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JOHN PSATHAS, 21st CENTURY MAN: The helix of creativity
...the final piece on New Zealand composer John Psathas' new album Helix should be dedicated to Jack... ...a composer like Psathas who has always looked outward as much as... ...in Indonesia and in his tribute Waiting:Still, Psathas pairs the spare piano figures of Donald... ...ceremonies of the Athens Olympics in '04. Psathas' compositions have been played internationally... ...in. As a New Zealander born to Greek parents, Psathas has also assimilated and incorporated a... ...however is the New Zealand String Quartet on Psathas' transcription of an exotically Mediterranean...
Tagged with: arvo part | jack body | john psathas | john tavener | new zealand music | philip glass | steve reich |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/4048/john-psathas-21st-century-man-the-helix-of-creativity/
JOHN PSATHAS INTERVIEWED (2000): Rattle of a complex man
...John Psathas won best classical album of 1999 at the New... ...won best classical album at the '98 awards, Psathas isn't a performer who can get out and promote... ...work. Psathas - aged 33, raised in Taumaranui and of Greek... ...a New Zealand composer, even for one such as Psathas whose works have been performed in Japan,... ...Jakarta, Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. Psathas thought an equivalent in the sports arena... ...there would be any interest. Nothing happened. Psathas attributes his international profile in part... ...which this small population can't support. Psathas' work has been performed here - his Te Papa... ...sometimes up to half her programme coming from Psathas. The diversity of his music, performed on... ...and others, has sustained on-going interest. Psathas did a performance degree in piano at Victoria... ...and local commissions coming his way, Psathas can be selective. The day job allows him the...
Tagged with: cultural elsewhere | ecm records | jack body | john psathas | john tavener | michael nyman | minimalism | new zealand music | rattle jazz | world music in elsewhere |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/4044/john-psathas-interviewed-2000-rattle-of-a-complex-man/
The Harvest: Page/Brown/Psathas (Rattle Jazz)
...Page, guitarist James Brown and producer John Psathas on pieces where the raw sounds of sax and... ...to 30 minutes. It seems possible producer Psathas may have been influenced by the work of Dave...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5370/the-harvest-page-brown-psathas-rattle-jazz/
Chris Mason-Battley Group/John Psathas; Dialogos (Rattle Jazz)
...many who heaped praise on it was composer John Psathas who said, "Not genre-crossing or... ...intensity not found elsewhere." That Psathas should now find his own music being... ...primarily known as a classical composer, Psathas' work reaches far beyond that into electronica... ...-- picks up a wide cross-section of Psathas' music. The source material comes from Rhythm... ...Helix compositions) and Calenture Suite (from Psathas' '99 Rhythm Spike debut of mostly works for... ...and nor it is faithful adapatations of Psathas' work. The source is a vehicle for the... ...and busy, algebraic drum patterns). Psathas' music has frequently had a powerful, rhythmic... ...album as much as it is a re-invention of Psathas' music, and the journey touches on jazz... ...tipple, you need never have heard a note by Psathas to take this one just as you find it. It is...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7364/chris-mason-battley-group-john-psathas-dialogos-rattle-jazz/
Manos Achalinotopoulos: Flight on Light (Rattle)
...co-composition with New Zealand composer John Psathas, here on synths -- could easily have come from... ...similarly lonely instrument. Psathas gets co-credit also on the opener Heliotrope... ...melodic accents. The other co-composition with Psathas (and producer Steve Garden) is Iris Flight,...
Tagged with: ecm records | jan garbarek | john psathas | ralph towner | rattle | rattle jazz |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4078/manos-achalinotopoulos-flight-on-light-rattle/
John Psathas: White Lies (Rattle)
Not having seen the film for which this is the music -- a single, 28 minute piece for piano, strings, taonga puoro and the composer on synth -- is no disadvantage at all. This beautifully understated,
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6204/john-psathas-white-lies-rattle/
COLLABORATION AND CONNECTION IN THE 21st CENTURY (2020): Psathas, Hooker and digital file sharing
...her work. Wellington composer John Psathas may be best known for his majestic concerto... ...of genres. “Jack and I,” says Psathas, “would generate a toolbox of musical... ...they wanted in any way whatsoever.” Psathas and Hooker didn't impose a genre restriction... ...choosing from a cast of collaborators which Psathas and Hooker invited, and communicating through... ...(with Auckland guitarist Joshua Kennedy). Psathas and Hooker also have pieces under their own... ...Psathas with Wellington composer/singer Arjuna Oakes... ...Iranian kamancheh, and Chisholm. Here too are Psathas' son Emanuel, aka the Wellington hip-hop...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9641/collaboration-and-connection-in-the-21st-century-2020-psathas-hooker-and-digital-file-sharing/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE WORLD MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: John Psathas
...classical composer and musical everyman John Psathas should be well known, his work roams from the... ...is to communicate a simple idea, says Psathas. "No Man’s Land presents a powerful... ...institutions and schools. Tome for John Psathas to answer some world music questions perhaps?...
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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7283/the-famous-elsewhere-world-music-questionnaire-john-psathas/
Omar Carmenates: The Gaia Theory (Rattle)
...(two versions of New Zealand composer John Psathas' Waiting: Still, dedicated to Jack Body) have... ...the mates have dropped by to add their ideas (Psathas' 4BY4 for percussion quartet). About Waiting:... ...Psathas says he had been encouraged by Body to join...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5487/omar-carmenates-the-gaia-theory-rattle/
Justin DeHart: Towards Midnight; New Zealand Percussion Vol 2 (Rattle/digital outlets)
...acutely – in the compositions by John Psathas – that which we do know: a nuclear... ...Psathas' two-part Infinite Mind includes the voice of... ...second about those who are taking us there. Psathas' music isn't quite as menacing as expected... ...preconceptions but – notably in the Psathas pieces – forces us to stop and think. ....
Further Outwhere: further/11208/justin-dehart-towards-midnight-new-zealand-percussion-vol-2-rattle-digital-outlets/
Bridget Douglas and Al Fraser: SilverStoneWoodBone (Rattle/bandcamp)
...by Gillian Whitehead, Rosie Langabeer, John Psathas, Briar Prastiti, Ruby Solly and others is... .... . . In various places – notably in Psathas' almost holy and meditative Irirangi –...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/10067/bridget-douglas-and-al-fraser-silverstonewoodbone-rattle-bandcamp/
Jian Liu: Where Fairburn Walked (Rattle)
...inclusions by her), Gillian Whitehead, John Psathas, Gareth Farr, Anthony Ritchie (his Caroline...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/11188/jian-liu-where-fairburn-walked-rattle/
Andrew Keoghan: Arctic Tales Divide (Brave Beluga/Border)
...and waiata, and classical composer John Psathas using loops, sequencing and having pieces...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4102/andrew-keoghan-arctic-tales-divide-brave-beluga-border/
Jasmine Lovell-Smith's Towering Poppies: Yellow Red Blue (Paint Box)
...where she is starting a doctorate under John Psathas. This album, recorded with her American group...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7851/jasmine-lovell-smiths-towering-poppies-yellow-red-blue-paint-box/
JOHN PSATHAS, COMPOSER. IN CONVERSATION (2021): From Wellington to the world
...Psathas is one of this country's most prolific and... ...on all seven continents, even Antarctica. Psathas was a faculty member at the New Zealand School... ...I didn't know very well. . For more on John Psathas including video interviews, a catalogue of his...
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Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/10077/john-psathas-composer-in-conversation-2021-from-wellington-to-the-world/
RATTLE RECORDS AT 20: Decades of delivering
...important New Zealand composers such as John Psathas, Gillian Whitehead and Jack Body, music at the...
Tagged with: ecm records | from scratch | gamelan | jack body | john psathas | kronos quartet | new zealand music | nigel gavin | rattle | rattle jazz | richard nunns |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4402/rattle-records-at-20-decades-of-delivering/
Various Artists: Born into This; The Music of Rattle (Rattle)
...was statelessly New Age), then into John Psathas and Donald Nicolson's loops/electronica and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5017/various-artists-born-into-this-the-music-of-rattle-rattle/
DAVE LISIK INTERVIEWED (2012): The mothership takes flight
...on Ancient Astronaut Theory, works with John Psathas, albums under his own name like Rail 16, his...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5410/dave-lisik-interviewed-2012-the-mothership-takes-flight/
PAINTING BY PIANO (2014): The art music of Henry Wong Doe
...such as Gillian Whitehead, Jack Body, John Psathas, Ross Harris, Victoria Kelly, Gareth Farr and... ...makes these recordings something special: on Psathas' Sleepers he makes the repeated figure beneath...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6495/painting-by-piano-2014-the-art-music-of-henry-wong-doe/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Reuben Bradley
...Bradley – along with composer John Psathas – did the arrangements for the New...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6066/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-reuben-bradley/
JOSHUA REDMAN INTERVIEWED (2014): Beatles, Bach and beyond
...piled up. In 2006 he recorded here with John Psathas (the saxophone concerto Omnifenix on Psathas'...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6378/joshua-redman-interviewed-2014-beatles-bach-and-beyond/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: CHRISTINE WHITE AND THE RAVEN PROJECT (2022): Songs given wings and strings
...Raven Project with composer/collaborator John Psathas (on the romantic ballad Taken and Starless...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10513/recommended-record-christine-white-and-the-raven-project-2022-songs-given-wings-and-strings/
yeahyeahabsolutuelynoway! : Um . . (Rattle Jazz)
I'm sure I'll be forgiven if I don't repeatedly type out the name of this Australian trio who appear on New Zealand's Rattle Jazz imprint. For convenience and our sanity I'm going to refer to these gu
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6570/yeahyeahabsolutuelynoway-um-rattle-jazz/
Kevin Field, Ron Samsom, Olivier Holland: Irony (Rattle)
...brought to recordings by Midge Marsden, John Psathas and others. Subscribers will also receive...
Tagged with: alan broadbent | ecm records | frank gibson | keith jarrett | kevin field | mike nock | new zealand jazz | new zealand music | olivier holland | ron samsom |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2826/kevin-field-ron-samsom-olivier-holland-irony-rattle/
Various Artists: Machaut Man and a Superman Hat; The Music of Dave Lisik (Rattle Jazz)
Canadian-born, Wellington-based composer/producer/arranger/etc Dave Lisik has appeared at Elsewhere a number of times previously but never quite like this. Whereas previous outings under his name like
Tagged with: new zealand jazz |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6733/various-artists-machaut-man-and-a-superman-hat-the-music-of-dave-lisik-rattle-jazz/
JAZZ AS IT'S MEANT TO BE: (2023): Come and see the real thing . . .
...Future Lullaby was created with composer John Psathas. Arjuna is currently working on his debut...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10776/jazz-as-its-meant-to-be-2023-come-and-see-the-real-thing/
Richard Nunns: Mahi (Rattle/digital outlets)
...compositions by classical artists such as John Psathas, Gillian Whiteheadad (a track by each included...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9686/richard-nunns-mahi-rattle-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Fergus Barrowman
...musicians like Michael Houston and John Psathas, to Maori music experts like Hirini Melbourne...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5775/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-fergus-barrowman/
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS, PROFILED (2023): Have you felt the clouds?
...Lilburn, Victoria Kelly, Jack Body, John Psathas, Arvo Part, Henryk Gorecki, Leonie Holmes and...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/10673/john-luther-adams-profiled-2023-have-you-felt-the-clouds/
RATTLE RECORDS' SEVENTH HOUSE MUSIC IMPRINT (2021): Art for its own sake
...artists on Rattle's extensive catalogue (John Psathas, Michael Houstoun, Al Fraser, Tania Giannouli...
Further Outwhere: further/10094/rattle-records-seventh-house-music-imprint-2021-art-for-its-own-sake/
RICHARD NUNNS AND TAONGA PUORO (2019): Sounds from darkness into the light
...artists as diverse as Gillian Whitehead, John Psathas, Marilyn Crispell, Dave Lisik, Pitch Black and...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9091/richard-nunns-and-taonga-puoro-2019-sounds-from-darkness-into-the-light/
HAIL BOP! A PORTRAIT OF JOHN ADAMS, a doco by TONY PALMER (Voiceprint DVD)
Early in this insightful 100 minute portrait of the American composer John Adams by Tony Palmer, Adams cites Milton Babbitt's article Who Cares If You Listen? and being struck by the cavalier attitude
Tagged with: arthur russell | arvo part | brian eno | john adams | john tavener | kronos quartet | la monte young | philip glass | robert wilson | steve reich |
Film at Elsewhere: film/4356/hail-bop-a-portrait-of-john-adams-a-doco-by-tony-palmer-voiceprint-dvd/
NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO by ANNIE JACOBSEN
...about nuclear war in a piece composed by John Psathas and performed by...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11207/nuclear-war-a-scenario-by-annie-jacobsen/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ariana Tikao
...has been one of the contributors on the John Psathas/Jack Hooker-instigated global collaboration...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9656/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-ariana-tikao/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: David Long
...recent downloads include . . .) I got John Psathas’s Corybas recently, performed by the NZ...
Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6951/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-david-long/
GUEST ENSEMBLE TARARUA talk about their groundbreaking debut album Bird Like Men
...Ariana has also collaborated with John Psathas, Louise Potiki Bryant, Paddy Free, Alistair...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/9935/guest-ensemble-tararua-talk-about-their-groundbreaking-debut-album-bird-like-men/