Petits Artefacts

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http://www.renaud-bray.com

*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***Nick Photinos is a founding member of the ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Petits Artefacts is his first solo recording. He writes of this project: The idea for this recording began to take shape after a concert at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, an annual festival of new chamber music held every year in North Adams, MA and run by Bang on a Can where I have taught for a number of years. In 2015, I premiered a work by bassist Florent Ghys, whose own recent and amazing Television inspired me to reach out to him. The piece he wrote for me: Petits Artefacts, for cello, electronics and video, got me thinking about all the great yet small (sub 10-minutes) pieces I ve performed over the years, most of which had never been recorded. These are works by some of the most acclaimed names in new music David Lang, Andrew Norman, Bryce Dessner, David T. Little but also a newer generation of groundbreaking composers like Angelica Negron, Florent Ghys, Molly Joyce, and Pascal Le Boeuf, who are quickly gaining notoriety for themselves. The music runs the gamut from quirky and hilarious to profound and ethereal, and is brought to life with the help of two of my favorite collaborators, pianist Vicki Ray and percussionist Doug Perkins. Doug is also serving as Producer on this effort, with Todd Reynolds as co-producer.