Name: Irrealis
Brand: Matthew Bourne

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BAY117V

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

843190011711

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Matthew Bourne

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

The Leaf Label

Matthew Bourne follows 2017’s<i> Isotach</i> album, and recent collaborations with Keeley Forsyth and Nightports, with a collection of prepared piano pieces. <i>Irrealis</i> was recorded in a single session, each take played as live without any overdubs. Having taught himself the basics of prepared piano by throwing confectionary into his school’s instrument, elements of these experimentations played a key role in Bourne’s early performances. This culminated in an infamous performance piece which saw the explosive musical demolition of an upright piano with a sledgehammer. Far from the staid academic process the discipline is often approached with, Irrealis sees a restless improvisational musician explore the possibilities of his instrument with a box of nuts, bolts and Blu-Tak, and a sense of playfulness and spontaneity.

Irrealis

Music GB