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    Rohan Drape & Anthony Pateras – The traces of a mistake, the most simple one possible the reactions of even younger children

    by 5:4 October 27, 2021 • 15:26
    October 27, 2021 • 15:26

    Let’s get static – or, at least, steady static. The latest collaborative work from Rohan Drape & Anthony Pateras, The traces of a mistake, the most simple one possible the reactions of even younger children, could be regarded as a development of the processes explored on their outstanding 2018 album…

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    CBSO Centre, Birmingham: BCMG – Mark-Anthony Turnage Concertino

    by 5:4 September 15, 2021 • 14:09
    September 15, 2021 • 14:09

    The last time i wrote about a Birmingham Contemporary Music Group concert, i began the article with an observation, a complaint and a plea; this time, i’m starting with a shock and a nice surprise. The shock comes from the realisation that that previous concert took place no fewer than…

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    David Dunn – Verdant

    by 5:4 May 12, 2021 • 14:45
    May 12, 2021 • 14:45

    It’s rare these days to find new additions to the sphere of ambient music that go beyond being merely extended, superficial, one-dimensional platitudes. So it’s been a relief to spend a mixture of active and passive time with Verdant, a recent album from US composer David Dunn, which taps into…

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    Sandra Boss – Luft

    by 5:4 January 25, 2021 • 05:00
    January 25, 2021 • 05:00

    As i’m sure i’ve lamented previously, the organ is a bit of a neglected instrument in the world of new music. No doubt that’s due in part to its historical associations and also the site-specific nature of so many of them, but all the same, considering the range, power and…

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    Catherine Lamb – Prisma Interius VII & VIII

    by 5:4 October 28, 2020 • 15:42
    October 28, 2020 • 15:42

    Back in 2017, when writing about the fifth and, at the time, latest in Catherine Lamb‘s ongoing series Prisma Interius, i talked a lot about consonance and dissonance, the way that its pitches began life around a central point from which they emerged and split off, ultimately creating a harmonic…

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    Liquid Transmitter – Arboreal; Jeff Carey – index[off]

    by 5:4 August 5, 2020 • 15:50
    August 5, 2020 • 15:50

    Despite being located at opposite ends of the aesthetic / behavioural spectrum, i’ve recently been finding that two new releases pose the same questions about the distinction between long- and short-term listening. In the case of Arboreal, the latest album by Canadian musician Jamie Drouin’s alter ego Liquid Transmitter, this…

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    Liquid Transmitter – Meander

    by 5:4 April 30, 2020 • 05:00
    April 30, 2020 • 05:00

    Another mid-length album i’ve recently been immersing myself within is Meander by Liquid Transmitter, nom de guerre for Canadian sound artist Jamie Drouin. Both the title and the artist’s pseudonym are well-suited to the six tracks on this album. They operate in a way that sits on the cusp of…

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  • CD/Digital releasesLent Series

    Kenneth Kirschner – January 1, 2019

    by 5:4 February 26, 2020 • 05:00
    February 26, 2020 • 05:00

    It’s the first day of Lent, and also therefore the start of this year’s 5:4 Lent Series. Three years ago my focus was on miniature works, and for 2020 i’m going in the opposite direction, exploring compositions that occupy larger-scale durations. However, this is not simply about pieces that are…

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  • AnniversariesPremières

    Éliane Radigue – Occam River XV (World Première)

    by 5:4 January 24, 2020 • 11:30
    January 24, 2020 • 11:30

    A composer whose work i return to more often than most – and find the experience completely different every time i do – is Éliane Radigue. Today is the grande dame’s 88th birthday – joyeux anniversaire! – so, as i did a few years ago, i’m going to devote another…

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    Roland Kayn – Scanning

    by 5:4 December 14, 2019 • 22:25
    December 14, 2019 • 22:25

    There aren’t many new releases that require you to free up huge chunks of time in your schedule, but then Roland Kayn isn’t like many composers. Two years ago, 14 hours were required to explore the vast expanse of his A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound, which i ended…

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    Rebecca Saunders – Stirrings (UK Première)

    by 5:4 March 1, 2018 • 00:00
    March 1, 2018 • 00:00

    i’ve already used the word ‘obsessive’ in this Lent Series, and i’m sure i’ll be using it again in due course, but it’s important to note that the strain of obsession that repeatedly rears its head in Rebecca Saunders’ music is a reflection of her own compulsive attitude towards sounds…

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    Rebecca Saunders – murmurs (UK Première)

    by 5:4 February 19, 2018 • 00:00
    February 19, 2018 • 00:00

    Since the trace is not a presence but the simulacrum of a presence that dislocates itself, displaces itself, refers itself, it properly has no site; erasure belongs to its structure. And not only the erasure which must always be able to overtake it (without which it would not be a…

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    Monty Adkins – Shadows and Reflections

    by 5:4 November 4, 2017 • 13:31
    November 4, 2017 • 13:31

    An interesting aspect of what i’ve been calling ‘steady statism‘ is the relationship it has with the idea of stasis. What is a musical stasis? Considering that music unfolds in time, isn’t it an oxymoronic idea? Furthermore, is such a hypothetical stasis intentional (objective) or perceptional (subjective) – or both?…

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    Jeroen Diepenmaat – Double Landscape

    by 5:4 October 21, 2017 • 13:29
    October 21, 2017 • 13:29

    One of the more unusual items to have arrived at my door recently is Double Landscape, by Dutch “visual artist with a preference for sound” Jeroen Diepenmaat. It’s unusual insofar as it comes in the form of a small plastic wallet containing a small business card CDr – which contains just…

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    Altered (steady) states: Kenneth Kirschner – September 27, 2016/November 17, 2016, Markus Reuter – Falling for Ascension, Formuls – entryiseasierthantheexit_exit

    by 5:4 October 3, 2017 • 13:57
    October 3, 2017 • 13:57

    A few years ago, when writing an extensive monograph on the music of Kenneth Kirschner, i used the term ‘steady state’ to indicate the particular way in many of his works that material is deployed and juxtaposed over extended periods of time. This latter aspect, extended time, is vital: both…

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