Art is how we decorate space. Music is how we decorate time.
OUT NOW – “a memory unspun” the new single by Ben Morales Frost - Composer is available on your favorite streaming platforms. This is Ben’s second release in a series of solo piano singles soon to be combined into an album. Happy Release Day, Mr. Morales Frost! 🙏🏼
Listen here:
https://bio.site/circarecordings
Painting by Matthew Harkleroad
Cover design by Christo Downs
OUT NOW – “dystalgia” the new full length album by Tim Van Eyck dropped today on all major platforms. This is Tim’s second release with Circa Recordings and once again presents his piano compositions in a style of nostalgic yearnings with a sound tuned to a different era. As much as we love these new tracks… they also come paired with some of our favorite track titles. There’s a clever bit of wit and sarcasm woven through, with favorites like the full string delivery of “Is this what reincarnation feels like?” and the quiet melancholy of “Hesitation in F minor.”
Press play… grab a glass of champagne, turn down the lights and imagine your favorite Parisian cafe with a piano in the corner… that’s where we go with this album.
Cheers 🥂✨🥂
OUT NOW – “Hidden” the new album by Arastoo dropped today on all major platforms. These new works are an exploration through vast sonic landscapes focused on electronic compositions and organic ambience. A perfectly moody score for the next time you’re out hunting replicants in the rain ✨✨✨
💐 Exciting Announcement! 💐
We are thrilled to share that Khyaam Haque's haunting soundtrack for the award-winning debut film, 'The Secret Light of Flowers,' is now available on major streaming platforms. Immerse yourself in the chilling score as you anticipate the release of the film. 🎶
Spotify: https://rb.gy/7lvt79
Apple Music: https://rb.gy/0tiako
Amazon Music: https://rb.gy/q0t6ey
YouTube Music: https://rb.gy/qx3f4q
Tidal: https://rb.gy/3sbq6v
Explore the film on IMDb: https://rb.gy/2l7i4k
Stay tuned for more updates and don't miss out on this cinematic experience! 🎬
Doug Thomas Review – The Shelter EP. Doug Thomas wrote some lovely and thoughtful words about the new EP by Alex Aller.
Link for the review 🔗
https://www.dougthomas.co.uk/the-shelter
Interview – With Alex Aller. Doug Thomas had a chat with Alex Aller about his new EP The Shelter and his creative process as a composer.
Link for the interview 🔗
https://www.dougthomas.co.uk/with-alex-aller
OUT NOW – “The Shelter” EP by Alex Aller is available today on all streaming services. Three beautifully meditative tracks composed in new directions for Alex with the addition of a choir and clarinet alongside a cello and synths.
“We all have a place we go to when we need a break, when we need to feel at home. For the last year for me that something has been these songs, moments between projects where I could be myself with my own music. It is in this shelter that these songs germinate and become part of me now.”
– Alex Aller
Enjoy this new release… find a quiet place in your shelter and get lost in the music.
Link: https://bio.site/circarecordings
Composed, recorded and mixed by Alex Aller
Beautifully mastered by Arnold Kasar at Calyx Mastering
Cello: Blanca Budiño
Clarinet: Alex de las Heras
Rhodes and electronics: Alex Aller
Soprano: Aránzazu Santolaya
Alto: Eva Sánchez
Tenor: Rafael Lechugo
Artwork and visual concept: Irene Sáenz
New Artist News! We are very happy to announce another new member on our roster of artists, Alex Aller based in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Aller is an award-winning music producer and composer writing for film and dance as well as solo releases, along with electronic project, Jus Kno’.
Alex regularly performs his works live, including a magical stage set inside a cave in Sardinia, Italy in 2022 where a ray of blue light illuminates the space for only a hour a day. His compositions are also in very good company at Wise Music, which is the home of familiar names such as Ólafur Arnalds, Ludovico Einaudi and Hania Rani, to name a few.
Alex’s new modern classical EP “The Shelter” will be released on Circa Recordings on June 15. More news coming soon...
https://www.youtube.com/
New album from Arastoo coming October 2023 ✨✨✨✨✨
OUT NOW – “all we have is hope” the new single by Ben Morales Frost is available on your favorite streaming platforms. This is Ben’s debut release with Circa Recordings and the first in a series of solo piano singles soon to be combined into an album. We are very excited about this new partnership and congratulations, Mr. Morales Frost!
Listen here:
https://songwhip.com/benmoralesfrost/all-we-have-is-hope
Music by Ben Morales Frost - Composer
Painting by Matthew Harkleroad
Cover design by Christo Downs
We are very pleased to announce the newest member of our roster of artists, Ben Morales Frost, from across the pond in London. Ben has been very busy and highly successful composing and scoring for film, television and theatre as the main focus of his music-making output.
Now, when he’s not crafting dramatic orchestrations for Netflix’s “Luther: The Fallen Sun”, or writing emotional songs for his latest theatre show, he’s composing quiet solo piano melodies soon to be released on Circa Recordings. Ben’s first single will be available May 11 as a new series of singles in the coming months.
Follow Ben Morales Frost - Composer to explore more of his work.
3 years ago today… Circa Recordings was born into the wide world of music publishing. It has been a wonderful and wild ride these past (crazy) years. Yet, it is only by the love and support of our international family of artists that this little indie record label has found its footing and has flourished despite all odds. To celebrate this anniversary we have curated a select playlist of tracks that occupy a special place in our hearts as well as set the tone to define what we envisioned as our mission to promote modern classical, ambient and electronic composers from all corners of the planet.
“Circa.III” Playlist is available to stream today on Spotify and Apple Music and we hope you enjoy these tracks and composers as much as we do. In a time of so much uncertainty and chaos we trust that music is our North Star and remains the inexhaustible fountain of inspiration, imagination and love.
Spotify:
bit.ly/3i62nmZ
Apple Music:
https://bit.ly/3vwA4kU
Circa 2020-2023 by the numbers:
12 Artists
11 Countries
16 Releases
105 Tracks
Streams? We are not counting.
With massive gratitude:
Amanda Bloom
André Kellerberg
Arastoo Darakhshan
Behzad Khojasteh
Doug Thomas
Khyaam Haque
Selin Gökova
Steingrimur Thorhallsson
Stephen Fletcher Dewey
Tim Van Eyck
Violeta Vicci
Wings for Louise
Cheers to another orbit,
Christo & Khyaam
Circa Recordings
Los Angeles / Chicago
MMXXIII
🥂✨🥂
Cover artwork:
“Circa.III” original painting by Tony Secolo
(acrylic on board)
Creative Director
We are happy to announce the forthcoming album release “Seven” by composer Arastoo Darakhshan on August 20. This is Arastoo’s second release with Circa Recordings and contains seven tracks of expansive, echoing, electro-ambient atmospheres. This is headphone music perfect for transporting you into the heliopause and beyond.
Launching in two weeks 🚀
Pre-save “Seven”
https://bit.ly/3P33aiT
OUT NOW ✨ “The Passing” the new album by Behzad Khojasteh Music is available on all streaming platforms. As Behzad’s first full length release with Circa Recordings, we are very pleased to present this amazing collection of tracks which beautifully represent our collective vision of modern classical music.
"The Passing is the story of moving back and forth between two parallel time lines, one in my head and the other in reality. Being stuck in the past while moving forward in the present. It is the everlasting war between the happiness of what was and the emptiness of every moment passing by in the present. The past never ends for me, everything that happened in the past doesn't stay in the past but rather, follows me everywhere through time and life. Maybe that is the beauty of it, maybe it is the force that motivates and inspires me.” – Behzad Khojasteh
Links below for listening:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/behzadkhojasteh/the-passing
Written, composed and performed by:
Behzad Khojasteh
Violin: Mohsen Akhavan
Mix & Master: Khyaam Haque
Cover design: Christo Downs
Cover photography: Mohammad Reza Torabbeygi
New Music Tuesday ✨
“Let Me Tell You” by Behzad Khojasteh Music is out now on all streaming platforms. Behzad’s composition is beautifully layered and hypnotically rhythmic in flowing repetition. A seemingly simple melody capable of delivering complex emotions.
This single release is from Behzad's forthcoming new album “The Passing” which will be released on May 13.
Link to listen:
https://bit.ly/3y9lsKL
Mix & Master:
Khyaam Haque
Cover design:
Christo Downs
We are very pleased to announce the new single "Let Me Tell You” from Behzad Khojasteh Music’s forthcoming album "The Passing” will be released on May 3. Link below for the pre-save. More news on the new album coming soon! 🙏
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/behzadkhojasteh/let-me-tell-you
✨ MMXXII ✨ Happy New Year from Circa Recordings! Wishing you a wonderful new year full of music, concerts and gathering (safely) to celebrate with the ones we love. And speaking of celebrations… today also marks the 2nd birthday of our little indie record label. Turn up the music! Cheers ✨🥂✨
Happy New Music Friday ✨
“re•mains” by Tim Van Eyck is out now. This meditative 6-track EP is crafted with care and conveys a very personal sense of beauty inherent within the themes of loss, hope and decay.
“The EP is meant to feel like watching an experience go from lived; to memory; to distant past… watching it dissolve and leave behind some vague essential element that resembles that time has passed - a weight.” - Tim Van Eyck
Listen on your favorite streaming platform ✨
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/timvaneyck/remains
Mastered by Alejandro Magaña Martinez
Violins: Alessandra Xanto, Valentina Del Re
Viola: Adriana Marinucci
Cello: Elisa Pennìca
Cover artwork by Christo Downs
We are very happy to announce the newest artist to join our label, Tim Van Eyck, with the release of his new single, “a • weary heart shatters it • all”
- OUT NOW
As a largely self-taught musician, Tim composes music inspired by both modern and romantic artists of the past, as well as a “(un)healthy” dose of self-reflection. Influenced by many scopes of the artistic medium he takes ideas from modern sources and uses classical techniques in order to create simple and evocative musical statements that have a timeless weight to them.
“Currently of no fixed address, and continuing to traverse the themes of loss, hope and decay, this new EP marks the end of a phase - observing as it dissolves into memory."
- Tim Van Eyck
Tim’s forthcoming 6-track EP “re•mains” will be released on July 30th
Listen on your favorite streaming platform ✨
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/timvaneyck/a-weary-heart-shatters-it-all
Cover artwork by Christo Downs
On this 51st Anniversary of Earth Day, we are posting this message to show our support for Music Declares Emergency: A group of artists, music industry professionals and organizations that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency and call for an immediate governmental response to protect all life on Earth. They believe in the power of music to promote the cultural change needed to create a better future.
Please join us in support of the cause along with Arcade Fire, Billie Eilish, Brian Eno, Hot Chip, Jamie xx, Jon Hopkins, Ninja Tune, Peter Hook, Peter Saville, Slowdive, Thom Yorke, 4AD and thousands more artists and industry professionals.
Visit www.musicdeclares.net to sign the declaration and buy a shirt to help fund this critical environmental charity.
Photo: Christo Downs, Circa Recordings Co-Founder & Creative Director + NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET shirt designed by artist Anthony Burrill. Happy Earth Day 🌎
🎹 Happy Piano Day! Let's celebrate with this year’s Piano Day SoundCloud playlist. Follow the link below and enjoy piano pieces submitted by artists all across the world which includes compositions from Circa Recordings artists, Amanda Bloom “Ayutthaya”, André Kellerberg “Wired In”, Doug Thomas “Circus”, and Selin Gökova “Haze”
World Piano Day was founded by German composer, performer and record producer Nils Frahm in 2015. It takes place annually on the 88th day of the year, symbolic of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.
“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most importantly, the listener.” – Nils Frahm
Official Piano Day 2021 Playlist Happy Piano Day!
Circa Recordings is thrilled to announce the release of "Haze" - a brand new single by emerging, modern classical composer Selin Gökova, is now available wherever you stream music! ✨
"The piece is about the hazy feeling you have when everything about the future seems blurred and uncertain. As a result, you start to feel smaller and smaller in the middle of this uncertain and dark time, surrounded by fear and hopelessness...you have to get rid of this hazy feeling about the future to be able to see the future…” Links below! 🌫
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tcPCab
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2OjZtfI
YouTube: https://bit.ly/38yQfTr
Written & performed by: Selin Gökova
Mixed & mastered by: Khyaam Haque
Album design by: Christo Downs
Photography by: Gary Heatherly
✨ Happy New Single Friday✨
Pink Sky's new single "Extraction" made it's way onto all streaming platforms this morning! 💪
The piece marks the first time band member Angelica Hay played a big role in producing drums, and it's definitely one of the best grooves yet from the Grand Rapids-based, electronica duo. Links below! ⬇
Web: https://bit.ly/3ecPZ09
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/30eJIZx
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3sUkYlG
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3ejw2oF
Photography by: Hwa Jeen Na
Album design by: Marie Margaret
OUT NOW ✨ “Counterparts” by André Kellerberg is available on all digital platforms!
Listen here smarturl.it/t5l4lo
André Kellerberg describes the mood of the new album: "Imagine the mad hatter in a voyager-type space exploration capsule, drifting into the dark blue after encountering a light bulb burst in slow motion and then doing his dance of the goat in his signature Dionysian triadic ballet style, while being irreversibly in continuous transit, around his own hat. Simply exquisite music for cyberpunks and a new generation of heroic graffiti Picassos. Best served chilled and in good company. I salute you.“
Credits:
Recorded in Prague at Studio Faust Records (http://www.faust.cz/) by Derek Saxenmeyer (except Track 4: recorded TdB Production - nahrávací studio, grafické studio a videoprodukce Praha (https://www.tdbproduction.cz/) by Thomas de Balder)
Production and final mixes by André Kellerberg
Mastering by Alekandr Vatagin, Vienna,AT (https://alexandrvatagin.com/)
Cover artwork and design by Christo Downs at Circa Recordings
Circa Recordings is excited to announce our newest artist on our roster, Selin Goköva! 💫
Selin is a Neoclassical pianist and composer based in Turkey, and her passion for playing the piano at a young age eventually led her to a life-long passion for composing.
"Exploring the world of neo-classical music in my high school years, I slowly started to move away from the majestic expression and perfectionist attitude in classical music to pursue a more minimal, modern, intimate, and most importantly, liberating sound and harmony with my piano.
I love composing most for solo piano, but I also love adding different layers of string instruments to my pieces. I'm majoring in psychology, and I've always felt like the piano is a very special instrument because it can capture human feelings in all of their complexity. This versatile and mysterious nature of the piano is what keeps me connected to it regardless of the musical genre I'm playing with it.”
Selin’s debut single “Haze” will be available on all streaming platforms next Friday, March 12th! ✨✨
✨ Happy New EP Friday✨
"Some Place To Be", Behzad Khojasteh's sophomore release with Circa Recordings, is now available on all streaming platforms!
According to the Iran-based pianist and composer, "The EP was about creating a personal space outside of my daily life, a space where I could leave all my troubles behind it's door. A place where everything could be perfect, even if it's only for a short time. It's about searching for and finding that place where everything is ideal, searching for perfection whilst being stuck in reality. Searching for some place to be..." Links below ⬇️
Web: https://bit.ly/307wGNL
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3szD8Jd
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2O5e12g
All tracks composed and performed by: Behzad Khojasteh
Mixed and mastered by: Khyaam Haque
Artwork and design by: Christo Downs
Photography by: Mohamad Reza Torab Beigi
New Single Day ✨ “Mad Hatter” by André Kellerberg from the forthcoming album “Counterparts” is out now on all digital platforms. This track has a quick tempo with scattered keys over a moody bed of beats to turn up the tension. Kellerberg’s new album “Counterparts” will be let loose on March 3.
Spotify: spoti.fi/2ZKgNww
Apple Music: apple.co/37H1jNQ
https://andrekellerberg.com
Recorded by Derek Saxenmeyer
Mastered by Alexandr Vatagin
Cover artwork and design by Christo Downs
Photography by Bill Phelps
Enjoy new music from Pink Sky each month this year - the electronica duo continues with "A Heaviness", now available on all streaming platforms!
This month's piano + synth pad single marks the first time the band has ever written a minimal track with a stripped back style. Ryan on solo piano. Angelica on a Prophet Rev2. The weight of loss. A Heaviness. Links below! ✨
Web: https://bit.ly/3bqK7O1
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bqr0Ds
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3azXAni
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2M5Fe46
Photography by: Hwa Jeen Na
Album artwork by: Ryan & Angelica Hay
The new single “Mad Hatter” by André Kellerberg from his new album “Counterparts” drops on Monday, February 23 ✨✨✨
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Design by
Christo Downs
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Video by
André Kellerberg
Christo Downs
Circa Recordings is very pleased to announce a new release from Iranian composer & pianist, Behzad Khojasteh - his sophomore EP "Some Place To Be" will be available on all streaming platforms starting February 26th. Watch this space for the new release from Behzad next week! ✨
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