Welcome to Ninichi and Xelafish!
Ninichi and Xelafish is a printed music publishing house and store founded in 1890 in London, England. Unfortunately for both its founders and staff, six weeks later, a binding Continual Confusion Curse was inflicted on the store so that it and all who were within it remain stuck in a looping 1890.
Through the composition, development and practice of Melodic Enchantments, Ninichi and Xelafish developed spells that are cast through music and composed their way to make contact outside of the loop into other worlds and timezones...
In October 2019, 1890 Store Manager Zesper made contact with our world via a Melodic Enchantment on his Typewriter which allowed him to communicate to a laptop viewed through a portal. A crowdfunding campaign then followed to enable Ninichi & Xelafish to release a first collection into our world!
Ninichi and Xelafish aims to release a series of sheet music collections with the intention of sharing themed original instrumental pieces that are fun and mischievous! Visual themes and scenarios allow musicians to connect directly with the emotion and context of the piece from the surreal world in which it was written. Each new collection released will reveal more of N&X's own backstory and future...
The first set - a progressive story through instrumental pieces based on a fable from the world of N&X: The Light and the Dark is currently in development. It will initially be available in Violin Duet, Violin and Piano, and Solo Piano portfolios and pdf downloads with further arrangements planned for the future. Backing tracks for solo violin, and a narrated audiostory through the pieces will also be available.
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Watch 1890 store founders Ninichi and Xelafish play the Violin and Piano arrangement of the 2019 Campaign Launch Track: Journey Into The Unseen from the forthcoming The Light And The Dark collection:
Watch Lottie Greenhow and Eve McGrath play Firedance Violin Duet arrangement from The Light And The Dark:
Watch Graham Webb play The Harlequin Piano Solo arrangement from The Light And The Dark:
Rewatch our 2019 Campaign Finale as the ‘Zesper Trio’ take on Journey Into The Unseen to recover the 1890 Shop after it was stolen away…
Forthcoming Collection & Releases!
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