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whi music is dedicated to promoting the power and beauty of improvised and experimental music. Based in Liverpool, UK, it's largely based around my activities and collaborations. The catalogue now includes fifteen items, the most recent being 'the reverse of reality' by Bloodcog, available as a download, or as a very smart-looking CDr. 'Fall Through the Infinite' by phil hargreaves and Richard Harrison and 'Human' by Maggie Nicols & Phil Hargreaves (see below) are still available. 'where we were' by Caroline Kraabel & phil hargreaves is currently available on Leo Records. for more information on this release, see the dedicated website. I've
got
a
blog
to which i add my pearls of wisdom to from time to
time. phil hargreaves
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| News My main bit of news is that i'm recovered from my ME, so this website will now be actively maintained again, after six or seven years in the doldrums. Also actively maintained will be (hopefully, at least) my playing activity. As further evidence of this, here's 'The Reverse of Reality' by Bloodcog:  It's an electro/free jazz/dub/punknoise fusion, kind of like the Prodigy playing improvised music. Kind of. Listener feedback so far includes: "Sensory overload" and "This is what I imagine Hell to sound like". The team, possibly perversely, take these as compliments.  'Fall Through the Infinite' is a straightahead improvised set with me on Saxes and Flute, and Mr Harrison on acoustic drumset and Objects.  It's available as a download and also as a CDr in a smart 4 panel cardboard sleeve, so you can find it on Bandcamp www://philhargreaves.bandcamp.com/album/fall-through-the-infinite and SoundCloud www://soundcloud.com/philhargreaves and i hope you like it! |
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Malchamech is Richard Harding (Chapman Stick), Phil Hargreaves (Saxes/Flute) and Richard Harrison (Drums). The Malchamech sound draws on classic metal and the unpredictability of improvised music to create a swirling maelstrom of sound that still isn't afraid of its tender side. So if you like your sounds on the intense, slightly noisy side - this one's for you. Album is forthcoming, but in the meantime, check out the SoundCloud stuff:
'Human by Maggie Nicols & Phil Hargreaves is now out.
It's hard to overstate how happy we are with
this CD - it took two years to make, and it
doesn't sound like one that you already own. It's
a tapestry of so many things, ranging from dense
audio collages to intimate improvised duos
recorded in Dark Places. This is a proper silver disk (ie
not a CDr) in a very handsome six-panel
cardboard sleeve, and available for the
bargain price of £6 including p&p in the
UK. Well, i think it's a bargain, anyway.
The second amere3 CD is now out on Bruce's Fingers. Over to Simon Fell - "Firstly, I feel this music finds yet another way of investigating the saxophone / bass / drums format, without repeating the approach of any of its illustrious forebears in the BF catalogue. Phil Hargreaves has developed a quite unique and extremely personal voice on the saxophone - one which allows him to contribute freely but without ever dominating or railroading the ensemble through sheer physical power. Over the years Rob and I have worked hard to find a language which would best contextualise this language, with the opportunities it presents; this excellent CD is the result. Whilst this music is probably free jazz for
the majority of the time, it remains
non-hierarchical throughout - which is a
particular pleasure. Secondly, Phil (who recorded
this music) has excellently captured the acoustic
sound of my bass. The BF catalogue contains
numerous CDs where for whatever reason I regret
the recorded bass sound (I'm sure the bass players
among you will understand...) - but this is most
definitely not one of them!" Since this was first written, Simon has passed, so should you wish to purchase this CD, i've folded it in with the whi music catalogue.
The second CD by Graculus, 'Small Things', is
an album of miniatures, each improvised, each
under 2:30 long (some a lot under). As well as
being available as a download via Bandcamp, there's a silver
disk in a smart professionally printed package,
which is yours for £6, including postage. Plus, i've now enabled the e-commerce side of things, so you can buy this, and other titles, from the comfort of your chair (assuming your chair is comfortable in the first place, that is):
There's now 19 vids up at my YouTube channel Including several of the tracks off of 'Small
Things', a trio of Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton
& Steve Boyland, and some interesting things
with the inside of a piano frame...
The performance by the Infinite Monkey
Orchestra in 2009, with Simon Fell, was recorded,
and has now been released on Ian Simpson's
Electronic Musik netlabel. Go to This is a vid of Graculus at the very wonderful If Only night at the Bluecoat Arts Centre in Dec 2011. For more like this, see the YouTube Channel.
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