Alex Hills - Composer
London based composer, pianist and teacher. Albums available via Carrier Records and Bandcamp links below. Listen to recordings, see scores, read text.
ALBUMS - CLICK ON PIcTures FOR BANDCAMP LINKS
OutsideIn
The Music of Making Strange
The Music of Making Strange
Released 31st Jan 2020 on Carrier Records. Available via Bandcamp above (the way I'd like you to buy it, and where it was included in their top Contemporary Classical releases listing), as well as all the usual digital platforms.
'permeated by a formidable sonic liveliness able to reconcile Helmut Lachenmann’s rough bruitisme with the hallucinated verticality of Stockhausen’s Helikopter Quartett' - review on Esoteros blog.
'This is music of extraordinary wit and power, as delicate as it is titanic, equal part waterfall, dewdrop and all in-between.' - from a wonderful review by Mark Medwin in Dusted Magazine.
A long interview, mostly about the disc, features on Planet Hugill. Included on playlists at The Rest is Noise and Night After Night. An interesting longer review by Ian Power was published in Tempo (login needed for complete article), but 'the first track on the disc is OutsideIn and it kind of rocks'....
The Music of Making Strange
The Music of Making Strange
The Music of Making Strange
“Hills a composer of interesting and considerable gifts, which are reflected consistently in all six pieces here.” Tim Rutherford-Johnson, Tempo Magazine. Featured on Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise Blog.
I did an interview with the excellent Soundmaking podcast about Alles from the album in October 2021 - listen via the link.
Released 2013, also on Carrier Records.
