Pete Furniss: bass clarinet
Niamh Gallagher: viola
Katie Grout: flute
Jay Keys: upright piano
Madhuri Marina Martinez: violin
Frank Withers: vibraphone
Fernando Yada Rodrigues: grand piano

May 2021, Deptford Town Hall, London

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See, this is just the song folded up together into a neat parcel. It's a letter fashioned into its own envelope. All of it is still in there, it's just pocket-sized now. Not that it was all that big before - people have been carrying it around for years of course. Really I've done nothing at all worth talking about, just a little folding up. I should probably say that it'll sound a bit different though, but I suppose you can see that already. You might have to listen carefully for a while, but that's a nice way to listen, isn't it? I think so, at least. It'll take a bit of patience, and then you might hear it or you might not. Or you might find something else instead. But that would be just as good, wouldn't it? The only other thing I'll say, though I'm not sure that I should, is that it's not really a chord. It's just some notes happening together. It's the song on pause and play at the same time. I'm not sure that made sense. . . all I mean is that it's not so much about balancing them as letting them balance themselves. Or letting them not balance themselves. It's about being careful, but not because it's fragile - the opposite, I suppose. Maybe I've said too much. Or maybe I just haven't said anything useful. . . Well, either way, here it is. Feel free to ignore all of this.

yours,
James M. Creed, summer 2020

Lomond (2020) (Outline Ensemble, 2021)

for two guitars.

performed by Omri Kochavi and Joanna Ward
recorded live at Cafe Oto, 3rd July 2023
mixed by Joanna Ward

nearness, distance

This piece mainly consists of field recordings I've captured spontaneously in moments and spaces. I find interacting with my sonic environment interesting mainly due to the vastness I experience within those moments and spaces. Here, I've revisited these spaces and made them into one.

Adjustments

two pianos
written for Yihan Chen and Maxime Trechsel
fp — Yihan Chen/Maxime Trechsel, Milton Court Concert Hall (UK), 29-09-2023

‘lee shore’ is a piece for two pianos created in collaboration with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Keyboard Department. I worked with the excellent pianists Yihan Chen and Maxime Trechsel.

It was premiered alongside a performance of Meredith Monk’s ‘Ellis Island’ for two pianos with accompanying film. I selected a few harmonies from ‘Ellis Island’ — freeze frames — and arranged them freely. Whispers of Antonello de Caserta's ‘Amour m'a le cuer mis en tel martire’ also made their way in.

I was thinking about small, gentle gestures, lines, and listening through permeable textures.

If you would like to see the full video of ‘Ellis Island’ with ‘lee shore’ played attacca, please get in touch.

lee shore (2023)

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※ ·*Christmas compilation from angels and xmas digimons  ˖*°❆· ※ ˖°࿐

Mastering - Oats
Artwork - Skip 

Shlove to everyone! 
Grr <3

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Pentu - I Ruined The Surprise (Christmas  95)

Another improvisation, this time experimenting with feedback from a  DPA clip on microphone and bass amp. Thanks to James Creed for the help (featured on here vocally)

Bass Amp Sketches

Laurence Crane - Raimondas Rumsas.wav

based on 3 multiphonics + their fragility + humanlike qualities

perfect music

Life on wide mode.

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Gribs 020424

Composed in 2020.
Commissioned by 840 Series, for their 5th anniversary concert, 
with funds provided by Arts Council England, Richard Thomas Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation and RVW Trust.
Performed by Juliet Fraser (soprano), Colin Alexander (cello), Stephanie Tress (cello) and Peteris Sokolovskis (cello).
Live recording of 1st performance, at Cafe Oto, London on 
31 January 2020.

Lomond (2020) (Outline Ensemble, 2021)

James M. Creed

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