Julian Brink: Utility Music Julian Brink (Various Artists)

• Julian Brink: Colombo / Green Fingers:
• 1 Brink: Colombo / Green Fingers 03:40
• Miniatures:
• 2 Brink: Miniatures 04:08
• Simple Trio I:
• 3 Brink: Simple Trio I 02:48
• Eventually Lapse:
• 4 Brink: Eventually Lapse 04:21
• Albatross:
• 5 Brink: Albatross 03:00
• At Night:
• 6 Brink: At Night 02:31
• Eastwood No. 4:
• 7 Brink: Eastwood No. 4 05:08
• Simple Trio II:
• 8 Brink: Simple Trio II 01:55
• Aura for M:
• 9 Brink: Aura for M 02:23
• Baptism in the Field:
• 10 Brink: Baptism in the Field 03:22
• Pattern Shells:
• 11 Brink: Pattern Shells 03:02
• Total Runtime 36:18

Info for Julian Brink: Utility Music

Utility Music, the debut album of South African, Los Angeles-based composer Julian Brink, on October 28, 2022. Utility Music features pieces composed by Brink and recorded by some of today’s leading instrumentalists. Much of the music on the album began as parts of a film score that Brink was writing. The film went unfinished but Brink revisited the music in 2020 during the pandemic, reworking it, re-recording it, and reimagining it until it took form as this new standalone album. The album features performances by several distinguished musicians, with the heart of the music being the string trio of Moldovan violin virtuoso Dan-Iulian Druțac; Nick Revel, violist of the Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet; and Joe Zeitlin who was the lead cellist on Mica Levi’s Oscar-nominated score for Pablo Lorraín’s Jackie.

Sono Luminus CEO Collin Rae says, “Julain’s music hit me hard the moment I started listening, I KNEW this beautiful album was one I wanted Sono Luminus to represent. I also knew this was going to be just the beginning of our collaborations!”

The title Utility Music is a reference to both the German phrase “gebrauchsmusik” –– music that was written not for its own sake but for a specific event or purpose –– as well as the expedient nature of the recording process. Performers being recorded individually is common practice in popular music but less so in the world of classical music. Utility Music was self-recorded during the summer of 2020 by Brink and the featured musicians – Matt Demerritt (woodwinds), Tyler Neidermayer (clarinet), Meredith Moore (horn), Joe Auckland (trumpet), Juliane Gralle (brass), Hanna Rabe (harp), Max Gaertner (vibraphone/percussion), Dan-Iulian Druțac (violin), Nick Revel (viola), Joe Zeitlin (cello), and Gabe Noel (bass) – in bedroom studios in Los Angeles, New York, London, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. In Brink's second bedroom in his West Hollywood apartment, he had only a few hours of quiet each day to record, between the dying down of street noise and the insects in the evening. Grammy-winning mix engineer Brian Losch was tasked with achieving the illusion of a group of musicians, performing together in a single space.

The additional instrumentation heard on the album was largely improvised on instruments, toy instruments and non-instruments alike. Inspired as much by John Cage and indeterminate music, as by an abundance of free time and the joy of experimenting with microphones, Utility Music is, at its core, an experiment in organizing sound.

Meredith Moore, french horn
Joe Auckland, trumpet
Dan-lulian Drutac, violin
Nick Revel, viola
Joe Zeitlin, cello
Gabe Noel, bass
Joe Auckland, trumpet
Hanna Rabe, harp
Gabe Noel, bass
Matt Demerritt, woodwinds
Max Gaertner, vibraphone, percussion
Tyler Neidermayer, clarinet
Juliane Gralle, brass
Julian Brink, other Instruments

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