Red Wharf ~ Graham Bowers

The musical compositions of Graham Bowers take the form of a complete theatrical experience. A radical alternative in music recording and composition crossing the genres of contemporary, classical, experimental, avant-garde, incorporating all the elements to evoke a dramatic and sensitive response from the listener

Visit www.red-wharf.com to listen to short excerpts and read what the reviewers have to say

In response to comments and requests the audio excerpts at Red Wharf have been extended from 15 seconds to 2 minutes. If the listening experience invokes a response. please post.

Hm... not quite sure how that's a radical alternative in composition...

Of the 4 genres you listed, 3 are roughly equal and spawned from the other 1. I'm not sure why this is supposed to be so special...?

Hello Stefan

The word 'radical' was used because the composition process doen't adhere to the normal (?) procedure, and the words 'crossing the genres' was an attempt to illustate that the works don't neatly fit within any of the genres mentioned.

Thanks for your comment.

'...... Surealism is indeed, Bowers' modus operandi. The accompanying paintings are lumpy creations in the Dali school, all painted on black as if to signify images rising out of the subconscious. The music by association is already dealing with surrealist issues about the subconscious and about memory, before a note hits the score paper.......'Richard Cochrane ~ Avant

Tune into BBC 6 Music - Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/ Sunday 18th December to hear tracks of Graham Bowers' music.

Check out past but recent broadcasts

BBC Radio 3 - Mixing It

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mixingit/pip/w6dnj/[/b]

Bent Strings http://www.live365.com/stations/martinherman

Borderline Extra http://www.borderline-extra.de/ 12/08/05

Black Channel http://www.blackchannelkarlsruhe.de/4903.html 7/12/05

WHYNOT JAZZ is now streamed 24/7 from http://c3r.ca/radio.html

14/12/2005

Garden of Earthly Delights http://www.gardenofearthlydelights.com/ for broadcast mix.

Totally Radio http://www.totallyradio.com/ to hear one hour length feature

.....and.....

Red Wharf website http://www.red-wharf.com

You may find a recent article in 'Tokafi' ~ 'Mouvement Nouveau' by Tobias Fischer entitled '15 Questions to Graham Bowers' an interesting read.

"He's not a clasically trained musician, he dislikes overanalyzing his music, he doesn't consider himself to be a part of the music scene and even if he were, he has been away for many years. Graham Bowers caused quite a few jaws to drop when he published........." to read more, the interview is now online at:

http://www.tokafi.com/15questions/15-quest...ham-bowers/view

Tune in on Monday the 24th of April.

At 20:00 (Amsterdam-time) until 22:00

THEMA: RED WHARF (GRAHAM BOWERS).

ConcertZender ~ Hessel Veldman ~ 15:00 - 17:00 ~ Monday 24th April 2006

http://www.concertzender.nl .

THEMA: RED WHARF (GRAHAM BOWERS).

TRACK 1 Titel: Of Mary

If you have an interest in music that has elements of avant/experimental/progressive/ambient/contemporary and plenty of balls, maybe a visit to www.red-wharf.com will prove worthwhile.

iTunes and eMusic have now listed the music of Graham Bowers, (released through the Red Wharf label), in their download catalogues ~ Titles include ~ Of Mary's Blood, Transgression, Eternal Ghosts and Pilgrim.

These will also be available through Rhapsody, MSN, Loudeye, Napster, Karma Download, Audio Lunchbox and many others over the coming weeks.

Stride. (UK) ~ Of Mary's Blood review[/i]

Bowers allows his music space to breathe in this 46 minute composition (ostensibly divided into three sections, but with invisible joins). Inspired and accompanied by a triptych of Bowers

I'm cautious when I spot words like 'radical' in the blurbs on music/art/film and I really can't see anything radical or avant garde about this music/performance. It's fine as far as it goes but the reviewer defined its vintage by mentioning Xenakis and NWW. So it isn't really new. One thing's certain - technology has made composers of electronic/electroacoustic music dead lazy! The question now is, can music/theatre of that sort move forward? It's all been done so maybe it needs a rest or a link to more classical composition techniques and structure.

Needless to say I won't be downloading it to any portable medium. I can't think of it as music to jog to, or wind down after work. It could have a theraputic affect on my composing, however.

M