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Afrodeutsche
Henrietta Smith-Rolla (born 1980/81), is a British-born Ghanaian-Russian-German composer, producer and DJ based in Manchester, performing under the alias Afrodeutsche. Alongside her prolific DJ career, she has produced music for her own studio album, as well as music for television and film, including composing the score for BAFTA nominated short film ''Kamali''. History Growing up in the south west of England, Smith-Rolla developed an affinity for music at a young age. When she was seven, she would dance along to hits on Top of the Pops and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s '' Flight of the Bumblebee''. At nine, she was introduced to the West Country free party scene through an older friend who would bring back cassettes for her to listen to on her Walkman. She soon started to take formal violin lessons, but gave up by age 12, instead opting to spend many hours playing the pianos of the houses her mother was cleaning. Smith-Rolla briefly lived in London before moving to Manchester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclair Fifi
Clair Stirling, known more widely by her stage name Eclair Fifi, is a Scottish DJ, artist and illustrator, currently signed to LuckyMe (record label), LuckyMe. She is an illustrator & designer for the label and hosts a monthly show on London radio station NTS Radio. DJ Introduced to dance music from an early age through her parents interest in Detroit Techno and Chicago House, at 16 years old Eclair Fifi DJ'd on a pirate show on 'Interface' – one of the world's first radio stations broadcasting online. As a club dj she currently holds a residency at Paris Social Club as well as Hoya:Hoya in Manchester. She has recorded mixes for FACT, Triple J and URB and was "Azealia Banks' go-to DJ" for her special Mermaid's Ball Party in London. In 2013, she was a resident on BBC Radio One in New DJs We Trust, playing to average audience of 2 million listeners. 2019 she started her own label River Rapid which to date has put out releases by: Afrodeutsche, Santiago Salazar (musician), San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Orton
Elizabeth Caroline Orton (born 14 December 1970) is an English musician, known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall, Red Snapper and the Chemical Brothers in the mid-1990s. Her UK/US first solo album, ''Trailer Park'', received much critical acclaim in 1996. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the BRIT Award-winning album ''Central Reservation'' (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album, '' Daybreaker''. Her 2006 album, ''Comfort of Strangers'', was followed by a break during which Orton gave birth to her daughter and collaborated with the British guitarist Bert Jansch. Orton returned with ''Sugaring Season'' in 2012, which moved towards a purer acoustic sound, followed by a return to electronic music with ''Kidsticks'', released in 2016. Orton's music has been featured in '' Felicity'', ''How to Deal'', ''Charmed'', ''Dawson's Creek'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Oram
Daphne Blake Oram (31 December 1925 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer and electronic musician. She was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, and was an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. As a co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she was central to the development of British electronic music. Her uncredited scoring work on the 1961 film '' The Innocents'' helped to pioneer the electronic soundtrack. Oram was the creator of the Oramics technique for creating electronic sounds using drawn sound. Besides being a musical innovator, she was the first woman to independently direct and set up a personal electronic music studio, and the first woman to design and construct an electronic musical instrument. In her book ''An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'' (1971) she explored philosophical themes related to the physics of sound. Early life and education Oram was born to James and Ida Oram on 31 December 1925 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud Grunow
Gertrud Grunow (8 July 1870 – 11 June 1944) was a German musician and educationalist who formulated theories on the relationships between sound, colour and movement and was a specialist in vocal pedagogy. She taught courses in the "theory of harmonisation" at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where she was the school's first woman teacher and the only woman teacher during the school's Weimar years. Life and Work Grunow was born in Berlin, Germany 8 July 1870. She began exploring the relationships between sound, colour and movement as early as 1914 and gave her first lectures on her theories in Berlin in 1919.Bauhaus100. Gertrud Grunow . Retrieved 30 November 2018 Later that year she was invited by the Swiss painter and designer |
Voces8
Voces8, styled VOCES8, is an a cappella octet from England. They have appeared internationally and made recordings of classical music, jazz, pop, and their own arrangements. Recent recordings are for Decca Classics and under their own label, Voces8 Records. Educational efforts are run by the Voces8 Foundation. History VOCES8 is a British vocal ensemble originally founded in 2003, and regrouped in 2005, by brothers Paul and Barnaby Smith, both former choristers of Westminster Abbey. For most of its history, the ensemble has contained two sopranos, two countertenors, two tenors, a baritone and a bass. By 2018, one of the countertenors had been replaced by a female alto. The ensemble has a diverse repertoire including early English and European Renaissance music, traditional folk song, classic jazz, pop and their own arrangements. They have appeared internationally, touring especially in Europe, Asia and North America. VOCES8 has commissioned new works from composers inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ames (conductor)
Robert Ames (born 8 October 1985) is a British conductor and violist, who holds the positions of co-artistic director and co-principal conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra Career Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music. While at University, Robert met Hugh Brunt, who together founded the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2008. He was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2016. In September 2016 he was announced as the co-principal conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra where he conducts across an eclectic range of venues from Oval Space in East London through to Barbican Centre. Ames regularly works at Abbey Road Studios, the National Theatre and film studio projects such as John Maclean's Slow West (Sundance Film Festival Award), Macbeth and Theeb (BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated). Ames has collaborated with a wide range of artists including Frank Ocean, Imogen Heap, Ron Arad, Belle and Sebastian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Contemporary Orchestra
The London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO), founded in 2008 by Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames, is an ensemble of young musicians whose stated aim is "to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience". LCO staged its inaugural season at LSO St Luke's and has since performed at venues and festivals both in the UK and internationally including the Roundhouse, Latitude Festival, The Old Vic Tunnels, Snape Maltings, Southbank Centre, Barbican, Spitalfields Music and Royal Opera House, Yota Space, Unsound Festival. LCO has since worked on films including ''Theeb'', ''Moonlight'', '' Macbeth (2015)'', ''Slow West,'' '' The Master, The Two Popes and American Animals (2018).'' In January 2022 performed 24, a continuous 24-hour long concert at the Barbican Centre. In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards (Audience Development category), and in 2015 LCO was the winner of the Ensemble category at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Daniel Bernard Roumain (known by his initials, DBR; born 1970) is a classically trained composer, performer, violinist, and band-leader, whose work combines classical music with jazz, hip-hop and rock. Composer In September 2010, ''Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents —'' an orchestral tone poem inspired by Ellen DeGeneres and then-senator Barack Obama — premiered at the New World Symphony. DBR composed the opera, "We Shall Not Be Moved," in collaboration with librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and director and choreographer Bill T. Jones. The opera premiered at Opera Philadelphia on September 16, 2017. Discography *'' Threads'' with David S. Ware (Thirsty Ear, 2003) *''I, Composer'' (2004) *''String Quartet'' (2004) *''Pulsing'' (DBR Music, 2006) *''Etudes4Violin&Electronix'' (Thirsty Ear, 2007) *''The Need to Be'' with Ryuichi Sakamoto on the DJ Spooky Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery (born December 8, 1981, New York City) is an American composer, chamber musician, and music educator. Her compositions focus on the vernacular, improvisation, language, and social justice. Early life and education Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side by playwright and performer Robbie McCauley and composer Ed Montgomery. She began her violin studies at the Third Street Music School Settlement. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School, and completed a master's degree in Composition for Film and Multimedia at New York University in 2012. Starting in 1999, Montgomery became involved with the Sphinx Organization, a Detroit-based nonprofit that supports young African American and Latino string players. After receiving multiple Sphinx awards and grants as a young performer and composer, she now serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the organization's professional touring ensemble. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errollyn Wallen
Errollyn Wallen (born April 10, 1958) is a Belize-born British composer. Life Errollyn Wallen moved to London with her family when she was two. While her parents moved to New York, she and her three siblings (one of whom is the trumpeter Byron Wallen) were brought up by an aunt and uncle and she was educated at a boarding school.Jessica Duchen"Errollyn Wallen's 'Anon': Manon Lescaut for the 21st century" ''The Independent'', 21 July 2014. She credits her interest in poetry and music to her uncle whom she described in an interview as " Victorian" and responsible for her taking lessons in piano. Before studying music, she trained as a dancer at the Maureen Lyons School of Dance and the Urdang Academy, both in London. She moved to New York to further her training at the Dance Theatre of Harlem (1976-8) but later abandoned her training, turned to music composition and returned to the UK. She studied music at Goldsmiths (1981) and composition at King's College London (1983), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Paulette
DJ Paulette (born Paulette Constable, 22 December 1966 in Manchester, England) is an English house music DJ. She is currently a resident for two radio programs on FG DJ Radio: Underground FG and Radio FG Paris France and hosts Space Bass on Dash Radio. In addition to her Radio broadcasts, she also has a two-hour monthly show on Pacha FM. She was Voted 'Best DJette' (French and International Scene) in the Burn FG MTV Dance Awards (2007 and 2010) Musical career Paulette played her first dj set at the No1 Club Manchester. Her first residency was at Flesh Nites promoted by Paul Con's held at The Haçienda in the period 1991–1995. Afterwards, she then moved to London to play at the Garage club nights at Heaven, followed by residencies at The Zap Club (Brighton) and the Ministry of Sound. In 1998 Paulette has also joined a long list of DJs and Producers in having her own Essential Mix, which aired on BBC Radio 1 on 3 January 1998. She moved to Paris in December 2004 and secured a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Women (song)
"Four Women" is a song written by jazz singer, composer, pianist and arranger Nina Simone, released on the 1966 album ''Wild Is the Wind''. It tells the story of four African American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society. Thulani Davis of ''The Village Voice'' called the song "an instantly accessible analysis of the damning legacy of slavery, that made iconographic the real women we knew and would become." African-American female archetypes *The first of the four women described in the song is "Aunt Sarah" a character who represents African-American enslavement. Simone's description of the woman emphasizes the strong and resilient aspects of her race, "strong enough to take the pain" as well as the long-term suffering her race has had to endure, "inflicted again and again". *The second woman who appears in the song is dubbed "Saffronia", a woman of mixed race ("my skin is yellow") forced to live "between two worlds". She is portray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
