AlbumRelease date:
21.09.2018
John Metcalfe, Ali Friend, Rosie Doonan
Absence
With "Absence", John Metcalfe, UK's most sought-after producer, releases his fifth solo and debut album on Neue Meister. His intimate sound spectrum and his inimitable musical language, which overcomes common genre boundaries, testify to his decades of experience and collaboration with the important figures of music: From Morrisey, Simple Minds and The Pretenders to Coldplay and Peter Gabriel.
John Metcalfe
Unimpressed with the strictures demanded by the classical recording industry, Metcalfe persuaded Wilson to launch the ground-breaking Factory Classical Label, aimed at unearthing exciting – and unconventional – new British talent. It was here that Metcalfe found a home, and the group that would come to define his musical career; the Duke Quartet. For nearly 30 years, they've existed at the vanguard of contemporary British music, innovating and delighting in equal measure. Working with world-renowned artists across the entire cultural spectrum, from pop, dance, film, TV, and theatre, Metcalfe honed his arranging and producing skills; he's now one of the UK's most sought after arrangers, regularly working with some of biggest names in music.
As a solo artist, Metcalfe explores electro-classical soundscapes and the boundaries between genres. His finely tuned compositions are neat yet grand in scale, both in terms of sound and the conceptual ideas underpinning them. "Absence", the fifth record to bear his own name, is something of a departure for Metcalfe, framing bold images and themes with some of the most conventional song structures he's ever employed. But it's also his most affecting, deconstructing a subject he's been interested in since his childhood in New Zealand: Dealing with loss.More releases
