Here We Are
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Here We Are
The Hermes Experiment
[ Delphian / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 24 July 2020
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With over sixty commissions to its credit after just six years of existence, The Hermes Experiment has already proved itself a force to be reckoned with in the creation and advocacy of new music.
Now, nine of those commissions are brought together on the ensemble's debut album release, showcasing its deliberately idiosyncratic line-up of harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass in a compelling survey of styles and individual voices.
Buzzing with energy, irresistibly plural, HERE WE ARE is a portrait of our times and an unignorable statement of identity and purpose.
"The Hermes Experiment's calm exterior often hides a powerful force that darts about energetically beneath...[Its] main strength lies in its ability to adapt to the particular needs, demands and peculiarities of each piece contained on this deeply engaging collection: harp, clarinet, soprano and double bass locked in dynamic and synergistic fusion." Editor's Choice Gramophone Sept 2020
"Misha Mullov-Abbado's The Linden Tree conjures melancholy folk colours; Errollyn Wallen's Gun gun gun, opening with a splash of harp, quickly reveals itself as a compressed monodrama; Oliver Leith's Uh huh, Yeah is as languid and laid-back as its title...An imaginative first disc that mirrors our current musical landscape." The Guardian
"A most enticing calling card, advertising the skills of individual musicians and the liveliness and variety of Britain's composing scene…[The opening track] immediately shows off the ensemble's frontline asset: the vivacious soprano voice of Héloïse Werner, who pounces on individual notes and words with a tiger's tenacity and a kitten's glee. The other musicians are equally crucial in the album's tapestry of sounds." The Times
