A piece for piano I composed in February 2015.

The Cover art work was made by Linde Spessart.



Clock (Piano, Impressionist/Modern Classical)

Valentine’s Day may have been and gone but we’re still feeling cold here at Data Transmission, with the summer seeming an age away. Luckily our favourite pop-straddling techno duo, Junior Boys have leant us their ‘Big Black Coat’ and following on from the release of their snuggly titled LP, the inimitable Canadians have now given us an hour long set of selections guaranteed to warm the cockles and have you listeners thawing out your boogying muscles.

Having just served up their first album as Junior Boys in almost five years, the pairing were anything but idle in their time away from the moniker with Jeremy Greenspan releasing two solo singles and a collaborative EP on Jiaolong – the label run by his old friend Caribou – before co-writing and producing Jessy Lanza’s acclaimed album ‘Pull My Hair Back’ whilst the Berlin based Matt Didemus started releasing solo tracks under his Diva moniker and launched his own label, Obsession.

“One of the nice things about doing the solo stuff,” Greenspan explains, “and in particular the album with Jessy, because it did so well, was that I could stop thinking about Junior Boys as being the thing I do and start thinking about it as a thing I do. That meant I could work on Junior Boys music with the same spirit as I did when it was new. It was hugely liberating and invigorated me, because I was doing things I felt really good and confident about. I was really happy with the last two Junior Boys albums, but if I look back on it, they were challenging records to make, in a way that this one absolutely wasn’t.”

Ja. So with the boys having just proven that they’re still a force be reckoned, or more likely dance with in the studio, we thought we’d invite them to show off their dexterity on the decks to get this or any other party for that matter, started.


Tracklist

DTP476 - Junior Boys - Datatransmission

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Cry Me A River

Laying it down flatly that we are the 'Pride of the East'. 
#SWAT #SoWayAheadaThem

Pride of the East

Toccata in Eb minor by Aram Khachaturian (1932).

Solo Piano recording at City, University of London - Performed by Xander Benham.

The Toccata is pianistic and brilliant in its use of the piano, while aspects of its melodic and rhythmic material are traceable to Armenian folk music. 

A powerful rhythmic drive establishes itself from the very beginning of the Toccata with modal and beautiful central section preparing the piece for the return of the first section in a bold ending.

Pianist and Composer Xander Benham.

Toccata In Eb Minor By Aram Khachaturian (1932)

Original composition by Xander Benham.

Completed in February 2018.

Conjuration is Xanders first published work and will feature on his upcoming recording to be released in Summer 2019. Conjuration is an incredibly difficult and exciting piece of music for duet that explores dark jazz and classical themes. Conjuration refers to Xander's unique style of crossing over many genres when writing scored music. This piece is influenced by lounge and modern jazz, romantic and techno/electronic music. The score for this piece is available to purchase at http://www.ma-collective.com/edition/sheet-music.

Clock (Piano, Impressionist/Modern Classical)

Vincent Ott