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London
Joined May 2012
OUT TODAY! New CD - ’Screens' Frank Denyer // Octandre The Octandre Ensemble Featuring five works (pictured) spanning 50 years anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/ anothertimbre.com/ #contemporaryart #contemporarymusic #contemporaryclassicalmusic #composer #newmusic #albumrelease
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(3/3) ‘Closeness’. There’s an immediate quality to Frank Denyer’s music that makes the listening distinctly intimate. In this video, Frank tells of closeness vs glamour. CD ‘Screens’ - out on Another Timbre TOMORROW (24th Nov) anothertimbre.com anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/
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‘Screens’ - released on Another Timbre THIS FRIDAY (24th Nov) anothertimbre.com anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/ Thank you Suhail Merchant for the snippet. Check out Suhail’s full length film ’Some sounds are gates’: youtube.com/watch?v=1XT0y5oM… #screens #contemporarymusic #music
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(2/3) ‘Silence'. Our new CD (out Fri) has music best heard at v low volume - timbres meld, microtonal beats make new sounds & tiny pitches glisten thru opaque rattles. Here composer Frank Denyer talks about his time w the Plains Pokot people in Kenya & their relation w silence.
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Ahead of the release of our CD ‘Screens’ on Friday, a series of three little clips to contextualise the music. 1 of 3: Instinct. Frank Denyer talks about the compositional process that begets his extraordinary sound world. ‘Screens’ released on Another Timbre Friday 24th Nov
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OUT ON FRIDAY - ‘Screens’ - our new, quiet, Frank Denyer CD. Works spanning 1972-2022, many best heard at very low volume. anothertimbre.com anothertimbre.bandcamp.com Huge, huge thanks to Vaughan Williams Foundation, @evs_musikstiftung and @prsfoundation for support.
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We are profoundly saddened by the passing of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, our Patron - an irreplaceable loss to the music community worldwide. He was a fount of inspiration to our ensemble. we give thanks for his life & music. Our thoughts are w his family & those closest to him.
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