Another Timbre
at43 Tierce – Caisson
Jez riley French, Daniel Jones, Ivan Palackỳ
“A supernatural music that seems to allow the opening, maturing and fulfilment as much of perception itself as of the things perceived (especially sound, and space and time).” Julien Heraud
at44 James Saunders
divisions that could be autonomous but that comprise the whole
Edges Ensemble, Philip Thomas, James Saunders, Tim Parkinson,
Angharad Davies, Stephen Chase & Rhodri Davies
“Resoundingly beautiful” Richard Pinnell
“People should hear this.” Brian Olewnick
at45 Droplets
Dominic Lash, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes
A 20-minute improvisation plus realisations of scores by the
Wandelweiser composers Eva-Maria Houben & Taylan Susam.
“with its dramatic and lyrical power, which really captured my attention and completely overcame and overwhelmed me.” Julien Heraud
at46 No Islands
John Cage’s ‘Four6’, plus two improvisations by:
Stephen Cornford, Sarah Hughes, Patrick Farmer, Kostis Kilymis
“A great CD by some fine musicians” Richard Pinnell
“The entire recording bristles with intelligence and care” Brian Olewnick
youtube extracts - improvisation John Cage
atb-08 A Pauper’s Guide to John Cage & Early Morning Melancholia Two compositions from 2010 by Anett Németh for piano,
clarinet, household objects, field recordings & domestic electronics.
“Very very beautiful indeed.” Richard Pinnell
“Beautiful, resonant, mysterious work.” Michael Pisaro
Recent releases: Silence and After 2 - cutting edges
Five discs emerging from the increasingly fertile exchange between the traditions of post-Cageian composition and post-reductionist improvisation, focusing in particular on the work of younger musicians committed to pushing the boundaries of contemporary music.
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.
Mark Andre - …22,13… Quite wonderful
dramatic piece for singers, ensemble &
live electronics by much under-rated
composer. From 2011, but I’ve only just discovered it, so it’s certainly my disc of the
year so far. Double CD on Neos
Lee Noyes & Sally Ann McIntyre - To Orient themselves with Coastlines Very nice minimal electroacoustic duo from New Zealand On Ideal State
Bruno Duplant - Slow Breath Lovely ultra- minimal solo piece by French composer- improviser. On B-boim
Keith Rowe - Concentration of the Stare Table-top guitarist’s solo contemplation of Rothko’s works, recorded in the Rothko Chapel in Houston. On Bottrop-boy
Haptic - Scilens Beautiful (perhaps too beautiful for me?) trio constructions for a rich and wide range of instruments and objects. On Entr’acte
Hong Chulki, Jin Sangtae & Kevin Parks Powerful trio improvisations from Korea.
On Celadon
Keith Rowe & John Tilbury - E.E.Tension and Circumstance Beautiful improvisation recorded live in Paris by two of the very best. On Potlatch
Christian Wolff - Compositions 1950 - 1972 Lovely double CD with some great interpretations of many of Wolff’s most interesting scores from his strongest period. On Edition RZ
Radu Malfatti & Lucio Capece -
Explorational Gorgeous ultra-minimal
improvisation. On B-boim
3 fine new discs on the Consumer Waste label:
Patrick Farmer - Like Falling Out of Trees into Collectors’ Albums Excellent field recordings.
Jack Harris & Samuel Rodgers - What’s
that, mate? Very strong electroacoustic
duo.
Ben Gwilliam & Heiner Woermann - card tape drafts Fine music for electronics & amplified cardboard.
New releases, February 2012 - due in any day: taking pre-orders now
Four new CDs, each featuring at least one musician who is new to the label, and each exploring an unheard and unexpected area of contemporary music.
Click on cover for more details
least Magnus Granberg and Skogen from Sweden playing with Toshi Nakamura and Angharad
Davies, Taus from Vienna, Annette Krebs, Magda Mayas and Anthea Caddy from Berlin,
and Osvaldo Coluccino from Italy.
Changes at Another Timbre
Since 2007 Another Timbre has produced over 50 CDs and CDRs, discs which we hope have helped to chronicle some of the most interesting corners of improvised and contemporary music. But times and technologies are moving on, and listening habits are changing. Increasing numbers of people hardly use CDs at all and obtain their music as downloads. These changes offer challenges to CD-based labels like Another Timbre. Until now we have managed to break even, but in the future, as the move towards downloads accelerates, it is likely to become unsustainable to release CDs in minority areas of music like this.
We want to start adapting to the age of digital distribution and making changes before economics compels us to. Over the past year we have been thinking about what a label is or could be in an era of digital distribution. This process of re-thinking is ongoing, and we welcome your thoughts and opinions about how you would like to see the label change. Over the next year we intend to radically transform the way Another Timbre operates. Though we don’t yet know the details of these changes, they are likely to include offering downloads in addition to discs, and releasing music on CDR more than on CD. We also want the website to become much more central to what we do, offering projects and resources instead of being just a virtual shop window.
As ideas become more concrete, we’ll let you know more about what we are planning. In the mean time, please send any thoughts or suggestions to info@anothertimbre.com.
Thanks to everyone who responded with
suggestions about ideas for a new
packaging format for Another Timbre
discs. There was a clear majority in
favour of using card covers instead of
plastic jewelcases, so the new batch of
discs have card covers - though with a
spine, as this was important to a
substantial number of the people who
responded.
at47 Ist gefallen in den Schnee
A piece by Swedish composer-pianist Magnus Granberg, performed by
Skogen - Magnus Granberg, Angharad Davies, Anna Lindal,
Leo Svensson Sander, John Eriksson, Erik Carlsson, Henrik Olsson,
Petter Wästberg and Toshimaru Nakamura
at48 Thread
Two improvisations by
Annette Krebs - prepared guitar, tapes, mixing desk
Anthea Caddy - cello
Magda Mayas - piano
at49 Pinna
Concert recording from Vienna of electroacoustic improvisation by Taus
Tim Blechmann - laptop computer
Klaus Filip - laptop computer
at50 Atto
Music for acoustic objects, composed and performed by
Osvaldo Coluccino
Audiograft Festival 2012
This year’s Audiograft festival in
Oxford looks great, featuring several
musicians who have released music
on Another Timbre. Recommended.
More details from:
Another Timbre on Youtube
The label now has its own Youtube
channel, featuring extracts of around seven minutes from several AT discs,
including the new releases. Audio is
lossless /CD quality, but don’t get too
excited about the visuals; it’s mainly
just the cover image from the disc.
So far 20 discs are represented, but
extracts from every disc on the label
will go up on the channel over the
next month or so.
To visit or subscribe to the channel,
click here
Note on file-sharing: We’d be grateful if people didn’t upload the new releases for
file-sharing until January 2013, to give the label a chance of recovering the costs of producing them. In future Another Timbre discs will offer a download option on release, but this is not yet in place (see Changes at Another Timbre below). To help ensure the label’s survival into the era of digital distribution, we hope that people respect this.
Read some very complimentary words
about Another Timbre in Richard Pinnell’s
review of 2011 on his blog at
Read a fascinating essay by Dominic
Lash about James Saunders’ disc on
his blog Force of Circumstance here
Read a fine new review of the Silence
and After 2 series of discs by John Eyles
in All About Jazz here
