Ryoko Akama, Apartment House – Dial 45-21-95 (2019) [FLAC 24bit, 44,1 kHz]

Ryoko Akama, Apartment House – Dial 45-21-95 (2019) [FLAC 24bit, 44,1 kHz]

Apartment House play a series of works by Ryoko Akama, based on research she conducted at the Kryzstof Kieslowski archive in Poland.

Apartment House – John Cage: Hymnkus, Thoreau Drawings, Two (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Apartment House – John Cage: Hymnkus, Thoreau Drawings, Two (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Three relatively late works by John Cage, performed by Apartment House. ‘Two’ (1987) was the first of his number pieces, while ‘Hymnkus’ (1986) is an one-off from the year before. ‘Thoreau Drawings’ (1974) is a very rarely performed work in two halves. In the first section the ensemble interpret shapes taken from drawings by Henry David Thoreau, and the second half is a (mono) field recording made at dawn in August1974 by the composer David Behrman in the small town of Stony Point, NY.

Anthony Pateras – A Dread of Voids (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Anthony Pateras – A Dread of Voids (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Two beautiful recent works for ensemble by Australian composer Anthony Pateras, one performed in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia, the other in Berlin.

Patterned Language: Lizzy Welsh violin Erkki Veltheim violin
Chloë Sobek double bass Alexander Garsden guitar
Anthony Pateras piano, celeste & sines

A Dread of Voids: Jess Aszodi voice Jon Heilbron double bass
Sam Dunscombe bass clarinet Rebecca Lane bass flute
Anthony Pateras piano & conductor

Patterned Language was commissioned by the Astra Chamber Music Society, Naarm/Melbourne

A Dread of Voids was commissioned by Marie Jeanson for Festival Archipel, Geneva

Patterned Language was recorded live in concert by Anthony Pateras, Church of All Nations, Naarm/Melbourne, 5th November 2022

A Dread of Voids was recorded by Sam Dunscombe, studioboerne45, Berlin, 31st August 2021

Mixed by Anthony Pateras, Djaara Country/Castlemaine, February to April 2023