William Brittelle
Brooklyn-based composer William Brittelle's work is a genre-fluid collage of modern classical, electro-acoustic, art rock, and other styles. He is one of the co-founders and artistic directors of widely regarded contemporary classical label New Amsterdam Records, as well as the curatorial collective Infinite Palette. His song cycles, such as 2019's Spiritual America, are surreal, poignant reflections which combine dissonant guitars, lush orchestral arrangements, and electronic textures.
Brittelle was born and raised in rural North Carolina. He attended college at Vanderbilt University, but experienced a breakdown, partially due to academic artistic constrictions. He later attended classes in New York, where he was taught by composer David Del Tredici, and was mentored by Richard Lloyd of Television. He fronted a post-punk band and worked at legendary Lower East side rock club Sin-é. After suffering from a severe vocal injury, however, he returned to composition. In 2008, Brittelle co-founded New Amsterdam Records with Sarah Kirkland Snider and Judd Greenstein. His first album, an intense art-pop song cycle titled Mohair Time Warp, was released that year. Two years later, Brittelle released Television Landscape, a more accessible full-length which was met with praise from the New York Times and Time Out New York. The largely instrumental Loving the Chambered Nautilus, performed by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble as well as Nadia Sirota and Clarice Jensen, was released in 2012. Brittelle's piece "Amid the Minotaurs" was performed on vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth's Grammy-winning 2012 debut. Their sophomore release, 2015's Render, included Brittelle's "High Done No Why To." A brief electronic EP, Without Chasms, appeared in 2018, preceding 2019's Spiritual America, Brittelle's first release for Nonesuch. Featuring indie rock duo Wye Oak, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and the Metropolis Ensemble, Spiritual America reconciles Brittelle's conservative Christian upbringing with his Brooklyn-based "agnostic Buddhist" adulthood.
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Discografia
8 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Spiritual America
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam - Nonesuch il 3 mag 2019
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American Contemporary Music Ensemble : Loving the Chambered Nautilus
William Brittelle, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen
Musica da camera - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 5 giu 2012
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Alive in the Electric Snow Dream
William Brittelle, Metropolis Ensemble
Classica - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 23 feb 2024
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Forbidden Colors
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam - Nonesuch il 26 mar 2019
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Television Landscape (William Brittelle : Television Landscape)
Pop - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 27 lug 2010
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Dream Has No Sacrifice
William Brittelle, Jenn Wasner
Elettronica - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 29 lug 2016
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Dido's Lament (Revisited) - Single edit
Musica elettronica/concreta - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 24 gen 2024
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Without Chasms
Elettronica - Pubblicato da New Amsterdam il 27 lug 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo