News – London Skyline

London Skyline Remastered Edition Coming Dec. 6

London Skyline’s debut album is getting a re-release with a more expressive and careful approach. The remastered album will be released on December 6 and will be available on Bandcamp and all the major digital outlets and streaming services.

“The idea for the re-release came after I completed my training as a professional mastering engineer. I founded Sjötta Sound, an online mastering service and as the mastering studio was under constant development, I wanted to hone my skills, as well as to try the expanding set of appliances and plugins that were bred for mastering,” Tamas said. “The first iteration of the album was mastered by Waves via their AI-powered service and I was never really satisfied with how the final version of the album sounded.”

Success at the Indie Film Music Contest + EP…

The London Skyline rescore of the 2020 short film SHIFT directed by Chen Sing Yap came in at a respectable 31st place out of 175 submissions at the Summer 2024 edition of the Indie Film Music Contest. According to the jury (comprised of several film music and licencing professionals), “(the) score effectively conveyed the sense of anxiety associated with the pandemic” and that the material “effectively (conveyed) a sense of unease, which worked well overall. (The) approach to creating tension was successful, and you did a commendable job with that aspect.”

With this said, the themes evoked in the score will return as part of an EP that expands them. This is by no means an official film music EP but rather a collection of songs inpired by the film and the rescore’s motives.

The EP will be titled Shift Variations and will be released this fall.

Bandcamp Friday – September 6

Friday is always good news, but what is even a better one, is that today is Bandcamp Friday. Started off as a way to help musicians during the SARS-CoV-19 (aka Covid-19) pandemic, it has stayed around. Bandcamp Fridays—on which they waive their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love.

This will be the first Bandcamp Friday London Skyline can be a part of so if you like the music and would like to actually own the debut in the best quality there is, head on over to London Skyline’s Bandcamp page and purchase the album and score the exclusive digital booklet, as well.

Big things are coming Bandcamp-wise, so we can positively state that this is only the start. But a very grateful one if you happen to make a purchase.

Dua Lipa Remix Online

The London Skyline Remix for “Illusion” by Dua Lipa recorded for a remix contest run by SKIO Music has been made public.

If interested, head to London Skyline’s profile on SKIO over HERE but you can listen to it below, too.

Tamas said of the finished remix:

“It was a thrilling experience to be able to record an interpolation to a song this well-known. It is not an everyday opportunity for a producer well in the business, let alone for a fledging professional like me. In true London Skyline fashion I wanted to make it a big, open-sounding sweep of classical-infused music which turned out to flip the song’s meaning as it happens: Illusion turned into a somber, self-reflective piece from the flirty, upbeat original. I think I managed to shed some new light onto the song and am honoured to have worked on such a remix, regardless of my final position in the contest. This is also the first song where I could hone my mastering skills and pretty happy in general with the technical side of the entry, too.”

Handpicked by PRESSED

American music blog PRESSED has shared Eflat as part of their weekly selection of new and exciting music, in their words “gems that deserve your full attention.”

The full list of the weekly compilation is available on PRESSED’s website.

Debut Album London Skyline Released

After a good two months of waiting on our end, the debut album ‘London Skyline’ is finally released worldwide, on streaming and on major digital retail platforms. London Skyline consists of nine songs and was recorded in the first half of 2024.

This has been a very interesting journey, full of learning and novelties since this is the very first release I got to publish on streaming. Beyond the usual myriad of things one has to either trial-and-error or just look up, one of the biggest changes came from an artistic perspective. I wanted to be as meticulous and as deliberate concerning writing, producing and mixing as I could at this moment in my life. Naturally, I realized I had a lot to cover if I wish to improve but right now, ‘London Skyline’ is where my knowledge about music, technology and business is at. Hence the title.

Please stream the release on your platform of choice or if you are one of those old-timey fellas – like I am – and would like to possess actual files and in much better quality than their streamed counterparts, alongside scoring a very nice exclusive digital booklet, head over to Bandcamp.

Although this is a debut album, the London Skyline project has very exciting months to look forward to. In the meantime,

Regards and thank you for your interest.

Shift – Short Film Rescored

An exciting inaugural piece of content on London Skyline’s YouTube channel: the 2020 short film SHIFT directed by Chen Sing Yap has been rescored by London Skyline. The new piece of music for the movie is an entry in the 2024 edition of the Indie Film Music Contest and was recorded throughout the Summer 2024 in Sjötta Sound Studio in Budapest.

The movie follows the struggles of a frontline medical worker who chooses to live in her car, separated from her family in order not to infect her otherwise gravely ill son. The music is mostly classical chamber music with a good deal of electronica, in true London Skyline fashion.

See the movie below:

Third Single Eflat Released Today

Eflat, the third single off debut album London Skyline has been released.

Born out of frustration for a discarded entry for a composition contest, the song is a distilled mixture of grandiose neoclassical instrumentation turning into anthemic electronic music.

The song is one of the central points of the album with a reprise of it appearing as well.

Don’t Put Me Down – OUT JULY 5th

The second single off London Skyline, the debut album, a song called Don’t Put Me Down will be released on July 5 on all bigger streaming platforms and online stores.

This song is the most traditionally arranged track on the debut, with basically a symphonic orchestra playing. It came to be after a remix was completed for a song by a very well-known British band but remained without response. No offense was taken, the song was somewhat rehashed and turned out quite lush and emotional.

Don’t Put Me Down – out July 5th

STRANDING – OUT TODAY

Stranding has been released.

Stream it HERE