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once again, on december 21 (actually the shortest day in the year),
many cinemas and organizations celebrate the long darkness on the shortest day with short film festivals.
the LISALUNA shortfilm festival is curated by christina böckler, luise hoyer and elisabeth höller.
this year it will take place in the KOM'MA-theater in duisburg.
the festival will show sven piayda´s video for the record of tides track 'refound'.
we are exited to experience this piece on the big screen!

celebrating 'refound' in video and track,
bandcamp offers the 'common findings' album containing the track fro name-your-price download in december 21, 2024.
click here to download.

in 2018 sven piayda received the lisaluna 2018 award for 'never is a long time'.
(in the head picture you see christina böckler next to luise hoyer (left) and piayda during the awarding ceremony of the festival.
you can see more pictures in the exhibitions section.) piayda´s 'portrait of violetta' was screened in 2019,
his video for the record of tides track 'illumination interlude' was shown in 2021 without him attending personally.

sven piayda is expected to be present.

sven piayda | refound
LISALUNA 2024
KOM'MA-theater, duisburg
2024-12-21, 7 pm

KOM'MA-theater
schwarzenberger str. 147
47226 duisburg

kommatheater.de

2024_12_09 via svenpiayda.com/blog
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after the release of 'love mural' sven piayda has already reported to have finished productions for a new album
featuring HYRN and martin slemeyer. unfortunately the finishing process for the new album has stopped.
as you can see above, there is already a draft for a tracklist for tracks waiting to be bounced and mastered.
the cover artwork is already done, matthias danberg has mentioned to be working on a video for a track of the new album.
we hope to have the production finished and mastered within 2024 and hope for a release in spring 2025.
micheal schreiber a.k.a. primal scapes is once again scheduled to master the album.
HYRN is also believed to be part of future releases by architects of utter destruction.

2024_11_14 via svenpiayda.com/blog
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I had to visit mönchengladbach (or ‘MG actiontown’ as we used to say) for professional reasons
and I once again thought about what else to do there to make my day worthwhile and to give it some sense (at least for me).
instead of visiting hannelore reuen at haus UR I visited björn walde a.k.a. HYRN a.k.a. klangzaun in his studio.
we know each other from numerous electric café festivals and have enjoyed each others performances.
björn has been open-minded and supportive throughout and has delivered some great performances as well.
so we have already started to collaborate on upcoming tracks for record of tides and architects of utter destruction
and he became a listed guest artist on zany music.
I was ready to record but we just spend the afternoon talking and noodling around with the synths and controllers (and his strat of course).
there is collaborative stuff coming up anyway, and we´ll have a look MG actiontown in the upcoming months.

hyrn.bandcamp.com

true beats straight from the street, here the petty criminal gangsters are caught in the act!
when oliver schupp a.k.a. o.s.cillator posted his speed camera picture I immediately thought it would perfectly fit to my collection
and I would need to use this for promotion (used with permission).
‘love mural’ was well attended in the first days and even sold but there is a quick fall-off every time.
we are recently about to finish the next album but I could not render and bounce the productions as estimated.
things take a little longer this time and a new album will not come before 2025,
nevertheless, I want you to celebrate `love mural`.
especially the track ‘anticipation for returnal’ evoked some kind feedback with some fellow musicians writing me to tell me how great it is.
this doesn’t happen too often.

'snow white' video / 'love mural' album

zany-music.com

2024_10_19 via svenpiayda.com/blog
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it is our massive pleasure to announce the release of record of tides´ long-awaited 'love mural' album via zany music on october 11, 2024.
the album was produced in spring and summer in 2024 and mainly inspired by street art in ehrenfeld (cologne) and frohnhausen (essen).
back in spring piayda already announced to be working on a new record of tides album reporting two tracks being produced on the island of texel.
'love mural' is the seventh album of the 'purchases' series, the album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to 'common findings’ (2024)
while using sample-based post-hiphop and idm production. the album also contains the track ‘snow white’ featuring o.s.cillator.
the video for the track was directed by sven piayda while the album artwork is (co-)created by long-term collaborator chris huff
merging different image sources among collage, photography and a.i.-generated imagery mirroring the audio production process.

the album was once again beautifully mastered by michael schreiber
who also brought in the idea for using a.i.-generated voices.

the album and will be available in different digital formats only.

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/album/love-mural

zany music and record of tides announced collaborators for future productions from different backgrounds:
electronic producer HYRN is well known from electric café ruhr performances and will add their unique sound to the ‘purchases’ universe.
blues harpist martin slemeyer and sven piayda have shared the stage together for numerous live performances at jams
and have been in touch for common projects for years now. slemeyer will proof that the harp also belongs to post hip-hop.
both artists are not featured on ‘love mural’ but will be on the follow-up release which is still in production.

primals scapes and architects of utter destruction drummer jan van aachen will also be contributing drums.
primal scapes mastermind, architects of utter destruction co-producer and long-term friend michael schreiber
has once again announced to work on the final mastering of the upcoming productions.

zany music has now listed recent and frequent collaborators as guest artists.
please check the zany music site for links to the featured artists.

zany-music.com

2024_10_11 via svenpiayda.com/news
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back in spring piayda already reported to be working on a new record of tides album
reporting two tracks being produced on the island of texel and another track featuring o.s.cillator a.k.a. oliver schupp.
you may like to check the reports on the 2024 journal or over at the record of tides site.
zany music has already released the record of tides albums ‘playground magrathea’ and ‘common findings’ in 2024
but the label will add another album to the ‘purchases’ series:
‘love mural’ will be released on october 11, 2024.

oliverschupp.de x recordoftides.com

photo credits, left to right: b. dickamp and michaela best

in advance advertising the upcoming album the video for ‘snow white feat. o.s.cillator’ is out now on youtube.
the video has been rendered over months as directed by sven piayda.

watch on youtube

the new album ‘love mural’ will be out on zany music in digital formats on october 11. 2024.
it features next to o.s.cillator primal scapes mastermind michael schreiber who mastered the album once again.
schreiber also brought in the idea for using a.i.-generated voices.
the album cover merges different image sources among collage, photography and
a.i.-generated imagery mirroring the audio production process.
it was once again created by chris huff and sven piayda.
previously announced collaborators are not featured on ‘love mural’
but will be on the follow-up release which is still in production.

2024_09_13 via svenpiayda.com/news
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zany music has already released the record of tides albums ‘playground magrathea’ and ‘common findings’ in 2024
but sven piayda is still busy in producing additions to the ’purchases’ series.
back in winter 2020/21 piayda started to focus on mainly sample-based productions
exploring post hip-hop, downbeat, idm and experimental tracks.
the series already counts six albums (next to further record of tides albums),
before announcing further releases, zany music and record of tides announce collaborators
for future productions from different backgrounds:

electronic producers HYRN and o.s.cillator are well known from electric café ruhr performances
and will add their unique sound to the ‘purchases’ universe.
blues harpist martin slemeyer and sven piayda have shared the stage together
for numerous live performances at jams and have been in touch for common projects for years now.
slemeyer will proof that the harp also belongs to post hip-hop.

primals scapes and architects of utter destruction drummer jan van aachen will also be contributing drums.
primal scapes mastermind, architects of utter destruction co-producer and long-term friend michael schreiber
has once again announced to work on the final mastering of the productions.

zany music has now listed recent and frequent collaborators as guest artists.
please check the zany music site for links to the featured artists.

also video directors and artists grischo schluesi and matthias danberg are believed to create videos for future tracks.
chris huff will once again be involved in creating the cover artwork design.

photo credits clockwise as following: björn walde, guido jünger, b. dickamp and sven piayda.

update 2024-09-06: it´s bandcamp friday!
on september 6 bandcamp waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels.
if you like to buy music form your favourite artists and want to offer maximum support,
bandcamp friday is the day for placing a purchase.
bandcamp fridays began in march of 2020 at the height of the covid-19 pandemic
when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists.

you may like to support architects of utter destruction,
primal scapes and record of tides (including featured artists) over at

zanymusic.bandcamp.com
recordoftides.bandcamp.com
primalscapes.bandcamp.com

2024_08_31 via svenpiayda.com/news
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on august 24, 2024 the szeniale festival will take place for the third time in gelsenkirchen in the ückendorf district.
record of tides has performed two great audio visual live sets at szeniale in 2019 and 2022,
in 2024 piayda has announced to look forward to join the festival among the audience.
therefore record of tides will release the live bootegs from 2019 and 2022
via archive.org supporting the 2024 szeniale festival.

update 2024-08-23: you can download the bootlegs directly from zany music, check the 'features' section,
alternative you can download directly from 'zany load':

also you may like to check record of tides on archive.org for free downloads
of the recent and older bootlegs as well as full albums and rarities.

update 2024-08-23: above you see sven after performing at nicolai kirche for szeniale in 2022.
piayda has announced to join the festival as guest. please note:
record of tides is not performing for szeniale festival 2024 nor is piayda incorporated with the festival in any case.
we hope to see you in ückendorf on august 24!

the recordings feature a mixed sound of line out and live footage recording as it is supposed to capture the atmosphere.
while record of tides is recently working with producer michael schreiber on a new av show,
you can rediscover the very differing live sets as performed at szeniale festival of the past years.
we hope to see you there!?

szeniale.ruhr
recordoftides.com
zany-music.com

in september 1999 zany music released sven´s debut album ‘portrait’.
this first album on compact disc appeared to be the pivotal milestone for of sven piayda´s (song) writing, performing,
producing and releasing in decades to come.
even recent productions by record of tides or architects of utter destruction are based upon this first album.

in 2024 we look back on 25 years of 'portrait' and zany music,
the label exploring musical styles expanding from idm to rock, from post hip-hop to pop metal.
releasing on compact disc in the first decade,
zany music changed to digital releases (mp3 and wav) and has put out even some additional vinyl in the last five years.
before 1999 piayda did song demos and ambient compositions on tape
even featuring the zany music labelling but without having it available to the public.

celebrating 25 years on zany music, rediscover the millstones celebrating anniversaries as well:

record of tides ‘timber’
after producing two shaved space monkey albums based upon samples chopped from symphonic recordings and italo pop,
‘timber’ appeared to be the first serous attempt to create electronic music based on self-made samples avoiding guitars or rock drums.
the style could be labelled as post electronica.
this album is the basement for the 2024 avant-garde electronica/post hip-hop masterpiece ‘common findings’.
the album is available as kreislauf.organsation/zany music
2014 digital re-release featuring two bonus tracks.

celebrate with us:

zany-music.com

having performed a lot live during the last months and having just dropped a second album called ‘unrest’
and a cover version of erasure´s ’always’, piayda has mentioned to be working on a third architects of utter destruction album
featuring chris huff, jan van aachen, michael schreiber and further drummers.
the writing and pre-production process has expanded over a year now,
the band is set up to finally record bass, guitar and vocals.

architectsofutterdestruction.com

2024_07_20 via svenpiayda.com/news
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it is our massive pleasure to announce the release of record of tides´ long-awaited ‘common findings’ album via zany music on july 5, 2024.
the album was produced in winter and spring in 2024 and mainly inspired by the idea of shaping future.
'common findings' is the sixth album of the 'purchases' series,
the album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to 'playground magrathea' (2024) while using sample-based post-hiphop and idm production.
it contains already known tracks like 'refound' and 'in ages to come'
as performed live at makroscope mülheim for electric café ruhr on june 15, 2024.
the album also contains the track 'dream within a dream' featuring andreas hilburg on melodeon (see journal or recordoftides.com).
the video for the track 'refound' as well as the album artwork is (co-)created by long-term collaborator chris huff.
the video for 'the future is over' is directed by long-term friend and collaborator grischo schluesi.
the album also features a bonus track called 'bumble memory' and the recording of the full live set at makroscope as well.

the album was once again beautifully mastered by michael schreiber and will be available digitally only.


	record of tides the future is over directed by grischo schluesi		record of tides refound directed by sven piayda

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/album/common-findings

update 2024-07-10: thierry massard has contributed a review for novoVision:

to say that nocovision appreciates the works of sven piayda is an understatement.
it's a recurring interest, a friendship from the early days,
a story born in the rubble or the decline of a first and definitively magnificent netaudio wave
- the dawn of the 2010s, a century...
following a path dotted with investigations, deftly digesting eclecticism and the most diverse influences,
and covering a spectrum as wide as abstract hip-hop, film music, and even a touch of guitar hero (to name only the most touchy),
record of tides has no regard for classification, that discipline necessary for comprehensive reading by the greatest number,
opportune followers of the easy route. […]
no matter, obscure, 'common findings' is as little summarizable as the vocabulary is still in the process of being developed,
a protean language that will remain so as long as mr. piayda pleases - no compromise! […]

nocovision.com/2024/07/record-of-tides-common-findings.html

here is a first picture of record of tides’ live performance at makroscope last saturday.
the 30 minute gig among further electronic performers features visuals by video artist robin moedder.
this common performance is supposed to remain the only live collaboration of these artists.
we hope to deliver more audio and video material soon. (photograpy by michael schreiber)

record of tides´ recorded live set will be released as
'live at makroscope for electric café ruhr 2024-06-15' on july 28, 2024.
the set was kindly recorded by thomas hoeveler (who also performed as tangerine tom that night)
and mastered by michael schreiber. the cover features artwork by sven piayda to make shure that it fits into the 'live bootleg' series
as well as into the 'purchases' series and is based upon photographs taken by michael schreiber and sven piayda.
promoting this live release (there is no zany music catalogue number) a live video filmed by thomas hoeveler
of the previously unreleased track 'in ages to come' will be available via youtube on the date of release as well.

check out the tracklist of the live gig:

moonstretches
refound
in ages to come
hyperbowl
three minutes high noon
undefined aftertaste
deep cruise
camp finals
moonstretches (reprise)

the release is supposed to be available digitally only.
a big thank you to thank you to thomas hoeveler and michael schreiber
as well to jovis of makroscope and everyone of electric café ruhr.

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/track/live-at-makroscope-for-electric-caf-ruhr-2024-06-15

here you have some snapshots of o.s.cillator a.k.a. oliver schupp
and me a.k.a. record of tides performing at the 16th festival of electric café ruhr.
it is amazing to perform our stuff in a fitting context and play for people who are truly interested and open-minded,
positive and communicative. I am still working on finishing the feature track I do with oliver
as he claims to be happy with what I did to his jams. things will take time as we have to do the mastering
and the video production (which has also already stared).
keep an eye on this guy and stay excited for our common track to come up.

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-06-17 evaluation era: a call from the post-future

a few times I reported to have been working with o.s.cillator on a common track
and I have had a spelling mistake in all posts, how stupid is this?
I apologize and have corrected everything, I guess.
our track is trcky, I have been correcting bits again and again
and am recently finishing the video I have been rendering for months.
'common findings' performs great and is a great album indeed, but there is more to come...
(picture by b. dickamp)

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-07-10 ego tripping at the gates of hell

2024_06_17 via svenpiayda.com/news
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we are delighted to finally announce record of tides to play live at electric café festival at makroscope on june 15, 2024.
for this appearance video artist robin moedder will join piayda on stage to sync visuals to the new live set.
moedder and piayda have been working on this collaboration for about two years,
moedder already directed the video for 'deep cruise'.

record of tides performed live for the last time at szeniale in gelsenkirchen in august 2022.
all live appearances afterwards had been cancelled caused by different reasons.
now piayda returns live to the electric café festival after playing his last show for the festival
at ‘beats im bunker’ at medienbunker marxloh in duisburg in 2020.
before, record of tides already appeared at electric café ruhr² open air in essen werden and
debuted at electric café in eisenheim back in 2018.

moedder and piayda will play a short set of 30 minutes among further electronic artists.
even if announced diffferently before, robin moedder x record of tides will not return in october for a larger show.

robin moedder x record of tides
electric café festival @ makroscope
2024-06-15, 7 pm

friedrich-ebert-strasse 48
mülheim an der ruhr

record of tides (av) live sets
date

2024-06-15
electric café (with robin moedder)

venue

makroscope, mülheim

link

makroscope.eu

facebook event

live section

robin-moedder.jimdofree.com
recordoftides.com

the new video for the new track 'refound' will be released on june 15 at 11 pm.
the video is direced by sven piayda featuring mainly computer gererated imagery.
the track is the first one of a forthcoming album, a release date is supposed to be announced soon.

update 2024-06-04: zany music has announced the new record of tides album 'common findings' for july 5, 2024.
as mentioned before, it will feature andreas hilburg and michael schreiber (primal scapes).
you can altready have a look at the tracklist over here.

zany-music.com

christopher terhart´s movie debut titled ‘kaivalya’, an experimental documentary about solitude,
premierd on april 18 at südbahnhof krefeld, germany.
terhart hosted the night and answered questions on the movie afterwards to a very open-minded and interested audience.
piayda´s soundtrack was released on april 19.

the short film is available for streaming via youtube since may 1, 2024

‘kaivalya (original motion picture soundtrack)’ on bandcamp

all info on christopher terhart and the project over at christerhart.net

2024_05_21 via svenpiayda.com/news
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we are surprised and happy to announce that record of tides returns for a
2024 glitch hop hdj set on may 17 at café mundgerecht in essen.
piayda already did two glitch hop hdj sets in 2023 at hier ist nicht da and rosi in gelsenkirchen
and returns with an updated list of tracks to be played.
further dates are recently not scheduled.
nevertheless, record of tides is supposed to return live with visual support in 2024 or 2025.
the next electric café festival at makroscope is scheduled for june 15,
this might be a possible live date to keep an eye on.
as already announced in sven piayda´s blog, there is new music coming.

update 2024-05-10: as there has been no promotion
or communication concerning technical issues of the glitch hop set as scheduled for may 17,
we have decided to cancel the event.
future events are supposed to be announced soon.

record of tides (av) live sets
date

2024-05-17
~~rot glitch hop hdj set~~

venue

café mundgerecht, essen

link

cafemundgerecht.de

record of tides glitch hop hdj set 2024
café mundgerecht
2024-05-17, 7 pm

berzeliusstra ße 11
45144 essen
germany

facebook event

cafemundgerecht.de
zany-music.com

[...] I started a tune called ‘texels track’ and another one called ‘anticipation for returnal’.
both appear to as a mixture of boards of canada and oneothrix point never – well, it could be worse.
in advance, as we were looking for apartments to book,
I did the track ‘ugly furniture and maritime view’ as inspired by the rooms we ended up in. [...]

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-04-05 creativity on an island (and leisure of course)

this is an actual picture of me in the texel apartment, late at night with the headphones on,
pushing samples from one side to the other.
it is a kind of magic when you find yourself alone in a random place doing what you are doing.
this magic door into creativity and production or even flow can open every where,
it distracts you from time and space. nevertheless it is even more special to do it there.
so an upcoming record of tides album was partly made here and it somehow closes a circle:
the project name even illustrates my fascination for and inspiration from the sea,
you can tell by rediscovering my debut under this stage name entitled ‘timber’ which will turn 20 in august.

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-04-05 creativity on an island (and leisure of course)

as I have mentioned before I stared (and finished) a new record of tides album in the winter of 2024.
michael schreiber (a.k.a. primal scapes) did the mastering once again.
as I wanted to have a feature by andreas hilburg on my record I asked him to do a melodeon solo improvisation for a track.
the result is stunning, the his melodic approach leaves the grid and makes it more vivid,
I edited and folded it a little bit and it even inspired me to add some drums and melodic ambience lines.
however, the three of us were back in studio together (even if these were three studios at three times)
and we recorded once again after starting our common sound for ‘despedida’,
an instrumental from primal scapes´’macrocosm’ album, written and produced by michael
featuring melodeon by andreas and guitar by me. you can/should listen to the track over here.
the record of tides album featuring the three of us is supposed to come up in summer.

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-04-05 creativity on an island (and leisure of course)

o.s.cillator a.k.a. oliver schupp is well-known for his all-live jammed electronic performances on youtube and the electric café,
especially the outstanding performance in january 2023. next to that, oliver is also a rock musician,
a decent supporter and a great guy to hang out with, so it was just an inevitable consequence to request a collaboration.
it would just be great to have this guy in my universe. oliver supplied much material to chose from, so I did and got a great idea.
the track holds his industrial scent but opens to aestival urban post hip hop. there is another record to come, and to be excited for…

from svenpiayda.com/blog: 2024-04-05 creativity on an island (and leisure of course)

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