“Distance is a mesmerising collaboration with long-standing electronic luminaries Plaid, is a great example of Dutta's ability to marry compositional depth and sonic ambition with Electronica's established tones and timbres.” - Mercury Prize Recommends

Just Music and Chimera Productions present the launch of Will Dutta's debut album, 'Parergon' on 20th June at the Southbank Centre. Collaborators Plaid and Max de Warner will provide support prior to Will's performance.

A free download of this remix from Amatuer Best (formerly Primary 1!) is available now as a free download.

Will Dutta - Suprachiasmatic (Amateur Best Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-suprachiasmatic

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, 'The Truth In Painting', it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

“Distance is a mesmerising collaboration with long-standing electronic luminaries Plaid, is a great example of Dutta's ability to marry compositional depth and sonic ambition with Electronica's established tones and timbres.” Mercury Prize Recommends

Just Music and Chimera Productions present the launch of Will Dutta's debut album, 'Parergon' on 20th June at the Southbank Centre. Collaborators Plaid and Max de Warner will provide support prior to Will's performance.

Buy Your Tickets to Will Dutta at the Southbank Centre Here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170325

A free download of Geese's remix of 'Distance' - the lead track off of 'Parergon' is available to post and share.

Download 'Distance' (Geese Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-distance-geese/

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, 'The Truth In Painting', it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

'Parergon' is out 28th May 2012 through Just Music.

Will Dutta and Amateur Best (formerly Primary 1) are pleased to share this gorgeous remix of Dutta’s track ‘Suprachiasmatic Gamma’ off his debut album ‘Parergon'.

Download Will Dutta - Supercharismatic Gamma (Amateur Best remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-distance/s-uFLrU

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta was quick to seize the contemporary music cudgel - “It was basically the Warp back-catalogue smattered with Detroit techno and German trance as well as [minimal techno pioneers] The Black Dog; although I didn’t make the connection about who they were until I starting working with Plaid [aka Ed Handley and Andy Turner, previously two-thirds of The Black Dog].” 
 
The collaboration with feted Warp doyens Plaid is typical of the course Dutta has charted over the last five years, joining the dots between modern classical keyboard composition and dance/electronica’s vivacious outer margins courtesy of his own company, the aptly named Chimera Productions. As Chimera’s ‘Creative Producer’, Dutta has curated an impressive range of performances, recording projects and events, not least Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra feat. DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestra, which was performed at the 2011 Proms series and has toured extensively. A recording of the piece, for which Dutta was executive producer, landed an Independent Music Award gong. A critical wow, the Guardian’s approbation was typical: “The stark, uncompromising integrity of the piece was certainly a refreshing antidote to the patronizing blandness of so many classical ‘fusion’ projects…”

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, The Truth In Painting, it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

'Parergon' is out 28th May 2012 through Just Music.

 “Will's outstanding piano composition here expertly manipulated into a stunning, shimmering whole by its digital production. We strongly suggest you hit play immediately and immerse yourself in it. One of the most deeply rejuvenating musical experiences we've come across.” – VICE / Noisey 

Will is to release his debut album, Parergon, on Just Music on May 14th. Distance taken from this record was a collaboration with Warp's Plaid.

Will Dutta ‘Parergon’ – Full Press Release

Through his multiple roles as Concert Pianist, Collaborator and Creative Producer of Chimera Productions, Will Dutta's ongoing interest in connecting the dots between modern dance music andcontemporary and experimental art music has led to performances at Village Underground, Tate Modern and Ether 10 at the Southbank Centre and collaborations with the likes of Warp-veterans Plaid, sonic artist John Matthias and composer Max de Wardener.

His debut album for Just Music, 'Parergon', features exceptional recordings of these hyper-colourful and exciting collaborations alongside his own stunning performances of minimalist compositions all beautifully recorded on a Steinway Model D in the deepest Sussex countryside, to create a journey through an emerging non-classical aesthetic.

Dutta studied piano performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Philip Fowke and Mikhail Kazakevich and was one of eight emerging producers to participate in the first New Music Plus developed by the PRS for Music Foundation in association with the hub, supported by Arts Council England, the Cultural Leadership Programme and Sound & Music, in which he received a twelve-month placement with Tate Britain and mentoring from Joanna MacGregor.

 Will was the mastermind and Executive Producer behind Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra which was premiered at Scala in 2007 featuring DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestra, and released on Non classical Records in 2009. Subsequent performances include DJ Switch with the National Youth Orchestra of Greta Britain at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2011 Proms and most recently the Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in 2012, from where Will has just returned.

“The stark, uncompromising integrity of the piece was certainly a refreshing antidote to the patronising blandness of so many classical ‘fusion’ projects” – Guardian

“4/5 – It’s magnificent” – Time Out (Chicago)

He is also Music Co-ordinator at the National Portrait Gallery and responsible for the critically acclaimed club night, Blank Canvas, staging pioneering musical commissions and cross genre collaborations, such as a unique live 12-speaker, 3rd order ambisonic arrangement of Mark Fell's album Multistability and a new Graphic Score by Leafcutter John.

'Distance' and 'Overcolour' are collaborations with Warp veterans Plaid, electronic music duo Andy Turner and Ed Handley, who aside from their own material often collaborate and remix for the likes of Bjork, Goldfrapp and Mara Carlyle, as well as composing and performing film scores, including Michael Arias's multi-award winning anime film, 'Tekkon Kinkreet' and 'Heaven's Door'.

'Aerophobia' is a collaboration with arch-experimentalist and explorer in the worlds of contemporary composition, instrument making, electronica and sonic art, Max De Wardener. Max recently completed the soundtrack of Pawel Pawlikowski's film 'The Woman in the Fifth', featuring Ethan Hawke and Krisin Scott Thomas. Since 2002 de Wardener has been releasing his own music in association with Mathew Herbert's Accidental label, including the beautiful and emotive 'Stops' and 'Where I Am Today', where recorders and organs rub shoulders with Harry Patch's cloud-chamber bowls, transistors and the sound of wires, and is currently writing a piano concerto for Dutta which will be premiered in November 2012 at Village Underground with the Heritage Orchestra.

Other featured collaborations on Parergon include tracks with Neil Grant and award winning musician, John Matthias (PRS for Music Foundation New Music Award and the Pris Ars Electronica in 2009 for his sonic installation The Fragmented Orchestra), who has released albums on the Accidental label, Ninja Tune and Nonclassical and has worked with artists including Radiohead, Matthew Herbert and Coldcut. The trio of 'Suprachiasmatic' pieces use spiking Neuronal Music technology and refer to the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus which is responsible for controlling out body clocks.

“A parergon comes against, beside, and in addition to the ergon, the work done, the fact, the work, but it does not fall to one side, it touches and cooperates within the operation, from a certain outside.  Neither simply outside nor simply inside.”  Jaques Derrida

Will Dutta - 'Distance' by Just Music label

“Distance is a mesmerising collaboration with long-standing electronic luminaries Plaid, is a great example of Dutta's ability to marry compositional depth and sonic ambition with Electronica's established tones and timbres.” - Mercury Prize Recommends

Just Music and Chimera Productions present the launch of Will Dutta's debut album, 'Parergon' on 20th June at the Southbank Centre. Collaborators Plaid and Max de Warner will provide support prior to Will's performance.

A free download of this remix from Amatuer Best (formerly Primary 1!) is available now as a free download.

Will Dutta - Suprachiasmatic (Amateur Best Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-suprachiasmatic

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, 'The Truth In Painting', it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

“Distance is a mesmerising collaboration with long-standing electronic luminaries Plaid, is a great example of Dutta's ability to marry compositional depth and sonic ambition with Electronica's established tones and timbres.” Mercury Prize Recommends

Just Music and Chimera Productions present the launch of Will Dutta's debut album, 'Parergon' on 20th June at the Southbank Centre. Collaborators Plaid and Max de Warner will provide support prior to Will's performance.

Buy Your Tickets to Will Dutta at the Southbank Centre Here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170325

A free download of Geese's remix of 'Distance' - the lead track off of 'Parergon' is available to post and share.

Download 'Distance' (Geese Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-distance-geese/

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, 'The Truth In Painting', it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

'Parergon' is out 28th May 2012 through Just Music.

Will Dutta and Amateur Best (formerly Primary 1) are pleased to share this gorgeous remix of Dutta’s track ‘Suprachiasmatic Gamma’ off his debut album ‘Parergon'.

Download Will Dutta - Supercharismatic Gamma (Amateur Best remix)
http://soundcloud.com/bangonpr/will-dutta-distance/s-uFLrU

A prolific, protean atom, forever darting between the most interesting places in the contemporary music universe, pianist Will Dutta may not yet be out of his twenties, but he can already boast a bulging résumé embracing everything from Russian conservatoire residences to stellar electronic DJ collaborations and fearlessly innovative, yet always accessible performance and record productions. His name should already be as familiar to readers of The Wire as it is to denizens of the classical concert hall circuit.

Dutta was quick to seize the contemporary music cudgel - “It was basically the Warp back-catalogue smattered with Detroit techno and German trance as well as [minimal techno pioneers] The Black Dog; although I didn’t make the connection about who they were until I starting working with Plaid [aka Ed Handley and Andy Turner, previously two-thirds of The Black Dog].” 
 
The collaboration with feted Warp doyens Plaid is typical of the course Dutta has charted over the last five years, joining the dots between modern classical keyboard composition and dance/electronica’s vivacious outer margins courtesy of his own company, the aptly named Chimera Productions. As Chimera’s ‘Creative Producer’, Dutta has curated an impressive range of performances, recording projects and events, not least Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra feat. DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestra, which was performed at the 2011 Proms series and has toured extensively. A recording of the piece, for which Dutta was executive producer, landed an Independent Music Award gong. A critical wow, the Guardian’s approbation was typical: “The stark, uncompromising integrity of the piece was certainly a refreshing antidote to the patronizing blandness of so many classical ‘fusion’ projects…”

Dutta’s debut album, 'Parergon', is due to be released by Just Music 28th May 2012. Named after a term coined by philosopher Emmanuel Kant (meaning ‘that which is outside the work’) and worried over by French postmodernist Jacques Derrida in his text, The Truth In Painting, it finds Dutta in blissful synergy with a Steinway & Sons Model D piano, his by turns liquid and dextrously angular playing the centre of a shifting, shimmering electronic soundscape provided by collaborators, composers Max de Wardener, John Matthias and Neil Grant along with the aforementioned Plaid duo.
 
Beautiful, playful and at times dissonant, 'Parergon' is also unashamedly cerebral: a trio of wonderfully translucent, pulsing tracks named ‘Suprachiasmatic’ (‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’ and ‘Gamma’) were created using spiking neuronal compositional technology developed by John Mathias (the suprachiasmatic nucleus being an area of the brain responsible for the body clock) and ought to appeal to fans of Autechre and Brian Eno’s ambient works. In contrast, the closing Avril 14th is an all-too brief, stately piano solo whose intimate mellifluousness rivals anything by current ‘post-classical’ keyboard darlings Nils Frahm, Hauschka or Olafur Arnalds.

'Parergon' is out 28th May 2012 through Just Music.

 “Will's outstanding piano composition here expertly manipulated into a stunning, shimmering whole by its digital production. We strongly suggest you hit play immediately and immerse yourself in it. One of the most deeply rejuvenating musical experiences we've come across.” – VICE / Noisey 

Will is to release his debut album, Parergon, on Just Music on May 14th. Distance taken from this record was a collaboration with Warp's Plaid.

Will Dutta ‘Parergon’ – Full Press Release

Through his multiple roles as Concert Pianist, Collaborator and Creative Producer of Chimera Productions, Will Dutta's ongoing interest in connecting the dots between modern dance music andcontemporary and experimental art music has led to performances at Village Underground, Tate Modern and Ether 10 at the Southbank Centre and collaborations with the likes of Warp-veterans Plaid, sonic artist John Matthias and composer Max de Wardener.

His debut album for Just Music, 'Parergon', features exceptional recordings of these hyper-colourful and exciting collaborations alongside his own stunning performances of minimalist compositions all beautifully recorded on a Steinway Model D in the deepest Sussex countryside, to create a journey through an emerging non-classical aesthetic.

Dutta studied piano performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Philip Fowke and Mikhail Kazakevich and was one of eight emerging producers to participate in the first New Music Plus developed by the PRS for Music Foundation in association with the hub, supported by Arts Council England, the Cultural Leadership Programme and Sound & Music, in which he received a twelve-month placement with Tate Britain and mentoring from Joanna MacGregor.

 Will was the mastermind and Executive Producer behind Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra which was premiered at Scala in 2007 featuring DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestra, and released on Non classical Records in 2009. Subsequent performances include DJ Switch with the National Youth Orchestra of Greta Britain at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2011 Proms and most recently the Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in 2012, from where Will has just returned.

“The stark, uncompromising integrity of the piece was certainly a refreshing antidote to the patronising blandness of so many classical ‘fusion’ projects” – Guardian

“4/5 – It’s magnificent” – Time Out (Chicago)

He is also Music Co-ordinator at the National Portrait Gallery and responsible for the critically acclaimed club night, Blank Canvas, staging pioneering musical commissions and cross genre collaborations, such as a unique live 12-speaker, 3rd order ambisonic arrangement of Mark Fell's album Multistability and a new Graphic Score by Leafcutter John.

'Distance' and 'Overcolour' are collaborations with Warp veterans Plaid, electronic music duo Andy Turner and Ed Handley, who aside from their own material often collaborate and remix for the likes of Bjork, Goldfrapp and Mara Carlyle, as well as composing and performing film scores, including Michael Arias's multi-award winning anime film, 'Tekkon Kinkreet' and 'Heaven's Door'.

'Aerophobia' is a collaboration with arch-experimentalist and explorer in the worlds of contemporary composition, instrument making, electronica and sonic art, Max De Wardener. Max recently completed the soundtrack of Pawel Pawlikowski's film 'The Woman in the Fifth', featuring Ethan Hawke and Krisin Scott Thomas. Since 2002 de Wardener has been releasing his own music in association with Mathew Herbert's Accidental label, including the beautiful and emotive 'Stops' and 'Where I Am Today', where recorders and organs rub shoulders with Harry Patch's cloud-chamber bowls, transistors and the sound of wires, and is currently writing a piano concerto for Dutta which will be premiered in November 2012 at Village Underground with the Heritage Orchestra.

Other featured collaborations on Parergon include tracks with Neil Grant and award winning musician, John Matthias (PRS for Music Foundation New Music Award and the Pris Ars Electronica in 2009 for his sonic installation The Fragmented Orchestra), who has released albums on the Accidental label, Ninja Tune and Nonclassical and has worked with artists including Radiohead, Matthew Herbert and Coldcut. The trio of 'Suprachiasmatic' pieces use spiking Neuronal Music technology and refer to the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus which is responsible for controlling out body clocks.

“A parergon comes against, beside, and in addition to the ergon, the work done, the fact, the work, but it does not fall to one side, it touches and cooperates within the operation, from a certain outside.  Neither simply outside nor simply inside.”  Jaques Derrida

Will Dutta - 'Distance' by Just Music label