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The violent end of the world is perhaps dark enough matter for Richard Barrett. His interference for contrabass clarinet, male voice and pedal bass drum firmly punctuates the piece with short,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 5th Jun 2006
Catalogue No: NMCD117
Label: NMC
Length: 63 minutes

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Barrett, R: Interference

Work length12:03

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Carl Rosman

Barrett, R: Abglanzbeladen / Auseinandergeschrieben

Work length10:21

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Peter Neville

Barrett, R: Basalt

Work length7:34

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Benjamin Marks

Barrett, R: Air

Work length6:55

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Susan Pierotti

Barrett, R: Knospend-gespaltener

Work length8:18

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Carl Rosman

Barrett, R: Transmission

Work length17:56

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Richard Barrett, Daryl Buckley

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Richard Barrett's transmission features solo works written for members of leading contemporary ensemble ELISION, plus a duo featuring the composer on live electronics together with ELISION's pioneering director and guitarist Daryl Buckley.

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2010

The violent end of the world is perhaps dark enough matter for Richard Barrett. His interference for contrabass clarinet, male voice and pedal bass drum firmly punctuates the piece with short, titanic stabs, played in true one-man-band style with the foot. Simultaneously, contrabass clarinettist Carl Rosman uses multiphonics, throatflutter and slap-tongue techniques while vocalising a Latin text fragment from Lucretius' apocalyptic poem De rerum natura. interference is Bartók part of Barrett's larger Dark Matter work for voices, ensemble and electronics but stands well alone as a vehicle for extended technique on the contrabass clarinet.
What sets Barrett apart is his unswerving internal logic and consistency of style. While others use extended technique to impress, the works on this release use these in a natural and unforced manner. The present disc carries this through into a more intimate world of solo performances with members of new-music ensemble Elision.
The impressive transmission closes the disc with a tour de force for solo electric guitar and live electronics, using a hybrid sound that mixes acoustic and electric guitar output. Guitarist Daryl Buckley had a hand in devising the guitar timbres that slide effortlessly from dense electronic structures to fast, distorted passages reminiscent of jazzrock guitarist John McLaughlin. The work ends with the sparse, unamplified sound of the electric guitar. Buckley is to be congratulated on his near note-perfect interpretation of a difficult, manylayered score.

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