Benjamin Oliver: TOO MANY SWEETS

Benjamin Oliver: TOO MANY SWEETSRelease date: 26 April 2024 Birmingham Record Company is excited to announce the release of TOO MANY SWEETS, a portrait album showcasing the work of composer Benjamin Oliver. The album is filled to the brim with filthy crooked grooves and shameless flirtations with the nearest triad, with Oliver enlisting the help of chipmusic composer Blake Troise (aka PROTODOME) to develop a troupe of bespoke low memory synthesisers. Oliver uses these little beeping

In her recent work

(P) 2020 Simon Hall

and Weathering by Sarah Lianne Lewis reflects on how the act of weathering can create something new

sometimes seeming to be squeezing out his last notes on earth

Performed by baritone Marcus Farnsworth and Huw Watkins (piano)

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depicting five portraits of contrasting female archetypes performed by Lucy Schaufer and pianist Huw Watkins

David Smith

an invaluable disc' The New York Times

Recording Engineer: STEVE PORTNOI

25th August 2020

Its musicians have established a reputation for delivering authoritative and virtuosic interpretations of complex