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Spitfire Labs
The Spitfire Audio LABS programme is an infinite series of software instruments, free and easy to use; made by musicians in London for anyone, anywhere. They release one every month, with a lot of content coming from Christian Henson’s private collection of curios, as well as a bimonthly creative compendium, The Notebook. And in […]
Schimmel Factory Visit
CHRISTIAN HENSON (EXCERPT FROM SPITFIRE AUDIO): Whilst I knew the piano was a complicated instrument, I didn’t quite believe how mind-blowing my trip to Schimmel would be. How do they make pianos? How did these monumentally complex bits of machinery become the ‘king’ instrument, top of the food chain, ‘Musicus-rex’? I guess the scale […]
Sea Burial
Thanks to these brutally romantic images from Andrew Ward, who had this to say about them: “I took the photos on 19th August 2014 at the beach in Aldeburgh, Suffolk – I’d dragged the family on a pilgrimage to Orford Ness to explore Thomas Dolby’s “Invisible Lighthouse” (https://vimeo.com/92960064) and we happened upon this scene on […]
Skeleton Piano
The photo was taken in 2012. I was living in Beijing at that time and was lucky enough to travel and some parts of Asia. The photo was taken in the foyer of the School of the Arts Singapore, which itself is an amazing architectural building with jagged angular walls and greenery flowing within and […]
We have a logo!
WE HAVE A LOGO Mihail Mihayylov reached out to me but minutes after I launched the Pianobook project about a logo and typography plan. What was amazing about Mihail’s work is he got the concept instantly. After a massive thumbs up from me about the logo Mihail created this document for us to hone down […]