CD – Martin Bartlett

12.00

CD Martin Bartlett
Arc Light Editions, 010
4 tracks

 

Released 26 April 2019

In stock

Category:

Description

Martin Bartlett should be a familiar name. As well as working with a who’s who of electronic music, he was an inspiring and original thinker, composer, performer and organiser. His music is distinctive for its warmth and fleshiness, for taking joy from the incidental and anecdotal, and it remains a characterful counterpoint to much contemporary electronic music. It is his preoccupation with building aleatoric elements into electronic music that distinguishes his work, and he devised elegant and open interactions for instrumental performers and computer-controlled synthesizers. This included building his own electronic devices, and extensive work on the Buchla 400.

Bartlett died young, of AIDS-related causes in 1993, but his music remains a rich source of inspiration, and is characterised by an irresistible and unselfconscious charm that renders his sound unique. These selections, along with the companion LP Anecdotal Electronics, and Luke Fowler’s film Electro-Pythagoras, aim to redress this prior neglect, shedding light on this little known personality from electronic music history, who still has much to say.

Tracklist:

1. Raga
2. Ankle On
3. Helix
4. More New Leaves

Compiled and edited by Luke Fowler in consultation with Jennifer Lucy Allan. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. Artwork by DR.ME
Arc Light Editions. Thanks to Hank Bull, The Western Front, Sonic Acts, Luke Fowler, and Eddy.

Additional information

Weight 50 g
Dimensions 14 × 12.5 × 0.5 cm