The third and final installment in Lucy Claire‘s “Works” series is a beautifully conceived EP that takes her music out of the confines of living room and studio to integrate with a variety of soundscapes. In a rather fresh take on the concept, she has taken an especially interactive approach which, when combined with her…
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Sound Impression: Piano Works by Lucy Claire
This past March, London-based composer & producer Lucy Claire began her wonderful new ‘Works’ series, a string of EP releases each featuring a different focus. The second installment has just arrived in the form of Piano Works, a beguiling collection of bittersweet compositions and sketches performed on a range of pianos from grands and uprights to electric…
Read MoreLucy Claire – String Works [1631 Recordings]
I first encountered the music of London-based composer Lucy Claire when the Stationary Travels blog was only about a month old, an affecting piece entitled “Paelistin” savored over a cup of coffee on a quiet Saturday morning. Soon after that came the stunning two-part Suite (reviewed here) and a pair of beautifully realized collaboration & remix…
Read MoreLucy Claire – Collaborations No.2 [This Is It Forever]
Lucy Claire is a London based composer originally from the North East of England. She trained at London’s Royal College of Music and has collaborated with many filmmakers, choreographers and artists, but it is best known to me through her work released on This Is It Forever Records – the binaural modern classical soundscapes of…
Read MoreSound Impression: Bigo & Twigetti – Variables
Variables is a new album project conceived by Jim Perkins for London based experimental classical & electronica label Bigo & Twigetti. Expanding on an approach first employed on the Forty Eight EP released in March, this effort brings together no less than 8 artists collaborating within a set of permutations devised by Perkins to map out and…
Read MoreModern Classical EPs from Lucy Claire / Oskar Schuster / Peter Gregson & Michael Price / Julien Marchal
I’ll spare you the obvious cliche, but this group of modern/post classical and piano EPs are all small packages that deliver big musical satisfaction, each one a gem in it’s own right. Lucy Claire / Collaborations Vol.1 [This is it Forever] Lucy Claire set her own bar quite high with her Suite EP last year,…
Read MoreAlbum Review: “Suite” by Lucy Claire (bonus track from Winter Son)
“Suite” is a wonderful new EP from Lucy Claire which consists of two modern classical compositions deftly enhanced with subtle electronic elements, and a bonus track in the form of a remix of the second piece by Winter Son. It may be a small package, but it is a jewel of a record that…
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