performances of pieces from ‘piano mixture’
Two original compositions by Mix Amylo, from her book Piano Mixture, are performed here: Francesca playing ‘the lion pan’ – click here And Owen playing ‘half-sock’ – click here
Piano Mixture – book of 21 original compositions for solo piano
Excited to have my first book of piano pieces out in the world! It’s only taken fifteen years… no, really..!. I composed them in 2005-7, on a hundred-year-old Pleyel grand piano in the south of France, and a keyboard in London… and wrote them out by hand… edited them in a cave in Granada last […]
Album of production music by Hutch Demouilpied and Mix Amylo – ‘Moongazing’
After working together as songwriters, horn players, singers, producers and performers for many years in London, Hutch and Mix have recently combined their composition and recording experience to produce this album of instrumental music, available through Soho Production Music. ‘Beautiful piano music for moonlit nights. A modern sound reminiscent of Debussy and mysterious magical wonder. […]
new mini album ‘normal isn’t’
New five track album released this month, called normal isn’t. The songs deal with the fall-out from losing someone, and feature voice, piano, sax, acoustic guitar, clarinet, heavy ghost guitar, keyboard strings, crockery and a hoover. Here’s a link: https://mixamylo.bandcamp.com/album/normal-isnt mix amylo : vocals, piano, sax, clarinet, keyboards, acoustic guitar, playing of household objects, […]
Two new songs out online
Two more songs from the forthcoming EP ‘normal isn’t’ are now available online. To listen to ‘end of you’ click here. To listen to ‘gone by first light’ click here.
new song release – ‘default setting’
This new song gives a glimpse into the dark, disturbing, lonely and chaotic place that can become the default setting of loss… lyrics ‘my room keeps letting in the dark… it gets harder and harder to keep on leaving the space I can face for that outside place, and the race and the chase to […]
book launch for ‘six months backwards’ – Órgiva
Thursday 25th October – Ceramiq Art Studio in Órgiva BOOK LAUNCH – with readings from ‘six months backwards’ by nine friends, and live music (from Mix’s album ‘the hunter of small happinesses’) by Mix on piano and Bernard Gregor-Smith on cello. A beautiful, moving evening, with so many people there giving their support, and honouring […]
album taster – the hunter of small happinesses – out soon!
A video taster of Mix Amylo’s album ‘the hunter of small happinesses’, out very soon. A suite of seven piano pieces, with string quartet. https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=ZpZsTFpJLKw
Live : ‘one wave’ from the album ‘the hunter of small happinesses’
Last night, as part of a flamenco-jazz concert with the Almería-based group Cardibache, Mix performed one of the tracks from her album ‘the hunter of small happinesses’. Watch it here: Subscribe to her YouTube channel for more.
