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another timbre is a label for improvised and cutting-edge contemporary music

 

 

 

 

 

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   Recent releases

 

                           fragment of the cadastre

                           rhodri davies - harp

                           michel doneda - soprano sax

                           louisa martin - laptop

                           phil minton - voice

                           lee patterson - objects

                                           

 This special edition CDR was a limited edition of 150

 numbered copies, and has now sold out. However

 some of the musicians still have copies, so if you want

 one please email info@anothertimbre.com and we’ll put

 you in contact with one of the musicians.                      

 

    The guitar series  

    click on the covers for reviews

 

                                   at26  crepuscular rays  

                                    håvard volden  guitar

                                    toshimaru nakamura

                                    no-input mixing board

                                    audio excerpt

                                              

 

 

                                     at27  duet  

                                     martine altenburger   cello

                                     john russell    guitar

                     

                                     audio excerpt

                                                                                                                

 

                                                        

                                     at28  corgroc  by ap’strophe

                                     ferran fages     guitar

                                     dimitra lazaridou-chatzigoga

                                                             zither

                                    audio excerpt

                                               

 

 

 

                                    at29  

                                    martin küchen  alto saxophone

                                    keith rowe   electronics

                                    seymour wright alto sax

                                 

                                     audio excerpt                                             

 

  

 

     For all other discs go to catalogue page      

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

  Recommendations from other labels

  Below are some discs released on other labels that you

  might enjoy if you like the music on Another Timbre.

  The list is by no means exhaustive; there are plenty of

  excellent discs that I just haven’t heard yet.  But these

  are some recommendations that I can vouch for.

 

 Berlin - Buenos Aires Quintet  (Andrea Neumann, Lucio

 Capece, Sergio Merce, Robin Hayward, Gabriel Paiuk)

 Excellent (post-?)reductionist improv from 2004.

 On L’Innomable

 

 Olivia Block / Kyle Bruckmann - Teem

 Fine electroacoustic pieces for oboe & electronics

 On And/Oar  

 

  Mike Bullock / Andrew Lafkas - Ceremonies to Breathe Upon

 Lovely double bass duo in 19th century industrial space.

 On Winds Measure

 

 Stasis Duo (Matt Earle & Adam Sussman) - untitled

 Fine minimalist electronics from Australian duo

 On l’innomable

 

 Gregory Büttner / Birgit Ulher - Tehricks

 Excellent mini-cd for trumpet & electronics

 On 1000 füssler

 

 Julia Eckhardt + 9 others - 2009

 Great concept and lovely music: Chinese Whispers whereby

 each of 10 musicians composes a 7-minute piece in response

 to a 7-minute piece by the previous musician in the chain.

  Great disc on compost and height

 

 Christine Sehnaoui / Magda Mayas  - Teeming

 Very strong, tight duo improvisations for piano and

 alto saxophone.  On OlofBright

 

 Kevin Parks / Joe Foster - Acts Have Consequences

 Powerful double cd for electronics & guitar.  An interesting

 change of pace from this duo.  Self-released.

 

 John Butcher / Rhodri Davies  -  Carliol

 Fine works for saxes, harps & electronics.  On Ftarri

 

 Annette Krebs / Taku Unami - motubachii.  Wonderful

 enigmatic construction by two of the most distinctive   

 of contemporary improvisers.  On Erstwhile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 Call for submissions

 In 2011 and 2012 Another Timbre will release a series of cd’s

 under the title ‘electroacoustic splits’.  The idea is that each

 disc would contain contributions of up to 39 minutes each

 from two musicians or groups of musicians.  Music can be

 composed, improvised or any shade between.  And you can

 interpret ‘electroacoustic’ in any way you wish.

 

  We will listen to anything sent in for consideration, though

 obviously only a small number will be selected for release.  

 

  Please send music on cdr to:

 Another Timbre, 70 High Storrs Road,  

  Sheffield,  S11 7LE, UK

  

  The deadline for submissions is 31st January 2011.

 

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  New releases - July 2010    Duos with brass

  Four new cd’s of superb instrumental improvisation, each with unique instrumentation.  

  John Eyles has reviewed the series here  He writes: Duos with Brass does not opt for the

   conventionally accepted use of the instruments, favouring more innovatory and exploratory

   approaches..... In his sleevenotes for Giles U, Carl Ludwig Hübsch refers to "mechanically

   generated electronic music." It is a phrase that the content of these CD’s repeatedly calls to mind;

   when sounds like white noise or feedback issue forth, listeners may be rechecking the credits to

   see if electronics are in use, but close listening reveals that these sounds come from acoustic

   sources and are mechanically generated.   Yes, therein lies the success of this series: the discs all

   require close listening to reveal their true quality. Consequently they draw the listener deeper and

   deeper into their soundworlds, with repeated listenings being needed, each one revealing more

   than before.  Fascinating stuff.”

 

                                     at30   nella basilica

                                      roberto fabbriciani bass-, contrabass- & hyperbass flutes

                                      robin hayward   microtonal tuba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   The first CD of improvised music featuring Roberto Fabbriciani, the flautist with whom Luigi Nono

   worked closely in the last two decades of his life.  Fabbriciani and Hayward were recorded in the

   Basilica di San Domenico in Arezzo, and the extraordinarily low tones of their instruments creates

   a unique soundworld.     

   “Both musicians have developed their instruments, Hayward using a new microtonal valve system,

   and Fabbriciani his self-designed hyperbass flute—over twelve metres of tubing! The latter

   produces fearsome sounds at the lower threshold of human hearing, meaning they are felt in the

   internal organs as much as heard. The combination of tuba and the lower frequency flutes

   creates a bottom-heavy soundscape in which boundaries between tuba and flutes are blurred.

   It is the lingering, slowly-evolving tones of the instruments that dominate. There are no rapidly-

   articulated passages here; everything moves at a stately pace, allowing plenty of time to wallow

   in the varied textures of the sounds.... Awesome.”                                                 (John Eyles)

 

                                       at31  A.D.

                                       angharad davies   violin

                                       axel dörner   trumpet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Neither player should need much introduction, as both are widely acknowledged as leading

   improvisers on their respective instruments.  Another early review - by David Grundy, which you

   can read here writes that the duo create “the atmosphere of surprise – of magic – that great

   improvisation is still so uniquely capable of providing”.

   “In a stunning performance, Dörner coaxes an extraordinary range of sounds out of his trumpet,

   from breathy resonances verging on white noise through to low frequency sounds of tongue

   fluttering and metallic percussive noises. Davies matches him in kind (again, some of her high

   notes could be electronic) but, more importantly, she always manages a response that is timely

   and appropriate. The end result is two instruments meshing into a seamless whole; the parts can

   be heard but they are so sympathetically matched that the whole is greater than their sum.”   

                                                                                                                      (John Eyles)

                                              at32  Giles U.

                                               carl ludwig hübsch   tuba

                                      christoph schiller   spinet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   “The tuba's bass sounds are in complete contrast to the higher pitches of the spinet, bringing to

   mind cartoon images of an elephant and a mouse. But none of that concerned Hübsch and

   Schiller when they first played together in 2008-09; they felt a strong connection in their playing -

   it remains obvious here. Both have modified their instruments, in the process getting rid of the

   seeming disparity. Schiller's spinet has become a semi-percussive instrument, amply illustrated by

   this CD's opening sounds which are most reminiscent of the clacking of a typewriter. Elsewhere, it

   sounds more like prepared piano—or even a detuned guitar.  In similar fashion, the tuba produces

   notes far higher than its stereotypical oom-pah, the result of Hübsch's breath control and circular

   breathing. Put that all together and it is certain less than one person in a hundred could correctly

   identify the instrumentation here.   Be that as it may, the dominant factor is that strong connection

   that Hübsch and Schiller recognised in each other. It means they produce subtle music that is both

   sympathetic and beautiful.”                                                                             (John Eyles)

 

                                              at33  pie ‘n’ mash

                                              mathias forge   trombone

                                     olivier toulemonde    acoustic objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   “In concert, the duo of Mathias Forge and Olivier Toulemonde are great fun, putting on an

   impressive show. This is largely because Toulemonde, who previously played flute, saxophone

   and electronics, now manipulates an extraordinary array of purely acoustic objects including a

   resonant trestle table, whisks, bowls, plates, marbles, Styrofoam and a bow—like some hybrid

   between a conjuror and a deranged chef. Maybe that explains the album title, the name of an

   English "delicacy."  This recording faithfully reflects the diversity of sounds that he generates with

   his objects including assorted scrapings and resonances (Toulemonde is truly in the footsteps of

   the great Hugh Davies.)    In amongst all this, though, let us not lose sight of the brass

   component.  Forge finds plenty of space for his trombone in amongst Toulemende's performance.

   His breathy playing, with occasional use of mutes, does not try to compete with Toulemonde,

   instead adopting a complementary role. In fact, some of his sounds are highly relevant to the

   culinary theme, sounding like sizzling food or steaming pans boiling over.”         (John Eyles)

 

 

  

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