Stuart James
Stuart James is an Australian composer and recording engineer whose work pairs acoustic instruments with electronics and processing. His music often turns on texture, timbre and the shaping of time.
His five-movement Kinabuhi / Kamatayon, for Balinese bossed gongs and electronic processing, draws on gamelan sonorities and on the compression and rarefaction of time. It appears on Music for Percussion and Electronics (TP248), a programme of recent Australian writing for solo percussion with fixed media, processing and sub-bass.
Negative Tendencies is included on In Memoriam (TP272), a collection built around the Stuart & Sons piano and new collaborative writing for the instrument. He has also worked as recording engineer, including on The Dying Sun (MCD 609).
Compositions by Stuart James appear on
In Memoriam
Roger Smalley AM (1943–2015) shaped contemporary composition in Australia. This project grew from his dual gift as a virtuoso pianist and as a composer of visceral solo piano music.
Music for Percussion and Electronics
Western Australian percussionist Louise Devenish, known for work with Decibel, Speak Percussion and The Sound Collectors, recorded this programme from her Music for One Percussionist recitals (2012–14). The composers are award-winning middle-generation Australians whose music is heard nationwide.