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From Romsey to Vancouver

10/24/2018

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Thanks to all at Romsey Abbey and to Sansara for a great concert last weekend. I’m looking forward to polishing those electronics further for their big outing next year… 

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Before that, I’m off to Vancouver again, courtesy of the amazing-looking Modulus Festival. It’s got a superb programme presented in association with hcmf//. Last time I was in Vancouver I came across some astonishing artists; I’m looking forward to meeting them again and finding more surprises in the programme. 
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Concert with Sansara this Saturday

10/16/2018

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Thank you so much to everybody who made it down to Filthy Lucre’s Fundraiser on Saturday! We had a great time, and appreciate enormously all the support offered. I was glad to have the chance to perform with Lucy Cox of Sansara Choir and to give the first performances of two tracks from my EP. 
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Lucy and I will be performing those again as part of a concert with Sansara at Romsey Abbey this Saturday, do come along if you’re based nearby. This is the beginning of a longer collaboration with Sansara on some very interesting work for choir and electronics – I can't wait to let you all know about the next steps!
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Tasters of upcoming releases (& some theory)

10/9/2018

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I will soon release my EP, Flim Flam – massive thanks to those who have helped me get it to those stage, particularly Joe Snape. Ahead of that, I’ll be playing two tracks from it at an upcoming Filthy Lucre Fundraiser on October 13th. If you’re interested in coming, do let me know!

The music makes heavy use of microtonal scales, with each song having its own approach to microtonal harmony. This varies from the very simple, as in the title track Flim Flam, to the rather baroque, as in Flow.

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Upcoming performance

10/3/2018

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At Filthy Lucre's Fundraiser on 13th October (invites still available), I'll be performing arrangements of chants by Hildegard for voices and electronics with Lucy Cox. This is both a development of the work I did with Paul Vernon and Filthy Lucre (which will also be shown at the event) and the beginning of a very exciting new project with Sansara (of which more anon). 

In my arrangement of Alma Redemptoris Mater I stuck to simple rules, using just one technique: granular delay. Yet the effects can be quite remarkable, particularly when performed over an extended period. I don't want to spoil the novelty of a new work, so here is a short snippet of some of the techniques, using Josephine Stevenson's vocals from my collaboration with Paul Vernon:

Sansara Demo from Joe Bates on Vimeo.

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    • Full List
    • Large Ensemble >
      • Muted The Night
      • London's Other Bones
    • Small Ensemble >
      • Straight Line Through A Landscape
      • Two Animals
      • Nocturne
      • Lain Lines
      • Us Alone
      • A Noise So Loud
    • Solo >
      • Suite for Guitar
      • Sparrow
      • Street Through A Window
      • Two Animals
      • Flim Flam
      • Slow Hills
    • Vocal >
      • The Hazelnut
      • Some Parts of Us
      • Now Is A Long Time
      • Cataracts
      • Ceasing
      • Hildegard
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