Richard J. Birkin is a composer, sound artist, live concert performer and creative technologist. His beautiful new 11-track album Vigils is released on March 11th 2016 via Reveal Records, which will be available in CD, LP and digital download formats.
Entirely self written and arranged by Birkin, Vigils features Iskra Strings who have played on recordings by influential artists including The XX, Radiohead and Johann Johannsson. Vigils is as contemporary as it is steeped in classic minimalism. Richard J.Birkin has previously collaborated and worked with like minded musicians and producers including Adem and Nils Frahm, before signing to Reveal in 2015.
About Vigils, Birkin says:“This record is about the wonder of the human body, the way we break down communication to electrical impulses so that we can (seemingly) truly connect, scary physics, beautiful physics, sensations beyond physical sensations, ascension, looking for the singularity in the past, lying in a burned out basement with the full moon in your eyes, lost worlds and small miracles.”
The theme of connection has underpinned much of Richard J. Birkin's recent work. In 2014 he embarked on an interactive installation project entitled Night Sun, whereby a musical toy box activated a story and soundtrack once a passer-by touched it.
Genre: Minimal / Neo-Classical / Modern Composition
Sounds Like: Mark Hollis / Brian Eno / Nils Frahm
Album name: Vigils
Release date: 11th March 2016
Link to Website: rjbirkin.co.uk
Link to Facebook: facebook.com/rjbirkin
Link to Twitter profile page: twitter.com/rjbirkin
Link to YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/biffexplorer
Link to Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tomreveal/
Upcoming tour dates:
Tues 1st March: Fred’s Ale House Manchester w/ Adem
Sat 19th March: MK Gallery; Milton Keynes
Sun 20th March: Bishop’s Castle; Shrewsbury
Tues 22nd March: The Good Ship; London
Thurs 24th March: Spooker Records; Middlesborough
Fri 25th March: Fuse Art Space; Bradford
Management: Tom Rose tom@revealrecords.co.uk
Press: Lauren Barley, Rarely Unable PR, lauren@rarelyunable.com
Booking Agent: info@timetravelopps.co.uk
Label: Reveal Records revealrecords.co.uk
Publisher Reveal Records
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Radio Plugger Lauren Barley, Rarely Unable PR, lauren@rarelyunable.com
Producer Richard J Birkin
Photo credit: Kristen Goodall