Chris Abrahams

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"Abrahams relentless and steady patterning started to metamorphose the nature of the piano, the upper chords sounding like a distant locomotive hoot, and then an accordion weaving in and out of a shimmering bank of flutes." The Wire.

Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as pianist with the trio The Necks. The Necks have toured extensively and have released eleven albums in their fifteen-year career. Outside of the Necks, Chris has released four solo piano albums - "Walk", "Piano", "Glow" and "Streaming". He has also released five albums with Melanie Oxley as well as albums with Stevie Wishart, The Hunting Party, and Artery and the Benders. All up he has produced or co-produced some 24 albums.

(Biography Last updated 10 June 2005)

‘Opaque (+Re)’ by Steinbrüchel

Release date 30 November 2005
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In spring 2003 Steinbrüchel received an invitation from the Swiss music festival Taktlos, in Berne, to contribute a track for their listening room, equipped with a surround 5.1 sound system. During the two-day festival in November, Steinbrüchel's track entitled Opaque was played back in cycle mode (among tracks from various ... [more]

‘Thrown’ by Chris Abrahams

Release date 30 May 2005
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Equipped with a positive organ, a forte piano, a DX-7 and a piano, Chris Abrahams creates an exquisite and detailed extended composition on Thrown. A divergent audio scape is created here – Abrahams shifts moods with a decisive intensity, never willing to settle in to one stream – intense movements ... [more]

Chris Abrahams

Releases by Chris Abrahams

‘Opaque (+Re)’ by Steinbrüchel

‘Thrown’ by Chris Abrahams

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