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'infra' now available on vinyl in the US
Published 24 August, 2010 by StudioKinoAdmin

Good news, fans of Max Richter and the prince of album formats: Richter's masterful new LP Infra is available today on wax in the US. The vinyl comes with a coupon for a 320kbps vinyl version of the audio, so you can take it with you on those occasions when carrying around a turntable is considered gauche.

"Richter’s haunting style is less about pushing boundaries than about diving deeper and deeper into a dark pool of astonishing beauty." Time Out Chicago

"Richter is capable of eliciting profound emotions from the barest of foundations." BBC

"This music is achingly gorgeous." Pitchfork

Order the 'infra' LP from the FatCat webstore here.

'infra' released today!
Published 20 July, 2010 by StudioKinoAdmin

FatCat are proud to announce that Max Richter's album Infra is out today on FatCat’s instrumenta l/ orchestral imprint 130701 Records and available in CD, vinyl and digital format to purchase in the UK, Europe and USA.

You can buy the album here

Originally conceived as a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration between composer Max Richter, choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Julian Opie, the concept of 'infra' premiered in November of 2008 at The Royal Opera House in London as the score for a ballet. Expanded and extended from the original piece, ‘infra’ comprises music written for piano, electronics and string quintet, including the full performance score as well as material that has subsequently 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 Max’s characteristic musical voice – majestic, involved textures; fluent and sweeping melodies; an enigmatic and inherently intellectual understanding of harmonic complexities that compels and mesmerizes.

Richter’s work on the ballet came initially from McGregor’s invitation, a request for 25 minutes of music for his piece, inspired by T.S. Elliot’s ‘The Wasteland’ and named after the Latin term for ‘below’. Max’s score is an appropriately close reference to the traveling theme. In his own words: “I started thinking about making a piece on the theme of journeys. Like a road movie. Or a traveler’s notebook. Or like the second unit in a film - when the scene has been played, and the image cuts away to the landscape going by. This started me thinking about Schubert's devastating and haunting "Winterreise" (Winter Journey), so I used some melodic material from Schubert as a found object in parts of my new piece.“

“Heartending" - Uncut

“Infra broadly carries on the style of albums like The Blue Notebooks and Songs From Before, which, with their finely wrought miniatures, were quite exquisite creations.” - Wire

“At his saddest, Richter sounds like Gorecki, at his most penetrating, like Michael Nyman on a backdrop of concrete and rain.” - Word

max richter live in london
Published 03 July, 2010 by StudioKinoAdmin

In support of the new album, Infra, Max will be playing an exclusive live date at London's Cadogan Hall on Friday 17th September 2010.

Tickets can be purchased directly from their website.

infra available for pre-order!
Published 15 June, 2010 by StudioKinoAdmin

FatCat records are proud to announce that Max Richter’s new album Infra is available for pre-order today for UK/Europe customers.

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, electronics and string quintet, including the full performance score as well as material that has subsequently 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 Max’s characteristic musical voice – majestic, involved textures; fluent and sweeping melodies; an enigmatic and inherently intellectual understanding of harmonic complexities that compels and mesmerises.

Due for release on FatCat’s imprint 130701 on 19th July 2010.

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