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The Smith Quartet.  27 February 2009.  Artrix, Bromsgrove

Photo:Robert Taylor 
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Dances On a Ground (2009) for string quartet

Endymion Ensemble, Richard Baker (cond.), 18 June 2007, Christ Church, Spitalfields, London



Three spatially separated ensembles appear in the following order:

1) Tempo indication is Parlante ('as if speaking') which in this case describes the jerky dialogue between oboe/trumpet and bass clarinet (in its highest register, like a falsetto voice) The viola acts as a compass, always in normal tuning, unlike the microtonally distorted oboe and trumpet.

2) Lower (in pitch) than the first ensemble, a duo of piano and vibraphone is embedded in sustained lines of flutes, trombone and cello. These intermittent wisps of melody become more mechanical.

3) A more florid take on the preceding groups, this violin duo is, in both pitch and spatial placement the highest layer, slithering around within a narrow band of pitches. 

In the exposition these three layers are presented in a fairly clear-cut manner, with some overlap where all three are playing at the same time; but as the work progresses they start to congeal and diversify in different ways.

The title occurred to me for various reasons; firstly a preoccupation with the original versions of Bruckner's Third and Sibelius's Fifth Symphonies; but also an interest in the brisk developments which have taken place in the Spitalfields area: I am thinking of the demolition of the Bishopsgate Goods Yard (an adjunct to Brick Lane Market: murky archways of which I have cherished memories) and the exciting juxtapositions of modern (ensemble 1) and old architecture (ensemble 2).



Original Version (2007) for 12 instruments

Brunel Ensemble, conducted by Christopher Austin

"The new work was Viscid, by the 23-year-old Morgan Hayes - a great title and a promising piece, unfolding tangled skeins of melody over dark block chords…"
Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 7 January 1997


Viscid (1996) for 15 players

Huw Watkins (piano) 
performed in Vilnius, St. Catherine's Church, at the International Contemporary Music Festival
DRUSKOMANUA 2009

alternative version by Jonathan Powell available:
http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/violin-concerto-0

Strides Book2 (2007) for solo piano : pieces 4 and 5

Clive Williamson (piano) London Sinfonietta, Martyn Brabbins 
10 April 1999, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 

"There is much more [than deft scoring] to a piece such as Slippage by Morgan Hayes - a microtonal, complexly rhythmic octet in which an eruptive piano solo slips out of the 'geological' layers in which it had been embedded... His idiom with its skewed interplay of lines evokes that of his teacher Michael Finnissy but only as a background against which a new harmonic sweetness and approach to form define themselves"
Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, 18 April 1999


alternative version available on Itunes, Amazon etc.:
http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/violin-concerto-0


Slippage (1999) for eight players

Ensemble Reconsil, Roland Freisitzer

"Morgan Hayes’s Shatner’s Bassoon, based on the satirist Chris Morris’s infamous spoof about a time-warping drug, was equally absorbing: it really did seem to expand and elongate a single musical moment through several different dimensions."

Richard Morrison, The Times, 9 June 2009

another performance available on Itunes, Amazon etc. :
http://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Hayes-Shatners-Bassoon/dp/B003HGTMZI

Shatner's Bassoon (2009) for  6 instruments

Composers Ensemble
performed in Vilnius, St. Catherine's Church, at the International Contemporary Music Festival
DRUSKOMANUA 2009

Dances on a Ground (2009) for 4 players

New London Children's Choir conducted by Ron Corp

Japanese Sweet (2006) for unison voices, hand-held percussion and piano

Grace - it came to me today during a voice meditation. So in acknowledgement, I recorded this. Wasn't originally going to upload/share it, but then spirit said... Enjoy :)

Amazing

Production - Avenging Wind/Fathom 9 
Vocals, Lyrics & Mixing - ArinMaya


(Be Your) Truth (prod. by Avenging Wind/Fathom 9)

My take on Dianne Reeve's "Endangered Species" - vocal harmonies, improv, layering, and all. All voices are mine. Masterfully mixed by Andre Blake.

En-danger-ed species (Dianne Reeves cover)

Find in Me - Remixed by JT Turbo

Avril Freemantle :violin
Thomas Ang :piano

David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music.
16th May 2013

Opera (2002) for violin and piano

Catalina Passos De Olivera: violin
Antanas Makstutis: clarinet
Heloisa Lemos Ribeira: violin
Joseph Butler: cello
Richard Leach: piano

Christopher Austin: conductor

David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music
16th May 2013

Snapshots (1994) for 6 players

Joseph Hyung Sup Lim: Clarinet
Heloisa Lemos Ribeiro: violin
Joseph Butler: cello
Richard Leach: piano

16th May 2013
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music

FM Hi LOW - "Riches" off the Everyone EP. (C)2013
written by FRASE
Riches
All the riches in the world
wont save you.

When you're down pick it up again
When you're down pick it up again

You've got your friends and your family ties
keep them close to the heart and it will be warm inside
Universal love sends vibrations,
powerful emancipation
for the heart of every nation.

All the riches in the world
wont save you.
All the riches in the world
wont save you.

When you're down pick it up again
when you're down pick it up again

the rise and fall of the ocean tide
sometimes you get wet 
and sometimes you stay dry
Universal love sends vibrations
powerful emancipation 
for the heart of every nation.

All the riches in the world
wont save you
All the riches in the world
wont save you from your self

When the planets align
and the sun, moon, and earth shine
the earth shines 
the earth shines

We will know that we will be able 
to weather the storm keeping it warm
All the riches in the world
wont save you from your self

Produced by BoRza Ghomeshi.



Riches

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Stay With Me with X Ambassadors (Sam Smith Cover)

with additional lyrics ¨bass,kick, snare, kick snare¨ by Fraser McDonald 

Recorded in Cave Mountain, Jamaica, February, 2012. and Montreal, Canada, March, 2012.

-Produced by Fraser MacDougall
-Mixed by Tim ¨dub¨ Doyle
-Mastered by Milan Schramek @ Lacquer Channel, Toronto, Canada.

-Fraser MacDougall: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums on track 1 &amp; 2, Organ, Beat Boxing, Percussion, Synth, and Melodica.

-Tim ¨dub¨ Doyle: Drums on tracks 3,4,5

-Erik Schramek: Vocals, Bass on track 4, Ukulele on track 4 &amp; 5, and Percussion on track 2 and 5.

Executive Producer : Franco Tomassini

All songs written by Fraser MacDougall. socan. 2012. 
except ¨No Cocaine¨ written by Erik Schramek and Fraser MacDougall. 
and ¨By the Ocean ¨ features lyrics and melody by Motem.

Thank you to Jamaica for the inspiration to my family and friends for their loving support, Tim and Erik for their great vibes and all the awesome people who keep coming out to shows. The full length album ¨Food.Water.Shelter.Love¨featuring a whole batch of other songs soon come:)
Until then sit back and enjoy the Soon Come EP.
One love
Frase

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