“Think here of a river, or perhaps a waterfall; something that contains motion but isn’t working towards an endpoint, rather, it is in a constant state of renewal. (…) I enjoy the playful contradiction of spending months carefully and systematically putting a piece together, only to find myself disorientated minutes into listening to it.” Bryn Harrison
Recorded in 3D format for sound installations (5.4.1), surround sound (5.1) and stereo (2.0). World Premiere Recording
The physical edition of Time Becoming includes a CD, a 26 pages booklet with liner notes by Bryn Harrison, and a code to download the HD version of the album (24bit and 96kHz) in stereo and 5.1 surround formats.
“[repetitions in extended time] it’s a piece that so successfully immerses us in its unique, clearly-defined world that it seems to take a while to fully leave it.” 5AGAINST4, Simon Cummings
“La escucha atenta de las dos partituras aquí albergadas provoca una sensación alucinógena en el auditor; el material, cuyo punto de partida instrumental resulta incluso tradicional, se torna en la audición como un artefacto nunca oído, nuevo. (…) Harrison juega con nuestra memoria, el conjunto instrumental insiste compulsivamente en volver sobre la misma idea una y otra vez. Una y otra vez. ¿Qué música escuchar después de ser sacudidos de esta manera?” EL COMPOSITOR HABLA, Ismael G. Cabral
Recorded at
Auditorio de Zaragoza, Spain
September and December 2019
Composed by
Bryn Harrison
Performed by
Plus-Minus Ensemble
Vicky Wright, clarinet | Tom Pauwels, guitar | Roderick Chadwick, piano | Aisha Orazbayeva, violin | Séverine Ballon, cello | Mark Knoop, conductor and keyboards
Ensemble Contrechamps
Susanne Peters, flute | Béatrice Laplante, oboe | Laurent Bruttin, clarinet | Katrin Herda, bassoon | Kevin Juillet, saxophone | Charles Pierron, horn 1 | Stagiaire HEM, horn 2 | Julien Würtz, trumpet | Vincent Bourgeois, trombone | Serge Bonvalot, tuba | Anne Bassand, harp | Simon Aeschimann, guitar | Stefan Wirth, piano 1 | Antoine Françoise, piano 2 | Thierry Debons, percussion 1 | Sébastien Cordier, percussion 2 | Maximilian Haft, violin 1 | Rada Hadjikostova, violin 2 | Hans Egidi, viola 1 | Noémie Bialobroda, viola 2 | Lucy Railton, cello | Noëlle Reymond, double bass 1 | Jonathan Haskell, double bass 2 | Florian Guex, executive producer | Serge Vuille, artistic director | Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Music Production and Sound
N Music Production · Santi Barguñó, Hugo Romano Guimarães
Liner notes
Bryn Harrison
Graphic Art Direction
Lorena Alonso. Estudio Gerundio
Neu Records is an independent label devoted to recording contemporary music in surround and 3D formats, as well as a platform for interaction between composers and performers.
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