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NONCLSS 020LP
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Gatefold double LP version.
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NONCLSS 020CD
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Acclaimed composer-pianist Leon Michener aka Klavikon presents his debut album, a work that transforms the piano into a factory of haunting, percussive textures. Indebted to both the American experimental tradition of David Tudor and John Cage and the post-war European innovations of Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti, the album comprises a suite of brand-new, visceral compositions. Fourteen pieces recorded live at the piano with no overdubbing, sequencers, or other programmed electronics. Michener spent several years honing a disciplined piano technique to create the stunning multi-layered effect heard in the Klavikon project. All sounds are made by the amplified piano, which Michener prepared by adding various objects of stone, wood, plastic, and metal. Credit cards provide rasping sub-basses, washers hi-hats, and rubber wedges kicks. With the use of bolts, screws, and assorted electric toys, Michener reimagines "electronic" music without the use of conventional processes. While tracks such as "Oram Her Toye" and "Kontrapunkd" recall the delicate, fractured sound palette of Cage's work for prepared piano, "Croix" echoes the thick, modulating textures of Stockhausen works such as Kontakte and Mantra. From an early age, Leon Michener combined a focus on Western classical music with a deep attachment to club genres as they evolved through the 1990s and beyond, from acid house to minimal techno, with particular inspiration drawn from such artists as Autechre, Basic Channel, Jeff Mills, Source Direct, Photek, Bambaataa, Squarepusher, and Todd Edwards. It is this dual mindset that has informed his development of Klavikon, and which finds its explosive realization on this debut album. Michener studied classical piano and composition at Trinity College and the Royal Academy of Music. His recordings have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and he has performed at the Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Roundhouse (London), Kings Place (London), and more. Klavikon was mastered by Grammy Award-winner Mandy Parnell.
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NONCLSS 018CD
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Over the last three decades, the remix has become a central form in the world of electronic music. At first it was a simple way to release a disco version of a popular song, but it has since developed, in some areas, into an opportunity for highly sophisticated re-imaginings (even re-compositions) of electronic tracks, becoming an art form in its own right. Since the Nonclassical label's inaugural release in 2004, the remix has been an essential element of its catalog. Ranging from edgy hip-hop to sublime ambience, this album brings together a selection of the most creative remixes released on the Nonclassical label since its inception, all of which are based on contemporary classical recordings, twisted, cut-up, and reworked into a range of remarkable, genre-defying pieces of music. The Nonclassical "house rule" for remixers: "All the sounds used in every remix must be created exclusively from the master recordings of the original -- no imported beats or samples." Imposing this strict policy on the remixers forces them to adopt a resourceful yet open-minded approach. The result is a series of Nonclassical remixes that, though highly diverse, share an organic and natural sound -- a testament to both the talent of the remixers and the sophistication of modern sound-processing technology. This constant invention and innovation from album to album and DJ-set to DJ-set will ensure that The Art of Remix continues to break new ground while simultaneously maintaining Nonclassical's pioneering spirit. Includes remixes by Thom Yorke of John Matthias & Nick Ryan, Hot Chip of The Elysian Quartet, Murcof of Powerplant, Medasyn of Consortium5 and Gabriel Prokofiev + Peter Gregson, Tim Exile of Prokofiev + Gregson, Samoyed of Consortium5, Heavy Deviance of Mercury Quartet, Gabriel Prokofiev of The Elysian Quartet and The House of Bedlam, Cerebral Productions of Heritage Orchestra feat. DJ Yoda, Marcas Lancaster of Matthias & Ryan, ThimK of Prokofiev + Gregson, Ed Laliq of The Elysian Quartet, Tivannagh L'Abbé of Heritage Orchestra feat. DJ Yoda, Vex'd of The Elysian Quartet, Germ of GéNIA & John Richards, and Max De Wardener of GéNIA & John Richards.
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NONCLSS 021EP
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Ranging from edgy hip hop to sublime ambience, this EP brings together a selection of the most creative remixes released on the Nonclassical label since 2005, all of which are based on contemporary classical recordings, twisted, cut up, and re-worked into a range of remarkable genre-defying music. Includes John Matthias & Nick Ryan remixed by Thom Yorke, Gabriel Prokofiev & Peter Gregson remixed by Tim Exile, Heritage Orchestra (feat. DJ Yoda) remixed by Prokofiev, Powerplant remixed by Murcof, and GéNIA remixed by Landesvatter.
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