in pratica:
_CATASTROPHIC DELIQUESCENCE (MUSIC FROM FORTITUDE 2015-2018)_ is a
collection of Frost’s work for Sky Atlantic's Fortitude series,
available here for on vinyl for the first time with brand new artwork.
Over three seasons, Frost’s glacial compositions accompanied the
critically acclaimed crime drama and this collection of work stands up
as a release in its own right, entirely separate to the series. Frost
has said _“__Only a few short years later it’s easy to forget how
revolutionary Fortitude was when it first appeared - A head on
collision of real-world science and environmental horror. The
multi-national cast and a cacophony of accents and ideas. And it was a
punch in the fucking face. And I am so proud to have been a small part
of it.”_
_DARK: CYCLE 1 __and DARK: CYCLE 2 (ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM THE NETFLIX
ORIGINAL SERIES)_ are both released on CD and vinyl via Invada Records
/ Lakeshore Records. On these soundtracks Ben Frost’s dynamic and
ominous orchestrations provide a striking backdrop to the surreal
German supernatural thriller, Dark, elevating the score to the status
of a cast member. Says Frost: _“Working in this strange and beautiful
world of light and shadow has been a gift and an endless source of
inspiration”._
Ben Frost’s soundtracks and collaborations have seamlessly worked
alongside his own solo releases and at times have informed his album
releases, such as on 2014’s debut for Mute, _A U R O R A_, which took
inspiration from elements of his travels to the DR Congo with
collaborators Richard Mosse and Trevor Tweeten during work The
Enclave. Frost’s scores for film, television and performance include
Sleeping Beauty (_Dir. Julia Leigh, 2011_), the score for renowned
choreographer Wayne McGregor’s FAR (2010), _Music for Solaris_
(2010) co-written with Daniel Bjarnason, commissioned by Unsound
festival and inspired by Tarkovsky’s _Solaris _and in 2013 he directed
and wrote the opera interpretation of Iain Banks’ cult novel The Wasp
Factory which premiered at the Royal Opera House, London. Ben released
his most recent studio album, _The Centre Cannot Hold_, in 2017 and is
currently working on a new opera _The Murder of Halit Yozgat_ which
premieres in Hannover in 2020.
_RECENT PRAISE FOR BEN FROST_
_“…a molten core shines through providing just enough fire to keep the
shadows from overwhelming the light” – CRACK MAGAZINE_ _“… __sonic
shades cloak and flicker with resonant depth, ingesting recent
orchestral pursuits for something colossal__” – __NPR_ _“moving from
heroic vistas into a garbled, snow-blinded melee.
Distant choral pads, a glistening upper-register sheen, submerged
piano, and groaning harmonies all stack up into a geologic crescendo
that extends into infinity.” – Pitchfork_ _“…compelling” Echoes &
Dust_ _“…__engrossing… from first hammer blow to last squeak” – The
405_ _“…shows off a more compositionally direct Frost” – The Wire_
_“…massive…” DJ_
Pre-order _Catastrophic Deliquescence (Music from Fortitute
2015-2018)_:
https://smarturl.it/BF-MFF