Recording Constant Filter

“Over 10 years ago I decided to record something at home, because I was so drawn to music technology and its creative possibilities for sound manipulation. I bought some equipment and the plan was to collect some repertoire, maybe improvise a little, and build up a collection of tracks. Of course I never made the time to do this, as life has always been too busy, and the years went by until I started to build a repertoire of pieces by John. It was the ideal project for me to record at home, and it was very exciting to finally begin – three equipment upgrades later – at the start of 2010. It was a vertiginously steep learning curve. I was engineer, producer, editor, and computer sound-designer – not to mention cellist. Logic 8 was the software of choice (with its insomniac-cure manual of over 1000 pages). While committing to a project was the only way I was ever going to carve the time to get this dream going, it was incredibly difficult at times as I had so much to do for a recording where the timescale was cast in stone. There were many late nights, abandoned family members, moments of techno-despair and empty brain, but also a wonderful sense of exploration and the joy of working with music I loved, learning new skills, and being right in the middle of creating a whole world of sound and colour. From choosing the right gear and learning impenetrable audio terminology from tweakheadz.com (lots of fun), to handing over files for mastering, took 7 weeks” Matthew Barley

This CD will be issued in early May to coincide with Matthew’s Metcalfe Series at Kings Place, London

Update 1:

The following are concerts in 2010 where Matthew will be playing Metcalfe:

May 4, 5, 6, 7 Morning Rush Hour Preview Concerts St Pancras Station, London
May 11 Recital at Limelight, 100 Club, London
May 14 Official Launch, Kings Place Hall 1, London
June 14 Stradivari Trust Event, Cambridge Concert Hall
June 21/22 Rush Hour Concerts, Artistree, Hong Kong
July 15 Recital, St Peters Church, Riga, Latvia
July 17 Recital, Gulbene, Latvia
August 22 Recital, Dartington International Summer School
December 11 Recital, Sowerby, Yorkshire

And here’s the cover…