sven piayda was already here to talk about his art. at that time
the idea was born to turn it the other way around and ask questions himself. a
fitting idea for the end of season. the podcast will take a break over august.
sven should have his own podcast anyway.
the
'aural park' vinyl ep has received great feedback, not just for the music but
also for the great artwork made for this format. unfortunately, there have
not been any listening events so far caused by bad weather and schedule difficulties.
so we are very happy to tell you that sven piayda studio has been working
in collaboration with programmer michael schreiber on an 'aural park' fine
art print poster edition series. there are four posters available, sized 75
by 50 cm, ready to order from the aural park microsite or at listening events.
as the vinyl ep is sold out we also expect the posters to be sold out soon.
please note: purchasing an aural park poster designed by michael schreiber
and sven piayda enables access to /CAMP and the ‘aural park’ ep as mp3 & jpg
bundle. click the images for larger view.
caused
by the aftermath of the lockdown situation, there is no open exhibition on display
featuring work by sven piayda (with the exception of the permanent exhibition
at galerie treppenhaus and the guest participation at edel extra in nuremberg).
all scheduled shows had been postponed or were cancelled. also there are no
live dates or dj sets scheduled to take place recently. the studio has used
the lockdown situation to work on an exhibition project escorted by a vinyl release
merging concepts of experiencing and collecting art and music: aural park.
today
sven piayda and the studio in cooperation with zany music reveal a new summer
project being a mixture of exhibition and listening event. within the aural
park project piayda presents some of his recent sound works as well as exclusively
produced versions of record of tides tracks in private and public parks where
they will be played by small music devices. all events are supposed to take
place in an open air context, therefor (and depending on the weather) the
listening events will be announced only a few days in advance via facebook events.
to
start the project the four exclusive versions from tracks originally found on
the 2017 record of tides album ‘solna’ are released today on zany music and
are available on transparent vinyl as limited edition only. the vinyl comes
with additional transparent sleeve with record of tides logo sticker. as the
release is limited to 100 copies only, there are less than hundred copies available.
as there have been numerous pre-orders, the 12’’ is sold out today on the
day of release. in case of being interested in purchasing a copy anyway,
make sure to contact the studio to be registered for a reissue of the album. escorting
the vinyl ep, record of tides ‘aural park’ is also available as mp3 bundle with
compact disc sized and edited artwork. the digital version is available via
/CAMP, a password protected
area only open to customer having purchased the vinyl or any other sven piayda
related content. the vinyl purchase also enables to customers to receive the
AP ADDS mp3 bundle, a three-track-60-minute hdj set featuring tracks of inspiring
artists.
to participate in aural park listening events (announced only
a few days in advance caused by dependence on the weather) please check the
project site and confirm your participation reliably via facebook events.
we
are happy announce the release of the collaboration album by michael schreiber
(stage name ‘all notes off’) and sven piayda (a.k.a. ‘record of tides’) for
‘altered stems’. schreiber and piayda have produced a number of reworks and
remixed of tracks originally created by the other one, the full album was
produced around easter. the collection of newly edited tracks is out on zany music
as download only. even if all notes off is known for dark wave while record
of tides is recognized for contemporary idm the common album is believed to
be quite close to pop music.
michael
schreiber has directed a video for the common track ‘care’, which is originally
to be found on the 2018 record of tides album ‘endurance’ and has be reworked
by all notes off. the video had been released yesterday in advance and has already
received beautiful feedback, which we do not want to hold back: you
guys are really killing me too, yo. you're the guys who mess up the amateur competition,
because they've outgrown it by miles, but (thank god) steadfastly refuse to
leave for the anonymous, friends-of-the-old-days-you-don't-know-anymore-professionals-camp.
I say this without envy, but with a certain sigh.
all
notes off and record of tides have been both performing live for ‘beats im bunker’
festival in duisburg. schreiber has also been recognizable in 2020 for participating
in ‘heavy rotation 2019’ and reviews on recent releases. also he is believed
to be involved in further on going projects like ‘aural park’ and a podcast series.
additionally, further music collaborations are scheduled. you can see
all mash-up pictures of past live performances which have been produced for promotion
purposes above.
the
video for the first rework on record of tides’ ‘mountains’ was released in spring
but without knowledge of further tracks to be ahead. the full album was produced
around easter. a new video will also come up to escort the release.
The
story behind the creation of "altered stems" is extraordinary - so I want to tell
about it.
Sven (Record Of Tides) and me met at the "Electric Café Ruhr"
events and both played live at the same gig "Beats im Bunker" early 2020 in Duisburg.
End of March 2020 in the "stay at home" days while finishing the last steps
top my debut album doing mastering/mixing steps I needed to reset my ears and
mind frequently. One evening I have been listening to some great tracks from
Record Of Tides. A thing about music is when you listen to something that
triggers you it digs into the back of your mind.
Some days later with
a good glas of wine I remembered "Mountains" from the album "Collected Riffing
Works" and had a spontaneous idea. Without any hesitation I neither asked
him or informed him and just recorded some vocals above the track. The result
was nice but it felt strange sending him the track late night with some explaining
words - what would his reaction be like? On the very next morning I checked
the messages and was pleased and relieved at the same moment about his positive
and kind reaction and he agreed we could release the track.
Sven wrote
that he might be thinking of a remix album and I replied that I could do a second
one if he likes to - he said: "Go ahead". That was the moment things really
got rolling and within a few days the second rework was done. He tried something
with one of my tracks and I was flashed and knew what he was talking about previously.
The moment when you listen to a rework of one of your own tracks that kicks
you - is beautiful and like a gift when you get a different point of view to your
own work. The idea of getting a complete album together got clearer as speed
of things increased so the complete creation process of writing and recording
happened in around ten days.
These days were an astonishing and pleasant
experience - mixing our musical influences led to surprising results for both
of us.
we
are happy to announce that sven piayda is featured in the recent episode 017 of
the ‘natürliche ausrede’ podcast. in the 93 minute conversation host chris
braucks and sven piayda talk about art, music, upcoming collaborations, profitable
systems and cultural sustainability. unfortunately the podcast is only available
in german language, but is recommended listening to as both are interested
and interesting conversation partners. within the episode you can hear snippets
of the record of tides track ‘dawn reversed (aural park version)’ as it is supposed
to be released on vinyl soon.
the escorting text states: if you
take a look at his website, which is well worth seeing and extensively documented,
you can quickly see in how many disciplines the mülheim-based artist sven
piayda has competed. photography, conceptual installation art, music, video
are just a few of them. we talk about the urge behind the creative process, the
truthfulness of photos, the role of the self-image in social media and the mildness
of old age that extends the taste for music.
above
you see braucks and piayda during the recording, perfectly socially distanced
as recommended. in the blog piayda wrote about developing and starting a podcast
series back in autumn 2018 but dismissed the project in summer 2019. however,
another episode with braucks and piayda is in consideration, further collaborations
are possible.
we are happy and surprised to announce
the collaboration of michael schreiber (stage name ‘all notes off’) and sven
piayda (a.k.a. ‘record of tides’) for an upcoming release. schreiber and piayda
have produced a number of reworks and remixed of tracks originally created by
the other one. the collection of newly edited tracks will be released as ‘altered
stems’ in june via zany music as download only. even if all notes off is known
for dark wave while record of tides is recognized for contemporary idm the
common album is believed to be quite close to pop music.
all notes off
and record of tides have been both performing live for ‘beats im bunker’ festival
in duisburg. schreiber has also been recognizable in 2020 for participating
in ‘heavy rotation 2019’ and reviews on recent releases. also he is believed
to be involved in further on going projects like ‘aural park’ and a podcast series.
additionally, further music collaborations are scheduled.
the video
for the first rework on record of tides’ ‘mountains’ was released about one month
ago but without knowledge of further tracks to be ahead. the full album
was produced around easter. a new video will also come up to escort the release.
it is our massive pleasure to announce
the release of 'black album', the sixth full length album by record of tides.
the album is out once again on the hamburg based netlabel kreislauf.org and
is available digitally and free. kreislauf.org has already released the reissue
of record of tides´ debut 'timber' from 2004 in 2014, the follow up
'vessel' in 2016, the 2017 album ‘solna’ and the 2018 album ‘endurance’.
‘black
album’ has been programmed, recorded and produced between autumn 2016 and spring
2019. the album features 10 tracks and is mostly inspired by aphex twin and
boards of canada (also some autechre for deconstructed parts) again, there
are no guitars or any acoustic instruments on the album. the album is prominent
for bocesque sounds and melodies while contrasting complex beat programming.
some
new tracks have already appeared in record of tides live sets of the last three
years, sometimes in alternative versions. you may like to check the bootlegs
and snippets floating in the net for new sounds.
kreislauf.org label boss
andreas buttweiler and sven piayda have been discussing the holding of the release
date (which had been around behind closed doors before) in times of the on-going
crises. both agreed that releasing the album digitally only does not need
any close distance personal contact. also enjoying new music is primarily
something personal you probably do for yourself, in your living room, your
car, via headphones in the garden or doing sports. this release does not conflict
with current social distancing rules. even feedback, discussions and reviews
usually appear in digital media. feedback is well appreciated.
‘black album’
is available now and is released via kreislauf.org
and is distribued via archive.org.
zany music has finally released a new video for the record of tides track 'snow_1-7_140'
in advance of the upcoming release of the `black album’ on kreislauf.org.
the video portrays a balloon hovering around in a basement room. the balloon,
by the way, had been a funny gift by dj kent granyon for sven piayda´s 40th birthday.
the footage therefore is believed to be taken in 2017 during the production
of a video installation piece, which has not been shown yet. the video is
once again directed by sven piayda. 'snow_1-7_140' has already been released
back in spring 2018 as part of the vinyl only ‘granada interface ep’.
you
can watch the video over at vimeo.com/408798106
or in the video section below.
there
have ben rumours around announcing record of tides for an av live set to be streamed
within the 2k2d festival schedueld for april 30, 2020. actually, sven was
requested to perform but as there was no technical way to create a convincing
event the show was quickly cancelled again. the cancellation is not related
to a general criticism of streamed perormances to be done from home during lockdown.
zany music has announced to have lots of great material as this may be the
time for releasing music, especially if the commercial aspect has no priority.
according to the recent situation and schedule 'black album' is not supposed
to be the last release for 2020. nevertheless, no live performances or streams
are planned recently.
it is our massive pleasure to announce
the upcoming release of 'black album', the sixth full length album by record of
tides. the album will be put out once again by the hamburg based netlabel
kreislauf.org and will be available digitally and for free on april 24, 2020.
kreislauf.org has already released the reissue of record of tides´ debut 'timber'
from 2004 in 2014, the follow up 'vessel' in 2016, the 2017 album ‘solna’
and the 2018 album ‘endurance’.
‘black album’ has been programmed, recorded
and produced between autumn 2016 and spring 2019. the album will feature 10
tracks and is mostly inspired by aphex twin and boards of canada (also some autechre
for deconstructed parts) again, there are no guitars or any acoustic instruments
on the album. the album is prominent for bocesque sounds and melodies while
contrasting complex beat programming. (piayda has called them ‘horror vacui
beats’ in a forum.)
tracks like ‘snow_1-7_140’ and ‘cereal reduction’ have
been released already via ‘granada interface ep’ on vinyl and dvd back in 2017.
some new tracks have already appeared in record of tides live sets of
the last three years, sometimes in alternative versions. you may like to check
the bootlegs and snippets floating in the net for new sounds.
kreislauf.org
label boss andreas buttweiler and sven piayda have been discussing the holding
of the release date (which had been around behind closed doors before) in
times of the on-going crises. both agreed that releasing the album digitally
only does not need any close distance personal contact. also enjoying new
music is primarily something personal you probably do for yourself, in your
living room, your car, via headphones in the garden or doing sports. this
release does not conflict with current social distancing rules. even feedback,
discussions and reviews usually appear in digital media.
recently,
no live dates, listening events or online activities are scheduled. sven is
recently back in studio to finish long time projects as ‘yellowcake’ and ‘collected
riffing works 2’. also a series of live bootlegs (some even reconstructed
and/or extended) are supposed to be released. within the art studio piayda
is continuing work on the ‘multiverse’ show (no fixed date yet).
update
2020-04-17: zany
music has finally released a new video for the record of tides track 'snow_1-7_140'
in advance of the upcoming release of the `black album’ on kreislauf.org.
the video portrays a balloon hovering around in a basement room. the balloon,
by the way, had been a funny gift by dj kent granyon for sven piayda´s 40th birthday.
the footage therefore is believed to be taken in 2017 during the production
of a video installation piece, which has not been shown yet. the video is
once again directed by sven piayda. 'snow_1-7_140' has already been released
back in spring 2018 as part of the vinyl only ‘granada interface ep’.
you
can watch the video over at vimeo.com/408798106
or in the video section below.
michael schreiber aka all notes off created a beautiful rework of the
record of tides track ‘mountains’ as taken from ‘collected riffing works’. the
quite spontaneous production and release is promoted by a video which is also
directed by schreiber. the rework follows the given minimalism of the original
track while adding english as well as german vocals. sven piayda announced
to be stunned by the rework and hopes for more treatments of his tracks by schreiber
and others. he also admits ‘mountains’ to be the least track he would have
expected for treatment. a remix/rework compilation might be released when
enough great material is available. additionally, he is believed to be recently
working on ‘collected riffing works 2’.
find out about michael schreiber
and his project all notes off over at all-notes-off.de
update
2020-04-08: record
of tides live mate and reworking collaborator michael schreiber a.k.a. all
notes off has finally released his debut album as free download bundle
on his website over at all-notes-off.de.
on ‘rise and decay’ schreiber demonstrates his full range of electronic styles
from ambient electronica to dark pop and a lot in between. you might already
know schreiber from the 2019 heavy rotation list, his live appearance next
to record of tides at beats im bunker festival in february 2020 and from his
rework of ‘mountains’ which can originally be found on ‘collected riffing works’.
however, all notes off is an artist for your watch list for the debut album
and beyond, live gigs and remixes. recommended!
as everyone is affected in the one or other
way by the on-going corona crisis and shutdown situation sven piayda is also
considering ways to present material to make your time in quarantine more pleasant.
once again - if possible - stay home, work isolated or distanced, be as
rational and strict as you can, so we can go back to normal life as soon as possible.
as a fist offer zany music has updated the catalogue and download links,
you can download numerous releases by record of tides, AESTATE and renert
trio for free. you can download and stream all record of tides albums directly
from recordoftides.com. (as long as it has been released digitally). the new
site is also easily accessible via smartphone.
also
zany music has preponed the release of MCPMF ‘thug life’ to offer more material
for you to enjoy at home. it is available via /CAMP now. next to the new hip
hop mixtape, you can still download the 2017 compilation album ‘driftings’
by record of tides as well as the 2010 AESTATE live gig at audiodigitale. additionally
you can watch the ruhrpreis trailer and you can access all text available for
the 2018 piayda solo show ‘adaptation (you´re mine)’. the /CAMP is usually
only available and accessible to people owning artworks by sven piayda or records
(physical or digital) by AESTATE, record of tides and affiliated projects,
so we can offer changing content even after purchasing a certain piece. now
we are opening the /CAMP for everyone to download and enjoy the exclusive content.
to access please register via studio[at]svenpiayda.com. (your email will not
given to third parties or used for newsletters or any other purpose.)
all
about the release: back in august 2018 sven piayda reported in his blog about
the story of this photograph: one of my friends asked where this well furnished
interior was taken (his guess was america… (it was actually taken in an
apartment in whitsable, england during some days off in summer 2018)) and
that it looks like the album cover form a hip suburban rapper. well, so this is
what the cover looks like now. now I need to work on my rap skills to blow
the scene away… I could do some lame cloud rap on idm beats… maybe an new
electronica album is more likely - or maybe post rock? you´ll never know. however, inspired by the fictional cover and serious interest in rap and hip
hop music, piayda has been working on a mixtape for months. it is mainly based
upon tracks which had been frequently listened to during work out and sports.
it features quite popular, rare and less known hip hop related music which
is merged into a full set. the artist or stage name MCPMF as well as the title
'thig life' are actualy not to be taken serious as they play with rap clichés.
nevertheless, the mixtape is a serous interest in hip hop and rap music. the
mixtape is available as mp3 and downloadable in the /CAMP exclusively.
caused by the on-going lockdown situation
sven piayda is recently working in studio on finishing long-time projects. this
is not about new music but mixdowns and renderings of off/on-projects to be finished.
‘yellowcake’ (working title) is supposed to be an album (or collection of
tracks) consisting mainly of sample based productions. also the work ‘collected
riffing works II’ is going on with mixing and working on post-production adding
an album to CRW I with a similar style. recently there are no release dates fixed
for these projects and there is no plan to put out the music now. additionally
there are no live dates or listening events. there have been rumours about a live
date in may but the dates have been turned down before. there are plans to
release a hip hop mixtape via /CAMP,
also kreislauf.org is believed
to be working on something.
last saturday record of tides performed
at beats im bunker festival at medienbunker marxloh in duisburg. the festival
was curated by ray harms who has also performed as raum für notizen.
the line-up also featured artists and acts known from the electric café events
like ig-75, all notes off and jingoba electric. record
of tides performed a lot later and shorter than announced, also the exclusively
produced visuals did not appear as projection. we would like to apologize
for miscommunication and are recently discussing and considering contexts of future
performances. we would like to thank ray harms once again for making this
event possible by taking enormous effort in time and investment.
there
are no further record of tides live dates scheduled recently, there are rumours
about returning to the line-up for the upcoming szeniale in 2021.
update
2020_02_10: we have added the live documentary using snippets delivered by matthias
danberg, a big thank you for filming and capturing some moments. you can
watch the video below in the videos collection.
it is our massive pleasure to announce
that record of tides will perform an av live set at beats im bunker festival on
saturday, february 8 at medienbunker marxloh in duisburg. the festival is
curated by raimond harmes who will also perform as raum für notizen. the
line-up also features artist and acts known from the electric café events like
ig-75, donk or jingoba electric next to all notes off
who has contributed as michael schreiber to the 2019 heavy rotation lists.
the
festival will start at 8 pm and is supposed to be open end. there is no time schedule
announced but we expect to see record of tides before midnight. in advance
there have been rumours to be able only to enter the festival event with a club
card after registration, this information is no longer given. you do not have
to register for the event, we would appreciate your confirmation via the facebook
event. the festival is free and made for people loving electronic music in
between techno, krautrock, electronica and idm.
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