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Works

Six Aspects of the Body in Image and Sound
from Six Aspects of the Body in Image and Sound - Video image by Rees Archibald

Vocal music

Instrumental Music 2011 25 minutes For eight voices
Commissioned by EXAUDI
  1. Micro Hetero Poly
  2. Power Chord
  3. Drum Vocabulary
  4. Arpeggio Interlude After Fugazi
  5. Scat Pack

Performance pieces

A to Zzz 2011 1 hour For four performers with light design Collaboration with Shila Anaraki
When is a Door Not a Door? 2008 20 minutes For 4 performers.
Letter Pieces 2007+ Open-score pieces for performer (e.g. dancer, live-artist, actor) and musician (vocal or any instrument).

Orchestra

Five Monuments for Our Time 2008 7 minutes For conductor and orchestra. For Gijs Kramers

7+ players

Popular Contexts, Volume 3: The Music of Theatre Making 2011 40 minutes For conductor, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, drum-kit (with glockenspiel), guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass and sampler keyboard
Commissioned by Nieuw Ensemble
  1. Pentatone Alphabet March
  2. The Beautiful Game
  3. Weird Tour Guide
  4. Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
  5. Kitchen interlude
  6. Five Monuments for Our TIme
Avant Muzak 2010 16 minutes For flute, soprano saxophone, drum kit, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello and sampler
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Ensemble bESIdES
  1. Slow, quite slow, quite fast and fast; with footsteps
  2. Starting and stopping; with girl poem
  3. Loud and Soft; with construction
  4. Scanning
  5. Cultural Location
Joy Time Ride for Ives 2009 16 minutes For flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, drum-kit, electric organ, 2 violins, cello and double bass.
Commissioned by Ives Ensemble

2-6 players

Popular Contexts, Volume 6 2013 23 minutes Trio for vibraphone, drum-kit and sampler keyboard
Commissioned by MaerzMusik, Speak Percussion with support from Julian Burnside
  1. Saxophone Sequences
  2. Chromatic Crowds
  3. Basic Bass Patterns
  4. Air Drums
Logic Rock 2013 7 minutes For guitar and drum kit For Toon Callier and Jeroen Stevens
Commissioned by bESIdES
Popular Contexts, Volume 5: Urban Dictionary 2013 25 minutes For soprano, tenor saxophone, piano/keyboards and drum-kit
Songs about words and about the pleasure of misery 2012 20 minutes Five songs for soprano and piano For Juliet Fraser and Mark Knoop
Commissioned by The Britten-Pears Foundation
  1. Sad Lyric Happy Music
  2. Symptoms of Depression
  3. Misery Thesaurus
  4. He, She and Doxy
  5. Woman Waits, Seething, Blooming
Popular Contexts, Volume 4: Rhythm Section 2012 For midi guitar and 3 drum kits
Commissioned by Drumming Grupo da percussao
  1. Distortion
  2. Electro Pop Midi Resonance
  3. Piano Strings Synthesiser
  4. Combinations and Numerations
  5. Elemental Exposition
Theme Street Parade 2009 18 minutes For string quartet.
Commissioned by BBC for Quatuor Diotima
Earth Breeze Smoke 2008 11 minutes For 2 recorders.
Commissioned by The Bruges Concertgebouw
Fast Medium Swing 2008 10 minutes For solo piano, 3 instruments and sampler.
Line and Length 2007 9 minutes For soprano saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet & bassoon.
Commissioned by The 2007 Spitalfields Festival for Calefax
Slow Flipping Harmony 2006 8 minutes For any four melodic instruments and one auxiliary player.
Commissioned by The Australia Council for the Arts for Ensemble Offspring
Slow Hand Clap 2006 7 minutes For two percussionists
Free Square Jazz 2005 10 minutes For soprano/tenor recorder, electric guitar, double bass and drum kit.
Commissioned by The Orpheus Institute for Champ D'Action
You Close Your Eyes Again 2004 15 minutes For female voice, clarinet, electric guitar, percussion & piano.
5 Pieces for Clarinet & Guitar 1998, revised 2002 8 minutes For clarinet and guitar. Originally titled "I Wept as I lay Dreaming"
Deirdre's Threat 1999-2000 12 minutes For violin and piano.

Solos

Popular Contexts, Volume 2 2010 25 minutes For piano, sampler, voice and physical actions (one person) For Stephane Ginsburgh
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Stephane Ginsburgh
  1. Weird Uncle
  2. See My Logic
  3. Racing Cars Have Feelings Too
  4. Stand Up for Skateparks
Hi hat and Me 2010 5 minutes For solo percussionist (voice and hi-hat). For Claire Edwardes
Popular Contexts 2010 30 minutes For piano and sampler. For Mark Knoop
  1. Free Sound
  2. Progressive Clock, Alarm Rock
  3. Partial Pastoral Lobotomy
  4. Resonant Coupling
  5. Weird Twin
  6. Discharge
Serious and Sincere Sentiments About Something 1999 8 minutes For guitar. For Geoffrey Morris
Commissioned by The Australia Council for the Arts for Geoffrey Morris
Sometimes titled "Thought Rhythms"

Works with video

A Documentary Saga of the OULIPO 2006-07 22 minutes Video work by Rees Archibald, Andrew Infanti & Matthew Shlomowitz.
Train Travel 2006 20 minutes For clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola & video. Video: Rees Archibald
Six Aspects of the Body in Image and Sound 2004 19 minutes For clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello and video. Video: Rees Archibald
Commissioned by The Bath International Festival of Music for The Tate Ensemble