a r t i s t : Anthony Pateras
t i t l e : Chasms
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : sirr
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2007
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 57,1 MB
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Chasms is the extraordinary debut solo prepared piano album
from Australian composer/pianist Anthony Pateras. Although
placed within the lineage of the Cage prepared piano, Chasms
takes things further, re-configuring the instrument into a
psychoacoustic percussion orchestra, exploring extended
timbral continuums through complex rhythms and physically
intense performance strategies.
Although the work is influenced by PaterasÆ written
compositions, this album represents a more organic, fluid side
to his work, guided more by contemporary approaches to
electronics than the standard 20th century piano staple.
Through purely acoustic means, the work attempts to enhance
piano performance via a compositional sympathy with
algorhythmic computer composition and studio technology. In
its essence, this is electro-acoustic music created purely
with prepared piano.
Chasms represents a simultaneously alien and familiar approach
to the concert hall dinosaur, contemporising the sound world
of the piano in an attempt to match the valuable sonic
innovations of the early 21st century. This is piano music
which respects the past, present and future.
about Anthony Pateras
Anthony Pateras is a composer/performer active within pre-
meditated and intuitive creative contexts. Live, he appears
regularly throughout Europe and Australasia on prepared piano
in the Pateras/Baxter/Brown trio, on voice & electronics with
Robin Fox, prepared piano solo or as a conductor of his own
notated works. He has released and produced numerous albums,
recording for Tzadik (New York), Editions Mego (Vienna),
Synaesthesia (Melbourne) and Quecksilber (Berlin). This latest
release is his extended prepared piano work Chasms, on
LisbonÆs Sirr Records.
As a composer, his notated music has received performances
from the Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,
Flux String Quartet, Slave Pianos, percussionist Vanessa
Tomlinson and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Recently he has
been commissioned to write a major for the Australian Chamber
Orchestra in which he will feature as a soloist. Recent
performance highlights include a performance of his Continuums
and Chasms at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, a
multi-speaker performance on the GRM Acousmonium in Paris, a
marathon performance at the Erase/Reset electronic music
festival in Berlin and a successful Europe-wide tour with
Pateras/Baxter/Brown. He was also recently featured on ABC
TVÆs Set program, presenting pieces with Twitch,
Pateras/Baxter/Brown and Robin Fox to a national audience
across Australia.
(http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/030.html)
artist's site:
(http://www.anthonypateras.com)
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01-residue [16:08]
02-chasms [09:25]
03-descent [17:15]
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42:48 min