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New Music: Eirini I

The first official result of my last year’s music fellowship with the NHS, exploring the links between health and sound. Of the many fascinating avenues that I explored, this album encapsulates ideas from just a few of them, and is…

OWM Vol.II Release

New album of music inspired by various musical traditions and ideas. There’s no doubt that the period of musical creativity at the end of the 1960s has also fed in there.     Tape only at present.

OWM Vol.1 Release

For the last few years I have been working increasingly away from the dancefloor under my own name, and soaking up more varied influences. Other World Music will be a series of albums reflecting my explorations in these new fields,…

Nordoff-Robbins & SSE Commission

Recently commissioned by SSE and music therapy charity Nordoff-Robbins, ‘Seven Rare Deems’ is a piece created from recordings of music therapy sessions at Aberdeen’s Alzheimer Scotland Centre. It incorporates voice, piano, kalimba, chimes and xylophone played by the six women in…

Sibilo Score Released

The score for Sophie Laplane’s ‘Sibilo’, commissioned by Scottish Ballet, is now available from Kathexis. An alternate version of the ‘Prologue’ is also here as a free download, and is the version actually used in the final dance piece: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhjwpcebinkwq8e/SIBILO%20-%20Prologue%20%28BONUS%20VERSION%29.aif?dl=0

Order Disorder Vinyl

Available on very limited green vinyl as of yesterday. My Order Disorder score composed for the BBC series of the same name. Includes free mp3 version. http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1257484-alex-menzies-order-disorder and (for US) http://www.kathexis.org/#!store/cuaz