Recordings
David Chesworth Ensemble 'A quiet intensity and a thoughtful concentration pervade each piece, resulting in some quite luminescent moments. An accomplished man at work.' Ken Hollings -The Wire, London 'Music To See Through reaches many high points. Its a consumate sound world inhabited by data flow, electronic twitterings and distant rumblings, overlaid with a delicate vibraphone reverie.' Keith Gallasch - Realtime Sydney
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'His stratagems provoke and confound, stimulating both thought and feeling with the shock of a new aesthetic: penetrating restraint.' Bleddyn Butcher The Wire, UK Trombone, strings, piano and tuned percussion combine with crackling telephone transmissions, far-away bells, pan pipes played by the desert wind and barely-in-control electronic effects in a work that is beautiful, vivid, narcotic and seriously habit forming." Graham Lee Free MP3 tracks |
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Described as "a child of Igor Stravinsky and cartoon composer Carl Stalling!" Chesworth's music plays oblique homage to a vast array of music genres and sound sources. His ensemble of highly skilled musicians tackles anything from fiery contrapuntal duets to "incredibly strange" South Sea ambiences. "Chesworth is a wild card who kicks against the constraints of musical pigeon-holing and expectation." Lesley Sly, 24 Hours
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Music from Chesworth's contemporary operas |
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Released in 1991, Risky Business features David Chesworth's early work for dance and theatre. It fuses together found sounds, environmental recordings and electronics. cover image by Juan Davila David Chesworth's music is chameleon like. It's effect and meaning change with each new listening. On an immediate level the soundscapes are sensuous, vibrant, complex, colourful, fluid and rhythmic. Sometimes they conjure the movement and flow of natural or industrial environments; at other times, they evoke the energy and tension of grand cinematic drama" - Adrian Martin
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Music created for A Midsummer Nights Dream produced by Nimrod Theatre cover Paul Fletcher
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For a discussion of this record see review in Art & Text Spring 1981 by Adrian Martin Cover idea Peter Tyndal. Layout Philip Brophy |
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Vinyl only. Re issue of David chesworths first 2 solo albums, 50 Synthesizer Greats and Layer on Layer. Cover illustrations by Linda Marrinon with cover design by Philip Brophy. The original 50 Synthesizer Greats record has been re issued on CD. contact Wax Sound Media to order |
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Essendon Airport Sonic Investigations of the Trivial "In recent years, Australian afterpunk has begun to be excavated in earnest. The Chapter Music label also played a crucial role: in 2002 they reissued Sonic Investigations (Of the Trivial) by the great experimental unit Essendon Airport...the remarkable Essendon Airport whose cat's cradle skeins of glistening guitar and placid keyboards suggest a Young Marble Giants if they'd ever formally studied composition." Simon Reynolds RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: post-punk (1978-1984) 2005 Originally released in 1979. Visit the Essendon Airport site for more info Free MP3 tracks.
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cover artwork by Maria Kozic |
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