Import/Export - G. Prokofiev Suite for Global Junk
Powerplant
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Album | 20 tracks | £12.00 | ||
| Download Album (mp3) | 20 tracks | £7.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 20 tracks | £7.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.79 |
Powerplant - Import/Export - G. Prokofiev Suite for Global Junk
Powerplant - the multimedia group led by young genre-trashing percussionist, Joby Burgess – follow up the debut release ‘Electric Counterpoint’ (remixes of Kraftwerk and Steve Reich for xylosynth, percussion and electronics) with the groundbreaking commission ‘Import/Export: Suite for Global Junk’ from Gabriel Prokofiev.
Import/Export: suite for global junk is inspired by the pioneering composers and musicians whose use of unconventional objects has created a groundbreaking repertoire for percussion over the last century. These range from institutional greats such as Schaeffer, Stockhausen, Cage and Varese, to the Babaton bendi in Tanzania and the Zawose family in Africa whose use of these instruments derives from a necessity to make music based on the recovery of the materials around them.
This release comes complete with a DVD containing a full performance of the piece and interviews from both performer and composer which explicitly shows how the music is performed live; no laptop-gazing in sight! The rich sounds and inspired rhythms of these four junk objects provide fantastic material for remixers. Nonclassical were fortunate to have contributions from some leading names in Electronica, including: Matthew Fairclough, Murcof, Martin Parker (aka tinpark), Medasyn, Richard Lannoy and Joby Burgess himself.
Reviews
"Import/Export is that rare achievement: music wholly sufficient in itself that is shot through with the cultural fall-out which inspired it" (Gramophone, Richard Whitehouse) FULL REVIEW HERE
"A demonstration that in music, nothing can be discarded as beneath its purposes" (The Wire, David Stubbs)
Tracklisting
CD Album (NONCLSS007)
- Powerplant - Voyage I - On Land
- Powerplant - Voyage II - Engine Multiplier
- Powerplant - Voyage III - Cloudburst
- Powerplant - Voyage IV - Plastic Invasion
- Powerplant - Voyage V - Fanta®
- Powerplant - Voyage VI - Tropical Shores
- Powerplant - Voyage VII - Memories of a Wooden Workhorse
- Powerplant - Epilogue - Distant Drum
- Powerplant - Matt Fairclough 'Splinters and Shards' Remix
- Powerplant - Import/Export - Lannoy Remix
- Powerplant - Murcoff Remix
- Powerplant - GP's 'Last Wooden Dance' Remix
- Powerplant - Joby Burgess 'Just Drumming' Remix
- Powerplant - Medasyn 'Black Gold' Remix
- Powerplant - Martin Parker 'Chatter' Remix
- Powerplant - Max de Wardener Remix
- Powerplant - Monster Bobby Bouncing Remix
- Powerplant - Spektrum 'Soda Seller in Lagos' Remix
- Powerplant - Philipe Petit's Nonclassical Voyage
- Powerplant - Monster Bobby's Forbidden Ritual Remix
Download Album (NONCLSS007)
- Powerplant - Voyage I - On Land
- Powerplant - Voyage II - Engine Multiplier
- Powerplant - Voyage III - Cloudburst
- Powerplant - Voyage IV - Plastic Invasion
- Powerplant - Voyage V - Fanta®
- Powerplant - Voyage VI - Tropical Shores
- Powerplant - Voyage VII - Memories of a Wooden Workhorse
- Powerplant - Epilogue - Distant Drum
- Powerplant - Matt Fairclough 'Splinters and Shards' Remix
- Powerplant - Import/Export - Lannoy Remix
- Powerplant - Murcoff Remix
- Powerplant - GP's 'Last Wooden Dance' Remix
- Powerplant - Joby Burgess 'Just Drumming' Remix
- Powerplant - Medasyn 'Black Gold' Remix
- Powerplant - Martin Parker 'Chatter' Remix
- Powerplant - Max de Wardener Remix
- Powerplant - Monster Bobby Bouncing Remix
- Powerplant - Spektrum 'Soda Seller in Lagos' Remix
- Powerplant - Philipe Petit's Nonclassical Voyage
- Powerplant - Monster Bobby's Forbidden Ritual Remix
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