Nullarbor
Robert Lloyd's brightly coloured dances for keyboards and percussion are an exciting synthesis of shimmerring vibraphones and marimbas, melodic drumming and percussive pianos weaving together to create a genuine cross-cultural intercourse of American minimalist and Balinese gamelan music.
... hypnotic rhythms inspired by the vastness of the Australian desert ...
Lloyd's music finds its poetry in the combining, recombining, reconstructing and de-constructing of complex rhythms. 'Nullarbor' is a dance work inspired by the vastness of the Nullarbor desert. There is a strong relation between the topography of the Nullarbor and Lloyd's scores, with their seamless rhythms and a sense of endlessness and isolation.
Artist
Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd's reputation rests largely on kinetic, brightly coloured series of dance scores. In fact as far away as the United States Lloyd's name is probably better known among dance circles than musical ones. Perhaps that is not surprising, given the propellant energy of Lloyd's work.
Press quotes
“Brilliantly played”
— Sydney Morning Herald
“Shimmering, driving score”
— New York Times
“Robert Lloyd, has written an exciting percussion score that ranges from the very loud and textured to the finely modulated”
— New York Times
Audio previews
Track Listing
- Feral Robert Lloyd
- Bold New Buildings Robert Lloyd
- Nullarbor Robert Lloyd
Performers
- Robert Lloyd
- Leigh Giles · tracks 1 and 3
- Natasha Moszenin · tracks 1 and 2
- Stephen Strahle · track 2
- Brendan Fitzgerald · track 2
- David Montgomery · track 3
Composer
Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd's reputation rests largely on kinetic, brightly coloured series of dance scores. In fact as far away as the United States Lloyd's name is probably better known among dance circles than musical ones. Perhaps that is not surprising, given the propellant energy of Lloyd's work.
Availability
Nullarbor can be purchased online through Buywell Just Classical or the Australian Music Centre who both offer secure online ordering.
This title is also available in (or can be ordered through) many fine music retailers across Australia, including Thomas’, Discurio and Readings.
Product details
- List price
- $26.00 AUD
- Categories
- Australian, Classical, Keyboard
- Catalogue number
- MD 3171
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574317121
