Superclusters by Bree van Reyk
Bree van Reyk is a drummer, percussionist, composer and sound artist who makes unconventional and tradition-challenging performance works. Her music resides in the intersection between contemporary classical, indie-rock and performance art. Her musical universe is rich, collaborative and spontaneous; within lives an adventurous sensibility. A knack for noticing the little things and their counterpoints. Darkness and light, pain and pleasure, reality and escape. Her latest project "Superclusters", the debut lead under her namesake is a collaboration in five parts where Bree invited some of her closest friends and contemporaries to listen and contribute including Mick Turner and Jim White of Dirty Three.
The forty two minutes of instrumental compositions seemingly drift in an endless and expansive void - dark, but not desolate; vast, but not isolating. There's something heavy floating in an unknown, deep, and ever evolving space. This kind of thick, heavy air is gradually infiltrated by dust and ants, busy little small beings and their breaths. At the same time blooms of light are glimpsed, their warmth felt from a distance.
Credits
Released by Hobbledehoy
Composer: Bree van Reyk
Producer: Bree van Reyk
Sound Recording, Mix and Mastering Engineer: Bob Scott
Recorded at: Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney
Additional Sound Recording: Neil Thomason, Mick Turner
Artwork and graphic design: Chloe Goldsmith
Interaction design: Annie McKinnon
1. Superclusters Part I
Bree van Reyk (vibraphone, drums, crotales), Véronique Serret - (violin), Evan Mannell (drums), Zoe Hauptmann (upright bass), Ben Hauptmann (electric guitar), Jess Green (electric guitar), Nick Wales (viola), Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Sandy Evans (saxophones), Timothy Constable (vibraphone), Joshua Hill (marimba, crotales).
2. Superclusters Part II
Bree van Reyk (vibraphone, drums, crotales), Véronique Serret - (violin), Mick Turner (electric guitar), Evan Mannell (drums), Zoe Hauptmann (upright bass), Ben Hauptmann (electric guitar), Jess Green (electric guitar), Nick Wales (viola), Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Sandy Evans (saxophones), Freya Schack-Arnott (‘cello), Timothy Constable (vibraphone), Joshua Hill (marimba, crotales), The Letter String Quartet: Lizzy Welsh (violin), Steph O’Hara (violin), Biddy Connor (viola), Zoë Barry (‘cello).
3. Superclusters Part III
Bree van Reyk (vibraphone, drums), Véronique Serret - (violin), Jim White (drums), Mick Turner (electric guitar), Zoe Hauptmann (upright bass), Nick Wales (viola), Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Sandy Evans (saxophones), Freya Schack-Arnott (nyckelharpa), Timothy Constable (vibraphone), Joshua Hill (marimba), Mohammed Lelo (qanun), The Letter String Quartet: Lizzy Welsh (violin), Steph O’Hara (violin), Biddy Connor (viola), Zoë Barry (‘cello).
4. Superclusters Part IV
Bree van Reyk (vibraphone, drums), Jim White (drums), Mick Turner (electric guitar), Timothy Constable (vibraphone), Joshua Hill (marimba), Mohammed Lelo (qanun).
5. Superclusters Part V
Bree van Reyk (vibraphone, drums, crotales), Véronique Serret - (violin), Mick Turner (electric guitar), Evan Mannell (drums), Zoe Hauptmann (upright bass), Ben Hauptmann (acoustic guitar), Jess Green (electric guitar), Nick Wales (viola), Jason Noble (bass clarinet, clarini), Sandy Evans (saxophones), Freya Schack-Arnott (‘cello), Timothy Constable (vibraphone), Joshua Hill (marimba, crotales), Mohammed Lelo (qanun), The Letter String Quartet: Lizzy Welsh (violin), Steph O’Hara (violin), Biddy Connor (viola), Zoë Barry (‘cello).
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Bree van Reyk is a drummer, percussionist, composer and sound artist who makes unconventional and tradition-challenging performance works.
Her music resides in the intersection between contemporary classical, indie-rock and performance art.
Bree lives and works on the unceded lands of Gadigal, Bidjigal and Awabakal people.