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Reviews:

‘Energetic and at times downright cheeky … as accessible as it is intellectual and as felt as it is thought’ Andy Robson, Jazzwise, 2009

‘Unequivocal beauty and genre-busting writing … transcending the contemporary classical realm … progressive, but in a completely different sense … Bruford is the ideal choice for Riley.‘ John Kelman, All About Jazz, 2009

‘Restless, intricate rhythms … absorbing and gently hypnotic. The avant garde shows its happy face.’ John Bungey, The Times, 2009

‘Takes the sound-world, gestures and techniques from classical, rock and jazz, and makes no apologies for inhabiting the cracks between all three.’ 991 sleevenotes, 2009

‘Can and does groove like hell … at all times Skin and Wire operates on a high level of musical interest … one of the years most important fusion hybrid offerings.’ Gabblegate Music Review, 2009

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‘Poised and engaging …. Nygård’s voice meshes beautifully with Riley’s spare orchestrations’.
Guardian, Nov 200

‘Something extraordinarily strange and beautiful.’.
BBC Radio 1, Jan 2009

‘mesmeric vocals … complex and mysterious … effortlessly lovely. Recommended.’.
Boomkat, Mar 2009

‘icy-breath intimacy … warmth and passion. Fold takes some time to unravel but is worth all the effort..’.
Jazzwise, Dec 2008

‘The music thrives on the tension between fragmented, minimalist instrumental textures and the ecstatic, lyrical melodies that float across them, suggesting the voice of the impassioned individual surrounded by the indifferent chatter of 21st-century life. Sassy, sophisticated new music’.
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‘The plop of raindrops, the rustle of leaves, the unfolding of a flower; Riley has the ability to evoke nature with the simplest of means, a plucked harp or a flutter of strings. The central tracks are exquisite settings of a sequence of verses. The other two discs, jazzy and choral, are equally impressive.’
Barry Millington, Evening Standard, 2006

‘Colin Riley has for some years been a composer who seems to be able to create moments of magic, and his ‘A Stranger Called This Morning’ absolutely sticks out as one of those half hours that whistled by in a completely enchanting and memorable way. Beautiful, clever and direct.’
Stewart Collins, Classical Music Magazine, 2006

Reviews:

"Colin Riley is a restless, questing composer operating in the margins where classical form clashes with improvisation, pop and electronica. Close covers some tantalisingly different ground, with marimba, electric guitar, cello and violin combining to create a kind of brooding post-rock atmosphere."
Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise 2006

"Ranging from skewed jazz to shimmering textures, it’s full of other influences from rock to trip hop."
Kerry Andrew, New Notes 2006

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‘The works range from doleful lament to rousing exhortation’.
Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise 2006

‘Fans of sombre, elegiac and diatonic choral writing, people who like Tavener or Pärt, will find much to enjoy’.
Warwick Thompson, Metro 2006

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The triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which three phases (for example, gas, liquid and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium. Our musical interpretation is a combination of acoustic, electronic,sequenced and prepared sounds. duoDorT, 2010