<h6>Out today is Italian pianist, composer, and producer Ed Carlsen’s new album Grains of Gold.</h6>
While each of Ed’s previous albums was written and recorded in different cities, he wrote Grains of Gold after he had moved to Hamburg during lockdown in early 2020. In addition to this situation and to starting anew in an unfamiliar place, self-reflection represents a very important theme throughout the album: “My music until now has always reflected what I wanted to be. But I think that I am getting closer, and the music is becoming more and more what I actually am.”
Grains of Gold is now available everywhere to stream, on CD and on vinyl.

Ed Carlsen’s new album Grains of Gold out now

<h6>After launching XXIM Records in the midst of a global pandemic at the beginning of 2021, we now found the perfect moment to bring everyone together to celebrate this launch with a convivial live event.</h6>
Taking place at the noted electronic music venue Säälchen am Holzmarkt in Central Berlin by the Spree River, we introduced some of our exciting new artists to an audience of local and international industry and media partners, colleagues, and music fans.
With artists largely having been forced to abandon concerts and tours during global lockdowns, the event gave a welcome platform to several members of our new family. Iceland, Italy, France and Germany were represented creatively, with all of the assembled artists eager to perform in front of an audience again.  Appreciative guests were treated to compelling live performances from contemporary Franco-American composer, producer and arranger, Uèle Lamore, described by ‘i-D’ magazine as “an artist as unclassifiable as she is essential” and Icelandic pianist and composer, Eydís Evensen, recently selected by ‘The Line Of Best Fit’ as one of their ‘Artists On The Rise 2021’ – both artists celebrating their German live debuts at this event. Further performers included the Sardinian composer, pianist, producer and former pilot, Ed Carlsen, whose debut album Grains of Gold is out this Friday September 17th and rising German electro-acoustic duo, Stimming x Lambert, whose XXIM debut album Positive is slated for release October 15th. All of them are signed exclusively to the label, with Evensen currently following up her debut long player Bylur from earlier this year with a series of electronic remixes and shows, including at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and Lamore about to release first music from her upcoming debut album, slated for release in early 2022.  
Also scheduled for release is noted contemporary Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli’s new album Sol Novo – out October 8th – and an album scheduled for early 2022 from celebrated Icelandic post-rock band Hugar, praised by ‘Rolling Stone’ for “quietly unfolding post-rock impressionism with an assuring melodic spell” of which the first single lost was released just last week.

XXIM Records celebrates launch event in Berlin

<h6>Out now is Paddy Mulcahy&#8217;s remix of Wandering II by Eydís Evensen.</h6>
It is the fourth single of the BYLUR REMIXED project, where artists show their take on pieces from Eydís Evensen&#8217;s debut album Bylur. For his remix of Wandering II, the Limerick-based producer and composer, who is known for his diversity as an artist and acclaimed work in ambient and electronic music, transforms Eydís&#8217; melancholic piano lines with a glitchy beat, subtle hints of brass, and electronic interludes.

Paddy Mulcahy’s remix of Eydís Evensen’s Wandering II available now

<h6>lost is the first single from Hugar&#8217;s upcoming and as-yet-untitled album.</h6>
It is marked by a piano motif and ethereal synth washes, all gently nudged along by a driving rhythm. The track is indicative of their new album, a poised, contemplative blend of ambient electronica, meditative strings, and contemporary neo-classical elements that covers a wide range of themes but was born from a simple, yet profound, observation in their native Iceland. 
Hugar is the joint musical project of Bergur Þórisson and Pétur Jónsson &#8211; the two multi-talented instrumentalists, composers, producers and friends since childhood. Þórisson and Jónsson have forged a musical path all of their own with their genre defying special Hugar sound. Earlier this year Hugar released their EP Þjóðlög/ Folk Songs, which marked their first release on XXIM Records.

Icelandic band Hugar releases new single lost

<h6>Stimming x Lambert release Newborn — the first single of their upcoming album Positive.</h6>
With Stimming, one of Germany&#8217;s most credible techno artists, and Lambert, known as &#8216;the piano man with the mask,&#8217; the duo combines their two different musical backgrounds to create one of the year’s most inventive, inspired albums. For Newborn, this connection led to a quietly uplifting piece.
Throughout the making of Positive, which took about three and a half years, the duo encouraged each other to investigate bold, new universes. Lambert says, “The world was changing, and the music had to reflect that somehow.” So Lambert stepped back from what he calls his &#8216;safe and cosy piano sound,&#8217; embracing his few lo-fi analogue synths. Stimming, for his part, experimented with new rhythmic techniques, exploiting his versatile understanding of synthesised sound to explore uncharted electro-acoustic territory.
Positive will be out on October 15. You can now pre-order the album <a style="color: #000000;" href="https://StimmingXLambert.lnk.to/positiveLW">here</a>.

Stimming x Lambert release new single Newborn and announce upcoming album

<h6>Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli releases her next single and music video Grembo.</h6>
Olivia about Grembo: &#8220;It means &#8216;womb&#8217; and it represents the warmth, and comfort implicit in the mother symbol. The melodies almost seem to suggest a lullaby. It is the idea of everything that cyclically starts again, like the light that pervades all the album. The womb of a mother is, par excellence, the symbol of rebirth, renewal, life.&#8221;
Grembo will be part of Olivia&#8217;s upcoming album Sol Novo, which could be translated to ‘new sun’ or ‘new day.’ Living in Italy’s rural Marche region, located between the mountains and the sea, Olivia draws inspiration from the nature around her and captures its metamorphosis in her music.
Sol Novo will be out on October 8.
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New single Grembo by Olivia Belli out now

<h6>With Become, Dutch pianist and composer ABBOTT releases the first single of his upcoming EP Unfold (XXIM:EXPO #2).</h6>
ABBOTT is the second artist to be featured in the XXIM:EXPO project. The music video to his first single explores questions of identity and the uncertainty that the future holds.
About Unfold (XXIM:EXPO #2), ABBOTT says, “This music was written during a phase of my life where time just seemed to stand still. I suppose there are moments in life where it feels like we are just treading water without ever getting anywhere.  For me, this EP reflects such a moment and on coming to the conclusion that sometimes the key to development is to fully embrace the stillness and let the situation unfold naturally”.
Unfold (XXIM:EXPO #2) is set for release in October.
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ABBOTT releases single and music video Become

XXIM:EXPO is our exploratory series for outstanding young talents from across the whole spectrum of progressive instrumental music. Each instalment is given to one artist to curate his or her own ideal EP, sharing their own unique musical vision. With XXIM:EXPO we want to give young artists a platform, while mapping out all areas and developments of our wide area of music. 

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