Richard Thomas

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Entertainer Score Remix

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Released: Aug 1, 2005

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Genre: Classical / Experimental / Live Electronics
Location London, UK
Profile Views: 25022
Last Login: 10/9/2012
Member Since 8/1/2005
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Bio
..Richard did not write Jerry Springer the opera, is not station manager at Resonance FM and is not Principal Horn in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra... ..Richard is a performer, mainly ..o, specialising in avant-garde repertoire (including Xenakis - Nomos Alpha, Ferneyhough - Time and Motion Study II), free improvisation and the blur of things between... ..He has studied cello with Paul Cox, Zoe Martlew and Neil Heyde, more general performance practice with Michael Finnissy, Ian Pace and David Owen Norris, and live electronics systems with Richard Polfreman. His studies have mainly been at the University of Southampton where he has completed B.Sc (Hons) Acoustics and Music and M.Mus Master of Music (performance)... ..Currently he plays solo, in ARCO collective, with the experimental pop band: NOW and occasionally with Roshi Nasehi. He also has an alter ego, Magnus Spectrum who is possibly swedish, has strange taste in clothing and performs on synthesizer using wireless consumer devices... ..Richard has performed across the UK, including solo performances at the Beta Sonic art Conference in Liverpool and Reading Town Hall and ensemble performances including Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Brighton Festival and Winchester Prison. He is due to go on a tour of Japan in 2009 with NOW... ..He has appeared on recordings on Flau (Japan), Pickled Egg and GEO, and has been on numerous live sessions for Resonance FM... ..Richard is also a capable sound recordist and audio engineer... Moving Pictures! ...... .. .. .. .. Improvisation with Mark Pilkington at BETA sonic art conference, Liverpool 2005.... More!.. .......... .. .. .. .. .. Magnus Spectrum- Live at Valhalla@Zanzibar, Liverpool 19.5.07
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..Or repertoire even:.. Agostini, Agrimbau, Aphex Twin, Bach, Bussotti, Cage, Cardew, Ferneyhough, Finnisy, Gehlhaar, Gordon, Kagel, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Penderecki, Saariaho, Shostakovich, Stockhausen, Webern, Xenakis..
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exactly what it says on the ..tin.. pigeon