Peter Knight & Australian Art Orchestra – Crossed & Recrossed

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HHLP03210750
Barcode: 0680596876526
Release Date: 03 Sep 2021
Genre: Expermental

Crossed & Recrossed presents two works composed by Peter Knight & inspired by mappings of imagined places by iconic Australian novelist, Gerald Murnane & Italian master, Italo Calvino. Simultaneously celebrating & deconstructing the tropes of minimalism, Crossed & Recrossed creates a series of musical mirages that form on an endless sonic horizon, reflecting & reimagining the wide open spaces described in Murnane’s iconic novel, The Plains & the labyrinthine streets of Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Peter Knight’s work sets up a post-minimal logic that refracts & disintegrates as we listen. The instrumentation of the chamber jazz orchestra is expanded with the unexpected additions of turntables, a reel-to-reel tape machine & live laptop signal processing. The sounds of acoustic instruments & voices are interwoven with field recordings cut onto vinyl & are filtered & augmented as Knight plays with our perceptions of what we hear & what we imagine we have heard. Time folds into itself in a very Calvino-esque manner, leaving us with the trace residue of moments half remembered. As Artistic Director of one of Australia’s leading contemporary music ensembles, the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO), Peter Knight has emerged as a significant force in contemporary music, initiating commissions, collaborations & performances with a diverse range of artists including recently: Anthony Braxton, Nicole Lizée, Amir ElSaffar & Alvin Lucier. He has also performed his works with the Orchestra at major international festivals with recent highlights including: JazzFest Berlin, London Jazz Festival, MONA FOMA (Tasmania), Jazztopad (Poland), Barunga Festival (NT) & Melbourne Festival. The Australian Art Orchestra was formed in 1994 & is Australia’s leading contemporary music ensemble. It explores the meeting points between disciplines & cultures, & imagines new musical forms to reflal infrastructure but leaving faint footprints in a soundscape that evolved as organically as an ecosystem.” - Downbeat “Hard to categorise... h ect the energy & diversity of 21st century Australia. “Solos here were like songlines, not paving superhighways through a composition auntingly memorable.” - The Wire “If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist.” - New York City Jazz Record Crossed & Recrossed features an embarrassingly rich list of performers including: Simon Barker (drums), Erkki Veltheim (violin), Joe Talia (Revox tape machine), Vanessa Tomlinson (vibraphone), Tilman Robinson (electronics) & Andrea Keller (piano) to name just a few. This deluxe gatefold edition features a reproduction of a new original text by Gerald Murnane. The reclusive Australian writer the New York Times called “the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of.” Confirmed review from A Closer Listen coming before release date. Byron Writers Festival (Byron Bay) featuring the album. Tracklist/Credits - 1) The Plains [21:41] Recorded by Jem Savage Ginger Studios, Melbourne Mixed by Joe Talia & Peter Knight 2) Diomira [15:27] Live performance for Metropolis New Music Festival Recorded by Jem Savage & ABC Classic FM Remixed by Joe Talia & Peter Knight Mastered & cut by Helmut Erler, D&M Berlin Cover Image ‘Fissures in Time’ by Peta Clancy Design & layout by WBYK Info - Artist - Peter Knight & Australian Art Orchestra Album - Crossed & Recrossed Label - Hospital Hill Cat No. - HHLP03210750 Barcode - 0 680596 876526 Formats - Single LP ‘Tip On’ Gatefold + Download / Digital Release - Aug 6th 2021 Contact - matt@hospitalhill.com.au +61 417 760 586 Hospital Hill 6 Burlington Ave, Earlwood Sydney, NSW 2206 Australia hospitalhill.bandcamp.com hospitalhill.com.au

TRACKLIST: 1. The Plains, 2. Diomira