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Mono No Aware
ReleaseProduct
Mono No Aware
Artist
Display Artist
Martin Roth
Label
Reflections
Catalogue Number
ANJCD124D
Release Date
September 12, 2022

  • Vinyl 1×LP

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    LP Vinyl Record with Signed Postcard

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    • + WAV / FLAC

    ANJLP124

    • LP housed in a printed album sleeve with printed inner sleeve
    • Signed postcard included
    • WAV/FLAC download included
    • Manufactured using a new ground-breaking pressing process using 60% less energy than traditional vinyl production methods
    • Fully recyclable

Electronic music heavyweight Martin Roth will release his second full-length, piano-led album 'Mono No Aware' on Reflections this fall, the new sister label of Anjunadeep. Roth is well-known for his ability to glide between genres while maintaining a distinct, instantly-identifiable style, and his new release is no exception. With this 13-track album, Roth moves away from the club space and into his classical pianist background to explore themes of impermanence, fatherhood and simplicity.

Roth prefers to describe the album as minimalistic rather than ambient with each track stripped back to create space for one leading sound, instrument or melody. This results in an immersive listening experience, and instead of being pulled in multiple directions, we're gently led to wherever Roth wants us to go.

Joining the Anjuna label family back in 2008 with a remix of Above & Beyond's trance anthem 'Miracle' on Anjunabeats, Martin Roth has since provided numerous standout moments within the Anjunadeep back catalogue including 'Have You Ever', 'Organic Brewed Hipster Funk' and 2012 label classic 'Beautiful Life'. During lockdown, while Anjunadeep launched their series of ambient VA compilations, Roth moved from club to piano-led music and the release of his first full-length downtempo album, 'An Analog Guy In A Digital World'.

Roth says it's no coincidence his two full-length albums are classical-leaning. His emotions pour out his hands and into the piano, and 'Mono No Aware' is an amalgamation of these stories and experiences. He began the writing process in mid-2021 while the world was still under COVID's thumb, and says lockdown in Germany was the perfect backdrop to write an album steeped in melancholia. The nostalgia and impermanence even extends to the name – 'Mono No Aware' is a Japanese phrase which means awareness that everything fades away.

The first single from the album is 'Alicia's Noir', a haunting piano piece, inspired by cinematic scores and epic soundscapes.

'Alicia's Noir' is out now on Reflections.

Martin Roth on Spotify

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Juno Reactor 1:44 Buy

    Juno Reactor

  2. 2 Mono No Aware 6:31 Buy

    Mono No Aware

  3. 3 Sine Waves 4:38 Buy

    Sine Waves

  4. 4 Beautiful Life (Acoustic Version) 3:17 Buy

    Beautiful Life (Acoustic Version)

  5. 5 Alicia's Noir 3:19 Buy

    Alicia's Noir

  6. 6 Over Again 3:17 Buy

    Over Again

  7. 7 Analog Dialogue 2:47 Buy

    Analog Dialogue

  8. 8 Night Child 3:08 Buy

    Night Child

  9. 9 I Woke Up Like This 5:08 Buy

    I Woke Up Like This

  10. 10 Sad Juno 4:24 Buy

    Sad Juno

  11. 11 Freudentränen 1:22 Buy

    Freudentränen

  12. 12 Shibuya 1:59 Buy

    Shibuya

  13. 13 Just Sine Waves 2:46 Buy

    Just Sine Waves

  14. 14 Beautiful Life (Acoustic Version Instrumental) 3:18 Buy

    Beautiful Life (Acoustic Version Instrumental)

Martin Roth

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