Cyborg Pianist, by Zubin Kanga

Cyborg Pianist

by Zubin Kanga

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1.	Laura Bowler - SHOW(ti)ME 22:32	buy track
2.	Laurence Osborn - Counterfeits (Siminică): I 02:00	buy track
3.	Laurence Osborn - Counterfeits (Siminică): II 01:18	buy track
4.	Laurence Osborn - Counterfeits (Siminică): III 01:28	buy track
5.	Laurence Osborn - Counterfeits (Siminică): IV 01:37	buy track
6.	Laurence Osborn - Counterfeits (Siminică): V 01:37	buy track
7.	Shiva Feshareki - Whirling Dervishes (album version) 20:53	buy track
8.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_I: Candle blare 02:16	buy track
9.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_II: Stumbler 00:53	buy track
10.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_III: Drag along drag along 01:31	buy track
11.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_IV: Whistle slivers 02:20	buy track
12.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_V: Little flurry 01:12	buy track
13.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_VI: Panpipe bright 01:20	buy track
14.	Oliver Leith - Vicentino, love you_VII: Caput wheeze 04:51	buy track
15.	Emily Howard - DEVIANCE 15:12	buy track
16.	Hypnagogia (after Bach) 16:02	buy track

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What is the future of the piano? This is a question that pianist, composer, and technologist Zubin Kanga has explored for over a decade now and one which he investigates in his first solo release on NMC, 'Cyborg Pianist'. Inviting some of the most inventive and forward-thinking composers of today to incorporate a host of cutting-edge technological alterations and extensions into their new works for solo piano, Kanga develops a new ‘cyborg sonic identity’ for an instrument that has remained largely unchanged for the past century. Commissioned as part of Kanga’s multi-year music and research project Cyborg Soloists, 'Cyborg Pianist' is a treasure trove of technological innovation as six distinct compositional voices unlock new possibilities in piano composition and performance.

"Energetic, engaging, entertaining," - International Piano

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released September 29, 2023

'SHOW(ti)ME'
Composer: Laura Bowler
Performer: Zubin Kanga (piano, voice, MiMU gloves and electronics)
Producer: Zubin Kanga, Laura Bowler
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga and Ronan Phelan at Masterchord Studios on 20 & 28 February 2023
Libretto and Dramaturgy: Sam Redway
Editing and Mixing: Jamie Hamilton and Zubin Kanga

'Counterfeits (Siminică)'
Composer: Laurence Osborn
Performer: Zubin Kanga (Piano and TouchKeys keyboard)
Producer: Zubin Kanga, Laurence Osborn
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga and Ronan Phelan at Masterchord Studios on 13-14 June 2023

'Whirling Dervishes' (album version)
Composer: Shiva Feshareki
Performer: Zubin Kanga (piano), Shiva Feshareki (turntables/immersive electronics)
Producer: Zubin Kanga, Shiva Feshareki
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga and Ronan Phelan at Masterchord Studios on 13 & 20 February 2023,
Shiva Feshareki at Studio Feshareki (February - March 2023)
Ambisonics Technology Support: Dave Hunt

'Vicentino, love you – studies for keyboard'
Composer: Oliver Leith
Performer: Zubin Kanga (TouchKeys keyboard and Sequential Prophet Rev II synthesizer)
Producer: Zubin Kanga, Oliver Leith
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga at Studio ZK on 6 May 2023
Editing and Mixing: Jamie Hamilton and Zubin Kanga

'DEVIANCE'
Composer: Emily Howard
Performer: Zubin Kanga (piano and electronics)
Producer: Zubin Kanga, Emily Howard, Bofan Ma
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga and Ronan Phelan at Masterchord Studio on 1-2 June 2023
Electronics Sound Design: Bofan Ma
Machine learning audio consultant: Christopher Melen
Collaborating researcher: Christiane Neuhaus

'Hypnagogia (after Bach)'
Composer: Zubin Kanga
Performer: Zubin Kanga (piano, Korg Prologue synthesizer, MiMU gloves and electronics)
Producer: Zubin Kanga
Recorded by: Zubin Kanga and Ronan Phelan at Masterchord Studios on 13 May, and Zubin Kanga at Studio ZK (May - June 2023)

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Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

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Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, Southbank Centre

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