WILL DUTTA's DEBUT ALBUM 'PARERGON' - OUT NOW

The immensely talented Will Dutta releases 'Parergon', his debut album for Just Music, this week.

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 and contemporary and experimental art music has led to performances at Village Underground, Tate Modern and Ether 10 at the Southbank Centre, as well as collaborations with the likes of Warp-veterans Plaid, sonic artist John Matthias and composer Max de Wardener.

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, to create a journey through an emerging non-classical aesthetic

"Will Dutta is one of those insanely gifted human beings that all our parents hoped they’d produce...Will's outstanding piano composition here expertly manipulated into a stunning, shimmering whole by its digital production...One of the most deeply rejuvenating musical experiences we've come across." - Noisey 

Watch the video for lead track 'Distance' below, and 'Parergon' can be purchased from the Just Music Store.

 JON HOPKINS - VESSEL SOUNDTRACK

Independent developer Strange Loop Games, in collaboration with indiePub, have announced that their new liquid physics puzzle game, Vessel, features a full-length soundtrack created by Just Music, Jon Hopkins. 

Vessel combines 10 tracks FROM Hopkins’ albums 'OPALESCENT', 'CONTACT NOTE' and 'INSIDES', with an adaptive music engine, breaking down the tracks into their constituent elements and remixing them in a dynamic way appropriate to the progress of the player in each puzzle.

To celebrate, we're giving away a free Jon Hopkins track 'Contact Note', just over on the right hand side there. On top of that, if you head over to the Just Music Store you can grab both the 'Contact Note' and 'Opalescent' albums for just £15!

Don't say we never treat you, click here for the Bundle

Check out a little behind the scenes video below about how Jon's music is integral to the games developtment. 

WILL DUTTA - PARERGON - MAY 14TH 2012

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 and contemporary 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. 

“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

'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'. 

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.

The Album is released on May 14th, a pre-order will be available soon via the Just Music Store

The lovely folks over at The Quietus have exclusivly hosted 'Distance', the first track from the album. Go have a look HERE, or take a listen below.

JUST MUSIC CELEBRATES 500,000 PLAYS ON SOUNDCLOUD

We're happy to let you know that we've amassed a milestone of 500,000+ plays on the Just Music Soundcloud. Over 450,000 of those have been playing the delightful 'Weightless' by Marconi Union, alongside the other 20+ Just Music tracks available to stream from the site. If you haven't checked it out, plese go and check it out HERE, or have a listen to the player below! If you're a member of Soundcloud then don't forget to follow us, for exclusive tracks from the latest record's we're releasing.

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