new CD: Triptych, May/July 2009

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:27:39 GMT

It's occurred to me that some people's contact with me is solely over here on LJ; therefore, to those who haven't heard elsewhere, i'm very happy to announce that my first CD will be released at the end of August, containing a new electronic work, Triptych, May/July 2009 • Lasting 25 minutes, the work is an expressionistic electronic study concerned with the nature (& fallibility) of remembrance • Taking its starting point from an image of my late father (seen on the cover artwork), the work's three panels explore different, but related, sound-worlds •

The first, Figment, occupies a deep, narrow frequency field, from which a mysterious & somewhat inscrutable music emerges, its material at times quite difficult to make out • Longest & loudest of the three, the central panel, Icon, continually shifts & evolves, its richly glittering noise forming ever new shapes & resonances, punctuated by fragments of melody • The work concludes with Vestige, where soft, distant flute-like tones sing out into the darkness •

The Triptych is dedicated to the memory of Danielle Baquet-Long, about whom i wrote recently on my blog 5:4; one half of Celer, who passed away suddenly last month •

This release is limited to 100 numbered copies • The price, including shipping, is:

UK - £5 | Europe - £5.50 | Worldwide - £6

To order a copy, go here, where you can also hear a brief excerpt from each part •

Moving Home

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:29:14 GMT

Posts on here will be pretty much stopping today, as i'm shifting to a blog instead • i've been to blogland before, & it's a much nicer—& very much prettier—place to be • i certainly won't shut this LJ down, as i want it to interact with the various acquaintances & communities that interest me, but future posts are to be found here •

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new CD: Triptych, May/July 2009

Moving Home