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Vol.1 of the risk of hyperbole centred around experimental music and sound art.

IMPROVISATION WITH POLE, FABRIC AND ROPE

SOUND II

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Prophecy is the second single from The Risk Of Hyperbole - Vol.2 - Object, a tonally rich soundscape of chamber orchestrations and lush electronics, composed and produced by interdisciplinary artist Jack Prest.

The second instalment in The Risk Of Hyperbole trilogy, Vol.2 - Object showcases Prest’s penchant for sub bass drones, tape delay atmospheres and shimmering verbed out electronics. These immaculately produced sonics are elevated through improvisations by a chamber ensemble of top Australian classical and jazz musicians. Fans of the electro-acoustic work of; Nils Frahm, Floating Points, Jon Hopkins, Belle Orchestre, Bjork, will appreciate the attention Prest places on feeling and stylistic experimentation, shifting elegantly over the course of the record.

This album emerged while Prest was composing the score for his debut interdisciplinary performance work. Also titled The Risk Of Hyperbole, it premiered in a sold out season at the trend-setting Phoenix Central Park in late 2021. To create the score Prest spent a week working in a top flight recording studio with musicians; Claire Edwardes, Jason Noble and Freya Schack-Arnott (Ensemble Offspring), Dave Rodriguez (Godtet/Sampa The Great), Benjamin Freeman (Jonti, Dieyoungs), Nicholas Meredith (KCIN) and Jerrol Renaud (The Goods, Tones and I). 

Prest used guided improvisations and graphic scores to conduct this amazing troupe of musicians, capturing them in full flight over the top of his electronic compositions. Prest then took these recordings and crafted them into the final form presented here.

“It was one of the most special recording sessions I've ever been a part of... we ended up with around 30-40 compositions that were all amazing. And I knew I had way too much material now for an hour long performance... But I wanted it all to have a life and didn’t want to put something in the show just because I loved it as a piece of music. So I ended up with 3 albums!”

“It’s like the extended version of the story, going further with all the ideas and moods that are in the show. Vol.1 was for all the sound art vibes, Vol.2 dives deep on ambient and contemporary classical and Vol.3 is all the experimental club music... Along with the performance work, I see it all as one interdisciplinary artwork, one conceptual whole.” - Jack Prest

Simmering and ambient, Prophecy is the second single from The Risk Of Hyperbole - Vol.2 - Object. The track takes piano work which interjects and builds across the track, set around music that feels as if it were scoring a sci-fi/space film. The song leaves a lingering feeling of being on the cusp of a journey – a place where space-style sounds meet a clean, dignified optimism.
 
“This track was created in a similar way to Residue,” begins Prest. “I had the ambient synth bed and worked into the studio with Claire Edwardes OAM, Jason Nobel and Freya Schack-Arnott (all members of Ensemble Offspring) and Benjamin Freeman (keyboard player for Jonti/Setwun) performing improvisations based off graphic scores I had created. The synthesizer bed was created through a stream of consciousness working in a very intuitive compositional style working with electronics. The concept was to create a piece that would allow the listener to engage in deeper listening, moving past a surface level listening experience.”

Jack Prest’s The Risk Of Hyperbole - Vol.2 - Object is out 31 March 2023 on Art As Catharsis.

The second single, Prophecy, is out 10 March on all platforms.

Prophecy

Dream I

Jack Prest is an interdisciplinary artist, sound engineer and composer. With a deep technical understanding of sound and training in conceptual art, his practice focuses on experimental electronic music. For Jack that means anything from ambient spaces to hip hop to music concrète to club beats. Viewing the studio as his main instrument, pushing sonic boundaries through music production overrides a specific style or genre. 

Jack frames his sound practice within a wider interdisciplinary vision, best demonstrated by his debut work as lead artist, The Risk Of Hyperbole (commissioned by Phoenix Central Park in late 2021). His interdisciplinary work has received support from Art Gallery of NSW, Create NSW, Australia Council, Bundanon Trust, Foxy Digitalis, FBi, NTS and Dublab.

With over a decade of experience Jack’s path as an artist builds on an extensive career as a facilitator and collaborator. Performance works, for which he has composed original scores, have featured at top international arts centres including Salders Wells, Szigit Festival and Sydney Opera House. Jack is a senior engineer at Studios 301, Australia’s largest recording facility, and is a leading engineer within the Australia independent and alternative music scene. His engineering credits feature Godtet, Stones Throw, Future Classic and Sampa The Great.

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