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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16h

Excited to see this!

Listen to Kelvin snippet by domlash #np on #SoundCloud

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Dominic Lash @domlash.bsky.social · 19h

Kelvin had a great time playing our debut gig in Cambridge last night... soundcloud.com/domlash/kelv... We're back this Thursday in London downstairs at the Vortex www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/kelvin...

Kelvin snippet

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16h

From pursuing to chewing.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 16h

Looking forward to the launch of this great CD this evening!

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · Sep 11

Heimat, language, Kundera, Gaza, the ZAD, a violin and swallows. Stitched fragments for Marie Schreer's new album, until between:
www.marieschreer.com/until-between
www.marieschreer.com/_files/ugd/e...

until between | Marie Schreer

until between is a project about belonging, identity, and language — explored through new music and poetry, and created in close collaboration with composers Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Ashkan Behzadi, and ...

www.marieschreer.com

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 11d

Liza Lim’s String Creatures

It was lovely to attend last night the launch of Liza Lim's new disc for NMC records (and of Zoë Martlew's forthcoming debut, Album Z). I've reviewed String Creatures for an upcoming issue of Nutida musik in Sweden, so those who are really keen can read my initial…

Liza Lim’s String Creatures

It was lovely to attend last night the launch of Liza Lim's new disc for NMC records (and of Zoë Martlew's forthcoming debut, Album Z). I've reviewed String Creatures for an upcoming issue of Nutida musik in Sweden, so those who are really keen can read my initial thoughts on the album there. But last night I realised too that not only is this a collection of really great music (the magnificent title work for string quartet; solos for cello and bass, …

Sarah Dacey’s Night Songs: Reviving Women’s Voices

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 4d

Sarah Dacey’s Night Songs: Reviving Women’s Voices

I was meant to be at the Southbank Centre on Sunday for the London Sinfonietta's 'deconstruction' and performance of Boulez's marvellous ...explosante-fixe ... On-stage conversations, leather seats and Boulezian orchestration at its most refined.…

I was meant to be at the Southbank Centre on Sunday for the London Sinfonietta's 'deconstruction' and performance of Boulez's marvellous ...explosante-fixe ... On-stage conversations, leather seats and Boulezian orchestration at its most refined. Full luxury new music and all that. Unfortunately, a family football injury scuppered my afternoon and sent the rest of the day's plans out of whack. I made do instead with the…

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hcmf// @hcmfuk.bsky.social · 2d

Sound artist Olga Kokcharova listens to the world as a doctor might a body — hearing meaning in its hiss, hum + friction.

At hcmf// 2025, her Signal-to-noise ratio (Fri 28 Nov, 8pm) with @ensemblecontrechamps asks: what if the background becomes the message?

🔗 Link in bio

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 2d

I made this:
hcmf.co.uk/auscultation...

hcmf.co.uk

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 2d

OMG

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 3d

*Brass section receiving their parts*: This seems fine.

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 3d

You're probably right. I'm just amused at the idea of one composer absolutely monstering an otherwise obscure corner of the rep.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 4d

Now I'm wondering what that is as a percentage of total bassoon concertos. 5–10%?

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 4d

YES. And all those pieces in the dark are basically about trust, or built on it, anyway.

Sarah Dacey’s Night Songs: Reviving Women’s Voices

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 4d

Sarah Dacey’s Night Songs: Reviving Women’s Voices

I was meant to be at the Southbank Centre on Sunday for the London Sinfonietta's 'deconstruction' and performance of Boulez's marvellous ...explosante-fixe ... On-stage conversations, leather seats and Boulezian orchestration at its most refined.…

I was meant to be at the Southbank Centre on Sunday for the London Sinfonietta's 'deconstruction' and performance of Boulez's marvellous ...explosante-fixe ... On-stage conversations, leather seats and Boulezian orchestration at its most refined. Full luxury new music and all that. Unfortunately, a family football injury scuppered my afternoon and sent the rest of the day's plans out of whack. I made do instead with the…

Apologies for the long silence. Intending to do better in the immediate future.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 5d

That, and if you give 0 stars because they have failed to deliver, you get directed to contact them, rather than give that as your review.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 5d

Seconded. I didn't know this piece existed, so that was also a treat. I'm sure you're right about the gloves, btw.

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 6d

Was gutted to miss this after all. Hope it was more enjoyable than my afternoon in A&E. (Nothing too serious; someone went a bit explosante in my son's football game.)

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 9d

Ahead of Boulez's ... explosante-fixe ... at the QEH this weekend, the great Paul Griffiths has some choice words, plus a couple of gems on PB's early career:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Electric Boulez!

substack.com

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 9d

Belatedly tagging @disgwylfa.bsky.social

Apologies for the long silence. Intending to do better in the immediate future.

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 9d

Ahead of Boulez's ... explosante-fixe ... at the QEH this weekend, the great Paul Griffiths has some choice words, plus a couple of gems on PB's early career:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Electric Boulez!

substack.com

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 9d

That second star ain't gonna give him much cover.

Good Grief: Sonic Youth's Washing Machine at 30 | The Quietus

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 9d

Great revisiting of a great album. 'Gordon’s contributions to Washing Machine were stellar' - I've long thought the best SY album would actually be a comp of all Kim's songs. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Stevie Chick celebrates what might be the best Sonic Youth album of them all plus the influence of Nirvana and Neil Young

thequietus.com

Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 11d

Liza Lim’s String Creatures

It was lovely to attend last night the launch of Liza Lim's new disc for NMC records (and of Zoë Martlew's forthcoming debut, Album Z). I've reviewed String Creatures for an upcoming issue of Nutida musik in Sweden, so those who are really keen can read my initial…

Liza Lim’s String Creatures

It was lovely to attend last night the launch of Liza Lim's new disc for NMC records (and of Zoë Martlew's forthcoming debut, Album Z). I've reviewed String Creatures for an upcoming issue of Nutida musik in Sweden, so those who are really keen can read my initial thoughts on the album there. But last night I realised too that not only is this a collection of really great music (the magnificent title work for string quartet; solos for cello and bass, …