AUDIO
Donnacha Dennehy - Streetwalker
Frederik Rzewski - Coming Together (Excerpt)
Featuring Gavin Friday
Donnacha Dennehy - Grá agus Bás (Live Excerpt)
Featuring Iarla Ó Lionáird
Donnacha Dennehy - Aisling Gheal
Andrew Hamilton - music for people who like art
"The most universal path to the most unique. And vice-versa." - Andrew Hamilton.
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Francis Heery - Eff
"...among other things, the 'depth' that surface or surfaces can imply is one of the things that springs to mind about 'Eff..." - Francis Heery
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Anna Murray - Piano Tremors
"A study of the interaction between linear and repetitive processes, where minute changes can lead to dramatic shifts." - Anna Murray
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Amanda Feery - Rattle
"'Rattle' explores the errors, mis-hits, and mis-takes, creating a consonance out of discord.." - Amanda Feery
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Judith Ring - Up to my f-holes
"To stir the imagination by evoking rich images and colours while instilling a sense of timelessness is what I aim to achieve. Music should awaken emotions and unexpected feelings through the stimulation of our aural senses, leading the listener into a space of new and enchanted pleasures." - Judith Ring
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Seán Clancy - Basso Continuo
"Basso Continuo proposes an alternative existence for the Song Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth, whilst at the same time highlighting how its influence can be overcome creatively." Seán Clancy
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st, 2011 at the Irish Musem of Modern Art.
Damage To Babylon - Terry Riley
Sample from first movement of 'Loops for Ancient-Giant-Nude-Hairy-Warriors Racing down the Slopes of Battle', a piece written by Terry Riley for Crash Ensemble. Performed by Crash Ensemble and Gyan Riley in St Peters Church of Ireland, Drogheda on the 6th of May 2007.
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Loops for Ancient-Giant-Nude-Hairy Warriors Racing Down the Slopes of Battle - Terry Riley
Sample. Performed by Crash Ensemble and Gyan Riley in St Peters Church of Ireland, Drogheda on the 6th of May 2007. Written by Terry Riley for Crash Ensemble.
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VIDEO
Crash Ensemble Free State VI from Contemporary Music Centre on Vimeo.
Performed by Crash Ensemble on April 1st 2011 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham as part of our annual showcase of Irish composers, Free State (VI).
Recorded by Amanda Feery, courtesy of the Contemporary Music Centre
Our Commission from David Lang, 2008
Scroll to 2:20 to see Forced March, our commission piece from David Lang put to beautiful coreography.
Steve Reich: Four Organs from Mark Linnane on Vimeo.
Louis Andriessen: Workers' Union
Performed by Crash Ensemble at Shindig concert, SS Michael & John, Dublin,13.10.07.
Cameras: John Bates - Mark Linnane
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion from Mark Linnane on Vimeo.
CMC interviews for FREE STATE III
Donnacha Dennehy: Junk Box Fraud from Mark Linnane on Vimeo.
Junk Box Fraud - Donnacha Dennehy
Donnacha Dennehy's Junk Box Fraud, performed at our 10 year anniversary Shindig in 2007.
Terry Riley: Loops for Ancient-Giant-Nude-Hairy Warriors Racing Down the Slopes of Battle from Mark Linnane on Vimeo.
Terry Riley: Loops for Ancient-Giant-Nude-Hairy Warriors Racing Down the Slopes of Battle
Performed by Crash Ensemble at Shindig concert, SS Michael & John, Dublin, 13.10.07.
Aisling Gheal, performed at Shindig, Oct 07
Grá agus Bás - Strange Folk!