INFRA

Originally conceived as a Royal Ballet-commissioned collaboration between composer Max Richter, choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist , Richter’s gorgeous score to Infra is deservedly given life of its own in this album- length release. The initial setting for Infra was as a ballet - written in autumn 2008 and premiered in November of the same year at The in – 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, electron- ics and string quintet, including the full perfor- mance score as well as material that has subse- quently developed from the construction of the Release date: 8/3/10 album – more a continued Format: LP reference to the ballet than as a “studio album” in the NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT strictest sense. The File Under: Avant-Garde/ composition resonates Modern Composition with Richter’s characteris- tic musical voice – majes- tic, involved textures; fluent and sweeping melodies; an enigmatic and inherently intellectual understanding of harmonic complexities that compels and mesmerizes. FAT1311LP An active collaborator in other media, Ricther received The European Film Award UPC: 600116131119 last year for his work on , Ari Forman’s Oscar-nominated animated Box 25 documentary. Infra is Richter’s fifth full-length release with FatCat, and the first soundtrack; previous albums are 2008’s 24 Postcards in Full Colour, Songs From Also Available: Before (2006), (2004) and last year’s Memoryhouse, a reissue of his 2002 debut. Richter‘s forthcoming scores include Benedek Fliegauf’s near-future dystopia Womb, as well as From “The Art Of Mirrors”, a film/music performance with hitherto FAT1311CD unseen Super-8mm films by Derek Jarman. 2010 also saw Richter’s music featured Infra prominently in Martin Scorcese’s major motion picture Shutter Island. Richter plans to fit a US tour into his busy schedule this fall.

FAT1309CD “Throughout his solo career Max Richter has displayed an impressive Memoryhouse ability to wring the maximum possible emotional content from the most minimal of sources.” - Drowned In Sound

24 Postcards In Full Colour “Richter combines...disparate and proven ideas into fresh, emotive work. FAT1307CD His central aesthetic of absolute taste...is manifested, compositionally, through omnipresent motion.” -

The Blue Notebooks SELLING POINTS FAT1304CD LP comes with coupon for 320kbps mp3 album download First new album in two years from one of modern composition’s most celebrated talents Songs From Before FAT1305CD Full national press campaign by PMA PR College and public radio campaign by Chouette TRACKLISTING 1. infra 1 6. infra 4 10. infra 5 2. journey 1 7. journey 3 11. infra 6 3. infra 2 8. journey 4 12. infra 7 4. infra 3 9. journey 5 13. infra 8 5. journey 2

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