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    Triptych, May/July 2009 – free today

    by 5:4 June 5, 2020 • 00:00
    June 5, 2020 • 00:00

    A few days ago marked the 25th anniversary of my father’s death. It seems like such an impossibly long time ago, yet his all-too-brief presence in my life, and all-too-long absence from it, continue to resonate in me and make their mark in my life and in my music. Back …

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    Outside-In: Simon Cummings

    by 5:4 April 28, 2020 • 10:21
    April 28, 2020 • 10:21

    The latest addition to the Outside-In compilation of field recordings is one of my own. i’m sure i’m not alone in noticing how much more prominent birdsong has become during the lockdown, which is really wonderful. i’ve been fascinated by birdsong for many, many years, and lots of my field …

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    Gigs, gigs, gigs: Night Liminal; Who knows if the moon’s

    by 5:4 May 16, 2018 • 07:28
    May 16, 2018 • 07:28

    A couple of performances of my work are coming up soon. Most imminently is the #EarBox series of art and music performances organised by the University of Kent. Their next event features my 2012 ambient work Night Liminal in conjunction with a new exhibition titled Extending the Frame. It’s taking …

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    New release: ma

    by 5:4 April 5, 2018 • 13:38
    April 5, 2018 • 13:38

    In a few days’ time, my most recent cycle of electronic music will be released by the adventurous Portuguese label, Crónica. The title of the cycle is the Japanese word 間 (ma), which is difficult easily to translate into English. The concept it embodies is a spatial one, specifically the gap between …

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    Electric Spring 2018

    by 5:4 March 2, 2018 • 13:07
    March 2, 2018 • 13:07

    Huddersfield is supremely talented at providing distractions (and shelter) from the vicissitudes of winter: HCMF does the honours at the start of the season, in late November, whereas at the other end, in late February, it falls to the university’s annual five-day festival of “electronic sonic exploration”, Electric Spring. There are …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #42 : Late Night

    by 5:4 February 1, 2018 • 08:22
    February 1, 2018 • 08:22

    As part of 5:4‘s tenth anniversary celebrations, i’m going to be putting out a new mixtape each month throughout 2018. While they’re quite time-consuming to curate and create, they’re also a lot of fun, and it’s been clear for a long time that the mixtapes are a popular feature on the …

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  • CD/Digital releasesFestiveSeasonal

    Kantos Chamber Choir – The Silver Stars at Play

    by 5:4 December 13, 2017 • 11:43
    December 13, 2017 • 11:43

    ‘Tis the season and all that, and while the majority of festive new releases are concerned with reheating the usual fare, there’s one new Christmas disc that i particularly want to single out. Called The Silver Stars at Play, it’s a collection of 23 contemporary Christmas carol settings, performed by …

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    New digital EP: Studies, vol. 1

    by 5:4 September 15, 2016 • 21:05
    September 15, 2016 • 21:05

    It’s been a while since my last CD release, so i’m especially pleased to announce that, a few days ago, i brought out a new EP, the first in an ongoing series. Those of you familiar with my earlier electronic work will know that there’s been a tendency to embrace extremes. …

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    Mixtape #21 : Noise

    by 5:4 November 19, 2011 • 16:28
    November 19, 2011 • 16:28

    With noise is born disorder […] In noise can be read the codes of life, the relations among men. Clamor, Melody, Dissonance, Harmony […] when it becomes sound, noise is the source of purpose and power, of the dream—Music. Stirring words from the opening chapter of Jacques Attali’s marvellous book …

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    Interrobang – works by Elliott Carter, Paul Dolden, Javier Álvarez & more

    by 5:4 December 12, 2010 • 12:43
    December 12, 2010 • 12:43

    Anyone in the Birmingham area tomorrow night (Monday 13th) might be interested in the next concert my ensemble, Interrobang, is giving. The concert will feature a number of works by established composers, intermingled with four pieces by students and graduates of the Birmingham Conservatoire (where Interrobang is based). It includes …

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    Mixtape #17 : Lay the Voice to Rest, Dear Mist (In Memoriam Danielle Baquet-Long)

    by 5:4 July 8, 2010 • 00:12
    July 8, 2010 • 00:12

    How quickly a year passes. On this day, 12 months ago, Danielle Baquet-Long died, bringing to an abrupt end the remarkable musical project that she and husband Will had crafted together for several years. Of course, music, like life, goes on regardless, and the prospect of plenty more releases yet …

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    Interrobang – works by Ryoji Ikeda, Simon Cummings/Charles Tournemire and Steve Peters

    by 5:4 May 4, 2010 • 12:54
    May 4, 2010 • 12:54

    Regular readers of 5:4 will know of my interest in the music of both Ryoji Ikeda and Steve Peters. Later this week i have the privilege of directing works by both of these composers, at the next concert given by my ensemble, Interrobang. In the first half, we’ll be presenting …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #15 : Late Night

    by 5:4 March 27, 2010 • 20:52
    March 27, 2010 • 20:52

    It’s been a while since the last mixtape, and i’ve decided to return to the theme of the the first two mixes, music particularly suitable for late night listening. Steve Peters‘ work is always fascinating, and his field recording project Here-ings is a masterpiece. i wrote about it at length …

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    Mixtape #12 : Electronics

    by 5:4 August 22, 2009 • 21:15
    August 22, 2009 • 21:15

    Back, not so much with a vengeance as a new mixtape; the theme this time is simply electronics. Many of the pieces are rather long, so this mix, more than the others, features excerpts rather than complete works. The mix opens with one of the most exciting electronic works by …

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  • CD/Digital releases

    New CD: Triptych, May/July 2009

    by 5:4 August 6, 2009 • 21:52
    August 6, 2009 • 21:52

    Posts have been somewhat less frequent through the last two or three months; but these hands have been far from idle. 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 …

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  • Premières

    New electronic work: [ULTRA]—infra

    by 5:4 February 27, 2009 • 21:58
    February 27, 2009 • 21:58

    Self-promotion time once again. Today i finished a new electronic composition, [ULTRA]—infra, a second work in the series begun last November by Negative Silence (detail). It’s being premièred next Monday at a concert of electronic music at Birmingham Conservatoire. i know many (most?) readers of 5:4 aren’t in the UK, …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #6 : Piano

    by 5:4 May 31, 2008 • 07:48
    May 31, 2008 • 07:48

    For years, the piano has been to me an object of fascination and awe; its range of capabilities, expressive potential and timbral variety are breathtaking. Also for years, these qualities were the very things preventing me from attempting to compose something for it. Listening to piano music is a supreme …

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