Greg Haines.
Greg Haines is a musician and composer who was born in the UK but now resides in Berlin. His music has been compared to Arvo Pärt, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Deathprod, Gavin Bryars and many more in the area of contemporary classical and electro-acoustic music.
Greg Haines is an English composer and musician whose work exists in the unknown territories between delay-heavy, tape saturated, dub influenced studio sessions, and excursions into modern classical music and more traditional composition.
Through his first three albums (recently re-issued together in 3CD or deluxe 5LP format through Denovali Records), Haines delved into long-form, slowly unravelling crescendos for strings, piano and other orchestral instrumentation, all accentuated with subtle electronics and processing to form a wall of sound where each element became indistinguishable.
In 2014, Denovali Records released “Where We Were”, which surprised listeners with a new creative palette and a more rhythmical approach. The strings that played such an important role in his prior work had disappeared, and in there place were intricate layers of dusty synthesizers and percussion. Moments of quiet, slow-moving textures could still be found, but they were nestled between upbeat, polyrhythmically-driven tracks that at times could even be considered for deployment on open-minded dancefloors.
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Haines has toured extensively around Europe, as well as in the USA, Japan and Australia. His brand of live improvisation on his constantly evolving set-up of synthesizers, signal processors and piano led to his involvement in two live ensembles for pure improvisation: the languid, micro-seismic “Alvaret Ensemble” and the adventurous upbeat endeavors of “The Group”. The Group does not record, only playing live, and usually consists of permanent members Casper Clausen (Efterklang) and the producer/musician Francesco Donadello, as well as a constantly mutating cast of other musicians from around the world.
In recent years, his studio and live works have been supplemented by a host of compositions for dance, notably his work with the English correographer David Dawson. This fruitful collaboration has so far led to four works: “Day4” (2012, Dutch National Ballet, Amstedam), “Opus 11”(2013, Semperoper Ballett, Saxon State Ballet, Dresden), and two works for orchestra: “The Human Seasons” (2013, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London) and “Empire Noir” (2015, Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam).
After many years living in Berlin, Greg now lives in the italian countryside. He continues to travel, record and perform around the world. Recent experiments in the studio led to the “Greg Gives Peter Space” EP with Peter Broderick, released on Erased Tapes in 2014. Further releases are expected in the near future.
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Greg Haines Discography
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Υoutube - Greg Haines
Greg Haines — Marc's Descent, Untitledesigner
Greg Haines — In The Event Of A Sudden Loss, Untitledesigner
Greg Haines — In The Event Of A Sudden Loss, Untitledesigner
Greg Haines - The Spin, TheMusicJournal
Greg Haines — Nueblo Pueblo, Untitledesigner
Greg Haines — Last Time I Tried,collectablesblog
Greg Haines - Wake Mania Without End II, TheMusicJournal
Greg Haines - Submergence, Ana Vijdea
Greg Haines - Until the point of Least Resistance, Sloppyorrus
Greg Haines - So it goes, Damien Chang
Greg Haines - 183 Times, caroli22224
Greg Haines - The Whole, anotherAB
Greg Haines - Azure,selekti0n
Greg Haines — Last Time I Tried,collectablesblog
Greg Haines - Wake Mania Without End II, TheMusicJournal
Greg Haines - Submergence, Ana Vijdea
Greg Haines - Until the point of Least Resistance, Sloppyorrus
Greg Haines - So it goes, Damien Chang
Greg Haines - 183 Times, caroli22224
Greg Haines - The Whole, anotherAB
Greg Haines - Azure,selekti0n
Greg Haines — Komarovo, collectablesblog
The Alvaret Ensemble - The Alvaret Ensemble (denovali records) [Full Album]
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The Alvaret Ensemble
01.00:00:00 The Alvaret Ensemble Byd
02.00:09:22 The Alvaret Ensemble Eac
03.00:13:42 The Alvaret Ensemble Dde
04.00:21:19 The Alvaret Ensemble Ulc
05.00:34:18 The Alvaret Ensemble Ond
06.00:38:54 The Alvaret Ensemble Ysj
07.00:43:58 The Alvaret Ensemble Teq
08.00:55:07 The Alvaret Ensemble Muo
09.01:02:41 The Alvaret Ensemble Wju
10.01:16:32 The Alvaret Ensemble Ggi
The Alvaret Ensemble is a new improvisatory collective based around Greg Haines (piano), Jan Kleefstra (voice, poems), Romke Kleefstra (guitar and effects) and Sytze Pruiksma (percussion). This album is our first release, and was recorded over three nights at the Grunewaldkirche in Berlin by Nils Frahm. In the beautiful and bright acoustics of the Grunewaldkirche, it soon became clear that even when playing incredibly quietly, the sound still filled the room and the tiny details or blemishes that we began to notice in the sound became the compositional tools that informed the recording.
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