MAX RICHTERINFRA

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File Under: Avant-Garde/Modern Composition

Release date: 8/3/10

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Originally conceived as a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration between composer Max Richter, choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Julian Opie, Richter’s gorgeous score to Infra is deservedly given life of its own in this album-length release. The initial setting for Infra was as a ballet - written in autumn 2008 and premiered in November of the same year at The Royal Opera House in London – although here Richter’s score is given the full scope of a standalone new album. Expanded and extended from the original piece, Infra comprises music written for piano, electron-ics and string quintet, including the full perfor-mance score as well as material that has subse-quently developed from the construction of the album – more a continued reference to the ballet than as a “studio album” in the strictest sense. The composition resonates with Richter’s characteris-tic musical voice – majes-tic, involved textures; fluent and sweeping melodies; an enigmatic and inherently intellectual understanding of harmonic complexities that compels and mesmerizes. An active collaborator in other media, Ricther received The European Film Award last year for his work on Waltz with Bashir, Ari Forman’s Oscar-nominated animated documentary. Infra is Richter’s fifth full-length release with FatCat, and the first soundtrack; previous albums are 2008’s 24 Postcards in Full Colour, Songs From Before (2006), The Blue Notebooks (2004) and last year’s Memoryhouse, a reissue of his 2002 debut. Richter‘s forthcoming scores include Benedek Fliegauf’s near-future dystopia Womb, as well as From “The Art Of Mirrors”, a film/music performance with hitherto unseen Super-8mm films by Derek Jarman. 2010 also saw Richter’s music featured prominently in Martin Scorcese’s major motion picture Shutter Island. Richter plans to fit a US tour into his busy schedule this fall.

“Throughout his solo career Max Richter has displayed an impressive ability to wring the maximum possible emotional content from the most minimal of sources.” - Drowned In Sound

“Richter combines...disparate and proven ideas into fresh, emotive work. His central aesthetic of absolute taste...is manifested, compositionally, through omnipresent motion.” - Pitchfork

TRACKLISTING1. infra 12. journey 13. infra 24. infra 35. journey 2

10. infra 511. infra 612. infra 713. infra 8

6. infra 47. journey 38. journey 49. journey 5

UPC: 600116131119 FAT1311LP

Box 25

Songs From BeforeFAT1305CD

The Blue NotebooksFAT1304CD

24 Postcards In Full ColourFAT1307CD

FAT1309CDMemoryhouse

FAT1311CDInfra

SELLING POINTS

College and public radio campaign by ChouetteFull national press campaign by PMA PR

First new album in two years from one of modern composition’s most celebrated talents

LP comes with coupon for 320kbps mp3 album download