BETWEEN BUTTONS *************** A collaboration with Studio !K&. Owner : Henrik Schwarz Distr. : UK - Norman/Boomkat/ US - Forced Exposure/ Style : modern classical / ambient / BB 001 HENRIK SCHWARZ WORKS PIANO LP 07.2017 A Side 1 4011 Liter (4:09) 2 Where Are We Heading? (4:27) 3 Confirm Humanity (2:33) B Side 1 Trappist-1f (16:15) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BB 002 KHALED KURBEH & RAMAN KHALAF ENSEMBLE : APHORISMS LP 11.2017 A1. Toska A2. Interlude A3. To Kafranbel B1. Al Baseet B2. Shamal B3. Einsamkeit Impromptu Ensemble: Tom Berkmann - bass Moussa Coulibaly - djembe Ashraf Kateb - violin Raman Khalaf - oud vocals Khaled Kurbeh - piano, synthesizers Matthias Ruppnig - drums Nora Thiele - percussion Aphorisms, is a six track debut record from Syrian musicians Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble. Raman Khalaf and Khaled Kurbeh are now based in Berlin but hail from Syria, and that shows in the music they have been making together since 2015. The years since have seen them perform at the likes of CTM, at the BBC Arabic Festival in London and Potsdamer Tanztage as well as on Piano Day at Funkhaus. Their sound mixes up Raman’s oud playing and vocals with Khaled’s piano and synthesisers, and ranges from largely acoustic, such as on this EP, to more electronic when performing live. https://www.normanrecords.com/records/167825 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BB 003 LP HENRIK SCHWARZ+ALMA QUARTET : CCMYK LP 06.2019 01. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK4 02. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK8 03. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK9 04. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK1 05. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK3 06. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK10 07. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - Happy Hipster 08. Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK18 Henrik Schwarz and Alma Quartet present CCMYK, a new album on Henrik's own label Between Buttons. Produced in collaboration with the Alma String Quartet, it's a free conversation between classical and electronic music, carefully transformed into a set of astonishing tracks, ready for club or concert hall. Though based on free improvisations between laptop and string Instruments, CCMYK is not a record of bumbling jams. Rather, it's a record of startling density, control and emotional complexity. This is the sound of open conversation between piercing intellects, taking their individual instruments and musical backgrounds to create a new universe of sound. =======================================================================================