For Immediate Release September 08, 2011 Rhys Chatham RÊVE PARISIEN Release Party and Performance at Audio Visual Arts September 11, 2011

Primary Information is pleased to announce a new LP by Rhys Chatham. RÊVE PARISIEN was produced and designed by Chatham in collaboration with the artist Jacob Kassay. The album features four new compositions that were performed live at Kassay's exhibition at Art: Concept in Paris in 2010, and loosely functions as an audio catalogue to the exhibition.. RÊVE PARISIEN contains compositions for solo trumpet and electronics that were both performed live and used as a soundtrack through Kassay’s exhibition. These compositions mark a change in direction for Chatham, who has abandoned the trumpet style he developed in the nineties for a non-distorted, less effects-driven sound that compliments his minimalist compositions and his free jazz training. The LP is packaged in a stunning gatefold with an arced die-cut cover, which was designed by Jacob Kassay in collaboration with Frank Napolski. RÊVE PARISIEN is produced by Primary Information in an edition of 1000 and retails for $20. A launch celebrating RÊVE PARISIEN will take place on September 11 at Audio Visual Arts, which is located 34 East 1st Street in New York City. The launch will begin at 7:00 PM and is free to the general public. Rhys Chatham is a composer, guitarist, and trumpet player from Manhattan, currently living in Paris. He was the founder of the music program at The Kitchen in downtown Manhattan in 1971 and was its music director between 1971–73 and 1977–80. Chatham studied under, was influenced by, or has collaborated with Maryanne Amacher, Don Cherry, Tony Conrad, Jon Hassell, Charlemagne Palestine, Eliane Radigue, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, Morton Subotnick, Serge Tcherepnin, and La Monte Young, among others. Jacob Kassay, born 1984 in Lewiston, NY, studied at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He currently lives and works between NY and Venice, CA. Kassay's practice includes painting, installation and often collaborative works–deployed with an economy of means, and engaged with site specificity of light, space, and time. Solo exhibitions for 2011 include his first museum show at The Institute for Contemporary Arts, London; and L&M Arts, Los Angeles, CA. Primary Information is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City with a mission to publish and distribute artists’ books and writings. The organization receives generous support through grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Stichting Egress Foundation, the Buddy Taub Foundation, and individuals worldwide. For more information or to order this LP, please visit www.primaryinformation.org or contact info@primaryinformation.org.

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Rhys Chatham's - A Crimson Grail (outdoor version)
Available in the Nonesuch Store

Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail, released on Nonesuch September 14, is now available in the Nonesuch Store. As with almost all Nonesuch Store orders, these include downloads of the complete album as high-quality, 320-kbps MP3s, starting release day.
Written in 2005 as a commission for the city of Paris, A Crimson Grail premiered at the basilica of Sacré-Coeur. It was created to work with the specific architecture of the basilica, making use of its natural 15-second reverberation time. The musicians surrounded the audience, creating an antiphonal effect with the sound moving around the space from area to area. Scored for as many as 400 guitarists, an orchestra of approximately 125 musicians performed the premiere, to great acclaim. The Dallas Observer said of a recording of that concert, “Beautifully intricate and harmonically dense, A Crimson Grail is nearly ambient in tone while pursuing a beauty that never seems beyond its scope.”
When Lincoln Center Out of Doors and Wordless Music invited Chatham to mount A Crimson Grail in New York at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, the composition had to be completely reworked for the acoustics of an exterior, non-reverberant setting. The Nonesuch recording captures the subsequent 2009 performance, in Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, with 200 electric guitars, 16 electric basses, five conductors, and one percussionist.
For more information and to reserve your copy now, head to the Nonesuch Store

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• Wednesday, August 18, 2010
  Rhys Chatham's "A Crimson Grail" Available for Pre-Order in the Nonesuch Store
  Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail, due out September 14, is now available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store. This outdoor version of the piece—featuring 200 guitarists, 16 bassists, five conductors, and one percussionist—was performed for the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. As with almost all Nonesuch Store CD orders, A Crimson Grail includes downloads of the complete album as high-quality, 320-kbps MP3s, starting release day.
• Friday, July 2, 2010
  Nonesuch to Release Rhys Chatham's "A Crimson Grail" on September 14
  Nonesuch Records releases A Crimson Grail—Rhys Chatham’s work for large electric guitar orchestra—on September 14, 2010. Written in 2005 as a commission for the city of Paris, A Crimson Grail premiered at the basilica of Sacré-Coeur. It was created to work with the specific architecture of the basilica, making use of its natural 15-second reverberation time. Scored for as many as 400 guitarists, an orchestra of approximately 125 musicians performed the premiere, to great acclaim. The Dallas Observer said of a recording of that concert, “Beautifully intricate and harmonically dense, A Crimson Grail is nearly ambient in tone while pursuing a beauty that never seems beyond its scope.”