David McAlmont and Michael Nyman

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4...according to our Ant on Fri 06 Nov, 2009.

David McAlmont and Michael Nyman are having a “spexx off” on the front cover of their 'The Glare' CD. Nyman winning hands down with an ultra geek pair of thick framed round tortoise shell bins. Meanwhile McAlmont is sporting a more sensible metal framed pair that say both cool AND educated. So maybe he actually wins. Oh I don't know... You decide. Also worth noting is that Nyman's pupils are like saucers. This is either because the spex do that to his eyes or someone has been at the old Photoshop business OR he's dropped about 5 pills and is twatted off his face. Onto the music then... Nyman is predictably extremely classy with some real drama and emotion coming through his compositions. McAlmont's vocal fits like a glove and he really sings from the very depths of his heart. There are a few moments on here that are possibly a little too theatrical for my personal tastes but the parts that really grab me are actually brilliant. I'd say the two were a winning combo... Just like nutmeg and egg custard. You get 11 collaboration tracks and one 17:25min piece from Nyman entitled 'Songs For Tony'.

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For ‘The Glare’, McAlmont selected various Nyman compositions and turned to world news for inspiration. These new songs, written in the first person, draw on a variety of subjects from 21st century piracy (Going to America), lothario world leaders (In Rai Don Giovanni) drug mules (In Laos) and banking errors (Take the money and Run).

David McAlmont’s exquisite voice has enthralled soul and jazz fans both as a solo artist and as one half of the hit-making duo McAlmont and Butler – “One day he will open his mouth and a cathedral will fall out" Melody Maker.

Michael Nyman is one of the UK’s most prestigious and innovative composers whose work reached its widest audience through his film scores for The Piano, Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and The Draughtsman’s Contract (available on MN Records)

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