Name: Like Elastic by Chris McCormack
Duration: 7 min 5 s
Description: Performed by Crash Ensemble at New Music Dublin 2019.

Written for and performed by pianist Ben Smith at 'MUSICON: Eternal Returns' on 9.6.2021.

Many thanks to Simone Tarsitani, Eric Egan and Musicon, Durham University for the recording.

Watch the full concert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZX8WNkc2VM&t=1527s

This piece is in dialogue with an earlier work of mine, 'flicker': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4RQoseTp7Y

flare (2021)

TR130 - Julia Reidy - How to spot a rip [excerpt]

Performed at the Festival of Laurence Crane: A Tribute Concert on Monday 18th October 2021.

The title is an accidental pun on Laurence’s Bobby J for electric guitar. I was chatting with Patrick about putting the piece together and told him we might both have to muster up our best Bobby D impressions (aka Bob Dylan).

Lara Agar (violin, harmonica)
Christian Drew (guitar, harmonica)
Harry Harrison (percussion, harmonica)
Patrick Hegarty (guitar, harmonica)
Darius Paymai (harmonium, harmonica)

Bobby D

Neue Kraft Fühlend (2013)

Troglodyte Angels Clank By (2015), for amplified ensemble
Commissioned by Radio France.
Ensemble 2e2m conducted by Pierre Roullier

Live Recording, Radio France, Festival Présence, 10 February 2016, Paris

Clara Iannotta : Troglodyte Angels Clank By (2015), for amplified ensemble

Sebastiaan Kemner, trombone
Nicholas Moroz, electronics
Recorded 30.05.18

Her still singing limbs, for trombone and live electronics [extract]

Performed by Crash Ensemble at New Music Dublin 2019.

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my exclusive guestmix for Nexus Techno a manchester UK based party. originally aired on april 10, 2020. enjoy!

Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia [Tresor] (1993)
Tobias. - Schism [Ostgut Ton] (2020)
Tobias. - The wisdom of no escape [Ostgut Ton] (2020)
Deepbass - Prospect [Informa Records] (2017)
Yan Cook - Macaw [Arts] (2018)
Vladimir Dubyshkin - Overland Trip [Macro] (2016)
Deniro - Organezized [трип] (2015)
Rechulski - Müeller (Sheik N Beik) [2016]
Voiski - 5th Dolphin Transmission [Sheik N Beik] (2017)
Circulation - Lemon (Mix 1) [Circulation] (1999)
Tomas Kunkel - Altered Chants [Dyad Records] (2017)
Gary Martin - Shoulder Shake Pop [Teknotika Records] (2020)
Cassegrain - Stax Scarlett [Arcing Seas] (2016)
Randomer - Brutus [L.I.E.S.] (2015)
Melier Avenue - Tribal Mood In My Mind [Propoganda Moscow] (2019)
Salmone De Bahia - Outro Lugar  [Yellow Productions] (1999)

HE VALENCIA guestmix for Nexus Techno

IlolliPop. Alex Paxton - Trombone and Composition.
Ensemble Modern. Conducted my Enno Poppe. (25mins)
CRASHKURS HUMAN__MACHINE

Illolipop. Excerpt. Alex Paxton. Ensemble Modern

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Pppainterrr - Thea (Cue Mix)

Taken from 'It's Worse', out on Cafe OTO's digital label Takuroku

TR083 - Shakeeb Abu Hamdan & Sholto Dobie - 'Slows O'er'

Chris McCormack (b. 1992) is an Irish composer and producer, currently based in London. His work has been performed by, among others - Crash Ensemble, Plus Minus Ensemble, Liam Byrne, EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, Dr. John Feeley, Ensemble Adesso and the Dublin Laptop Orchestra. He holds a Masters degree in Composition (Distinction) from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied with Dr. Richard Baker, on scholarships from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust and the Guildhall School Trust. In 2014, he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, specialising in Composition under Dr. Donnacha Dennehy and Dr. Evangelia Rigaki. Chris also studied Classical Guitar and Composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, with Marion Hyland and Dr. Kevin O'Connell, and Jazz Improvisation at the Dublin Institute of Technology with guitarist and composer Mike Nielsen.

An active producer since 2010, he has produced records for bands, classical ensembles, recorded music for television broadcast and for film, and created electronic music for diffusion across a variety of media. His current compositional work frequently explores the interaction of electronics and live sound, and the influence of electronic sound on acoustic music.

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