The Primordial Pieces

by Leo Chadburn

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Camouflage 11:23
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A Secret 09:09

about

An album of five instrumental works by Leo Chadburn, focussed on the naked, elemental components of music: a long tone, a static chord, a rising scale.

Despite the material's transparency, the music seems poised on the edge of sensuousness, in these microscopic, close-up recordings of piano, violins and synthesizer drones.

Opening track The Reflecting Pool is built from dramatic, rippling arpeggios; Camouflage explores a single harmony through turbulent reiterations. De La Salle (Violins) and Map of the World present sustained chords that teem with overtones, and an austere melody shimmers in a heat-haze of resonances on final track A Secret.

This music is based on sketches dating from the turn of the millennium (c.1999-2001), which have been revisited, reworked and re-recorded for this release. These "early works" contain the essence of Leo's music as it was to unfold in the subsequent 25 years, drawing inspiration from the forms and aesthetics of visual art, and prefiguring the structural clarity and boldness of his more recent and well-known explorations of voice and text.

The Primordial Pieces was named as one of Bandcamp Daily's ten best contemporary classical releases of 2024:

daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2024/the-best-contemporary-classical-music-of-2024

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released August 9, 2024

Performers:

Ben Smith - piano on 'The Reflecting Pool', 'Camouflage' and 'A Secret'

Angharad Davies, Mira Benjamin, Chihiro Ono and Amalia Young - violins on 'Map of the World' and 'De La Salle (Violins)'.

Leo Chadburn - synths on 'The Reflecting Pool' and 'A Secret' (Roland Juno-6 and Vermona Mono Lancet).

Production Credits:

Produced by Leo Chadburn.
Mastered by Newton Armstrong.
Engineered by James Russell.

Recording of The Primordial Pieces was completed with the generous financial assistance of the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

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Leo Chadburn London, UK

Leo Chadburn (London, UK) FKA Simon Bookish is a composer of experimental and 'avant-pop' music, vocalist and writer. His unpredictable work includes music for classical ensembles, dramatic solo performances that merge his voice with electronic music, and music for film and installation art. It has been broadcast on BBC Radio 1, 3 and 6 Music, Resonance FM and internationally. ... more

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