ARTIST: Max Richter
TITLE: Songs From Before
LABEL: FatCat
GENRE: Classical
BITRATE: 187kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 37min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-16
RIP DATE: 2006-08-01

Track List

01. Song                            4:12
02. Flowers For Yulia               6:50
03. Fragment                        1:41
04. Harmonium                       4:23
05. Lonosphere                      1:25
06. Autum Music 1                   3:54
07. Time Passing                    1:51
08. Sunlight                        5:35
09. Lullaby                         0:53
10. Autum Music 2                   3:49
11. Verses                          1:43
12. From The Rue Vilin              1:02

Release Notes:

Born in 1966, Max Richter trained in composition and piano at Edinburgh
University, at the Royal Academy of Music, and with Luciano Berio in
Florence. The Richter family moved to the UK from Germany when Max was a
young child, leaving the wider part of his family distributed around
Germany. This sense of a lack of roots had an effect on his musical
formation.

On completing his studies, Richter co-founded the immensely successful
contemporary classical ensemble Piano Circus, where he stayed for ten
years, commissioning and performing works by Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno,
Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe and Steve Reich. Richter was also pro-active
in developing the group’s use of live sampling.

In 1996 he worked closely with The Future Sound of London on their
release ‘Dead Cities’. Initially involved as a pianist, he ended up
co-writing a track (which they subsequently titled ‘Max’). Following
this, Richter collaborated with FSOL over a two-year period on the album
‘The Isness’, with his input ranging from programming or piano playing to
arranging, mixing, co-producing and co-writing various tracks. Max’s
orchestrations have also graced ‘In The Møde’ by drum’n’bass pioneer Roni
Size.

In June 2002, Richter released his debut solo album, 'Memoryhouse' via
the BBC classical label, Late Junction. this was followed in March 2004
by FatCat's release of 'The Blue Notebooks'.