<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com">http://www.sirr-ecords.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">we are very excited to present these two new releases!</FONT></DIV><DIV><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></B></DIV><DIV><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>anthony pateras</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| chasms</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| cd sirr0030</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Chasms is the extraordinary debut solo prepared piano album from</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Australian composer/pianist Anthony Pateras. Chasms takes things </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">further, re-configuring the instrument into a psychoacoustic percussion </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">orchestra, explorin<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">g extended timbral continuums through complex </FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">rhythms and physically intense performance strategies. </FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">Through purely acoustic means, the work attempts to enhance piano </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">performance via a compositional sympathy with algorhythmic computer </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">composition and studio technology. This is electro-psycho-acoustic </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">music created purely with prepared piano.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">Anthony Pateras is a composer and performer. Live, he appears </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">regularly throughout Europe and Australasia on prepared piano in the </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">Pateras/Baxter/Brown trio, on voice & electronics with Robin Fox, </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">prepared piano solo or as a conductor of his own notated works. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">Pateras has released and produced numerous albums, recording</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">for Tzadik (New York), Editions Mego (Vienna), Synaesthesia </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;">(Melbourne) and Quecksilber (Berlin).</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">listen</FONT></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/Pateras_chasms_excerpt1.mp3"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/Pateras_chasms_excerpt1.mp3</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/Pateras_chasms_excerpt2.mp3"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/Pateras_chasms_excerpt2.mp3</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>more excerpts at:</DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000EE" face="Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.myspace.com/sirrlabel"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.myspace.com/sirrlabel</FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV>info at:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/pdf/sirr_0030.pdf"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/pdf/sirr_0030.pdf</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">or </FONT><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/sirr029.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/sirr029.html</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">steve peters </FONT></B></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| three rooms </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| cd sirr0029</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Alvin Curran once described the music of Steve Peters as "pure, restrained, </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">and rigorously beautiful." </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">These three delicate pieces - or rooms, as the title states - are the result of very </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">personal investigation regarding the interaction between physical spaces and</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> the experience of listening. The selected compositions aim to create room(s) </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">for the listener, intensifying quietly and subtly our awareness. </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">These pieces explore tactile interaction with the interior surfaces and materials </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">of architecture; approach breathing rhythms to acheve miniature compositions </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">that evoke the contemplative space of a Japanese rock garden; or reveal the </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">complex dance of overtones in the air and ever-deepening pure waves from</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">a single bell strike.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Steve Peters makes music/sound for various contexts and occasions, using</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">recorded sounds of the world and found/natural objects, or through exploration</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">of acoustic phenomena, as well as normal instruments and spoken text. </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In recent years his work has focused primarily on site-specific sound environments</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">that explore ideas about place/presence and encourage subtle listening for </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">extended durations.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">listen</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000EE" face="Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/stevepeters_abrasions.mp3"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/stevepeters_abrasions.mp3</FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/stevepeters_gravity.mp3"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/audio/stevepeters_gravity.mp3</FONT></A></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/pdf/sirr_0029.pdf"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/pdf/sirr_0029.pdf</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">or </FONT><A href="http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/sirr029.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.sirr-ecords.com/cat/sirr029.html</FONT></A></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><IMG src="cid:ADF7FEFE-2558-4329-A3E7-F823B4380DEA@local"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><IMG src="cid:13C10DA7-784F-47CB-BC5B-B3F6862DAFCA@local"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">-----------------------</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">new on distribution:</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">news from: Cronica and Grain of Sound:</FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"># The Beautiful Schizophonics</FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| Musicamorosa</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Cronica, 029, CD</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Marcel Proust has been one of the main sources of inspiration. </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The image of a sleepless solitary writer confined to a Parisian soundproof room, </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">has everything to do with the experience of a modern laptop composer, alone in </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">the dark of a room, in a sort of headphone ecstasy with his acoustic fragments </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">of reality. ("La letrice" is Colleen reading Proust in Paris.)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"># Ran Slavin </FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| The Wayward Regional Transmissions"</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Cronica, 028, CD</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"># David Maranha</FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">| Marches of the New World</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Grain of Sound, gos21, CD</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; 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