Description:	CD on Erased Tapes
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Neoclassical
	Label:	Erased Tapes
	Price:	£10.09
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Peter Broderick is considered by many to be one of the great musical composers of the noughties. He has established himself as a live performer playing with Copenhagen's Efterklang and has begun the process of releasing solo records, primarily instrumental piano based compositions. 'Music for Falling from Trees' is thirty minutes of tunage separated into seven parts composed to accompany a contemporary dance performance by London based Choreographer Adrienne Hart. On the request of Hart the entire score is composed using only piano and strings. Without seeing the original performance it's hard to gauge what it might have been like or how suitable the compositions are but as a stand alone record 'Falling from Trees' is both haunting and beautiful with cheeky little techniques used to get the best from a small palette of instruments. Powerful sounds are conjured briefly and replaced by frail, reverberant subtleties. Strings are plucked and violins and tapped, pianos plink and plonk and ambient strings rise and fall to create a powerful dynamic. This is definitely worth a listen but it would have been even better if it came with an accompanying DVD of the dance performance. If you are interested in hearing great, instinctive composition then this is still worth a look. Think Rachels in soundtrack mode yo!

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Sound clips for Music For Falling From Trees by Peter Broderick: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Erased Tapes, ERATP015CD , £10.09.

What their label says...

Born January 20, 1987, he grew up in a small town in Oregon. Coming from a musical family, he started violin lessons at age 7, and in high school became interested in all different kinds of instruments. He started to play piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, musical saw, and anything else he could find. After high school he moved to Portland, OR, where he studied music theory and filmmaking. During this time he began to play in multiple bands around town, and was able to establish himself as a regular session musician at various recording studios for artists like M. Ward. In late 2007 he was miraculously invited by some of his musical heroes, the Danish band Efterklang, to move to Copenhagen and join the live band. So he did, and since then he has toured with the band all around the world, playing hundreds of concerts, and opening many of them as a solo act. Since this move he has released several solo recordings as well. Starting with a few primarily instrumental, piano-based releases in 2007, then branching out into a completely different world with the more folky Home in late 2008, which has all but established Broderick as the young composer to watch with critical acclaim from music magazines (NME/Mojo/Uncut) and broadsheet press alike. A precociously talented, classically trained multi-instrumentalist The Independent / A songwriter of beguiling depth' #19 Album of 2008 The Sunday Times June 1st sees his first major release of 2009, Music for Falling From Trees, a 30-minute piece, in seven sections, created for a contemporary dance by London-based choreographer Adrienne Hart (Neon Productions). Adrienne was looking for a score of piano and strings, so he left the guitar and his voice aside and focused entirely on those two timbres. I decided to take this literally and make a rule not to use any other instrument. In the script it called for the sound of a ticking clock. I made this sound by tapping on the body of the violin with my fingernails.