Tom Phillips - Irma - VINYL LP
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Between 1975 and 1978, Brian Eno's Obscure imprint produced ten LPs to document the work of virtually unknown composers at the time. These records continue to inspire both practitioners and fans of experimental, ambient and modern classical music.Irma-Obscure No. 9, the tag's penultimate -might be considered an outlier in it's catalogue, given that the album is presented (nominally) as an Inchopera,Inch complete with libretto by art historian Fred Orton. Yet when one considers that Eno included within the tag's small discography the works of Harold Budd, Michael Nyman, John Cage and Plenguin Cafe Orchestra, Irma begins to feel less conspicuous.Conceived by visual artist Tom Phillips-whose painting graces the cover of Another Green World-Irma is constructed from phrases from Phillips' book A Humument, itself a postmodern up-cycling of a Victorian novel that Phillips had found in a second-hand shop. These textual fragments were the basis for a graphical score, and Gavin Bryars was tasked with orchestrating the work. Each time the piece is performed, as Bryars states in the liner notes, InchIrma needs to be re-composed rather than realised.InchWhile on the surface this may seem to be one of the more accessible Obscure titles, Irma resonates as complex as anything in the tag's daring and original roster, utilizing clusters of cycling notes and Cageian strategies of indeterminacy to make a record that is profoundly and unexpectedly beautiful. The overall effect is a grand tour through several centuries of symphonic music-from Joseph Haydn to Morton Feldman.
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- GenreRockDescriptionBetween 1975 and 1978, Brian Eno's Obscure imprint produced ten LPs to document the work of virtually unknown composers at the time. These records continue to inspire both practitioners and fans of experimental, ambient and modern classical music.Irma-Obscure No. 9, the tag's penultimate -might be considered an outlier in it's catalogue, given that the album is presented (nominally) as an Inchopera,Inch complete with libretto by art historian Fred Orton. Yet when one considers that Eno included within the tag's small discography the works of Harold Budd, Michael Nyman, John Cage and Plenguin Cafe Orchestra, Irma begins to feel less conspicuous.Conceived by visual artist Tom Phillips-whose painting graces the cover of Another Green World-Irma is constructed from phrases from Phillips' book A Humument, itself a postmodern up-cycling of a Victorian novel that Phillips had found in a second-hand shop. These textual fragments were the basis for a graphical score, and Gavin Bryars was tasked with orchestrating the work. Each time the piece is performed, as Bryars states in the liner notes, InchIrma needs to be re-composed rather than realised.InchWhile on the surface this may seem to be one of the more accessible Obscure titles, Irma resonates as complex as anything in the tag's daring and original roster, utilizing clusters of cycling notes and Cageian strategies of indeterminacy to make a record that is profoundly and unexpectedly beautiful. The overall effect is a grand tour through several centuries of symphonic music-from Joseph Haydn to Morton Feldman.ArtistTom PhillipsTitleIrmaFormatVINYLLabelSuperior Viaduct
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Between 1975 and 1978, Brian Eno's Obscure imprint produced ten LPs to document the work of virtually unknown composers at the time. These records continue to inspire both practitioners and fans of experimental, ambient and modern classical music.Irma-Obscure No. 9, the tag's penultimate -might be considered an outlier in it's catalogue, given that the album is presented (nominally) as an Inchopera,Inch complete with libretto by art historian Fred Orton. Yet when one considers that Eno included within the tag's small discography the works of Harold Budd, Michael Nyman, John Cage and Plenguin Cafe Orchestra, Irma begins to feel less conspicuous.Conceived by visual artist Tom Phillips-whose painting graces the cover of Another Green World-Irma is constructed from phrases from Phillips' book A Humument, itself a postmodern up-cycling of a Victorian novel that Phillips had found in a second-hand shop. These textual fragments were the basis for a graphical score, and Gavin Bryars was tasked with orchestrating the work. Each time the piece is performed, as Bryars states in the liner notes, InchIrma needs to be re-composed rather than realised.InchWhile on the surface this may seem to be one of the more accessible Obscure titles, Irma resonates as complex as anything in the tag's daring and original roster, utilizing clusters of cycling notes and Cageian strategies of indeterminacy to make a record that is profoundly and unexpectedly beautiful. The overall effect is a grand tour through several centuries of symphonic music-from Joseph Haydn to Morton Feldman.
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Irma Neumuller is a Swedish jazz vocalist and composer who writes music in both Swedish and English, where she gives new life to the traditional jazz sound with her personal touch. The music is swinging, uplifting and at times emotional. Musical influences include Carmen McRae, Monica Zetterlund and Stevie Wonder. With her strong stage presence, Irma welcomes the entire audience into her musical world. Irma Neumuller was born in 2001 in Stockholm and began her musical journey in the classical world when she started playing the cello at the age of four. After twelve years as a cellist, she opened her eyes to jazz and it's singing tradition. Irma studied jazz vocals at Sodra Latin's high school in Stockholm and two years at the nationally renowned Skurup pre-college before moving to Berlin where she currently studies at the Jazz Institute Berlin. In recent years, Irma Neumuller has been successful on stages all over Sweden. She has been appointed InchYoung Swedish Soloist 2023Inch by the Swedish performing arts organization InchScenkonst SormlandInch, received several scholarships and is recurrently praised by jazz critics. Her debut album, InchIntroducing Irma NeumullerInch, will be released on February 23, 2024 under the tag Naxos/Prophone
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