Wake Up the Dead Release

On December 1st, 2023, New Focus Recordings released Wake Up The Dead, a portrait album of my music featuring performances by JACK Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ben Roidl-Ward, and Quince Ensemble. In addition to the digital release, a small vinyl pressing will be available to ship out in March of 2024. The description from the label’s website follows:

On Wake Up the Dead, Chris Fisher-Lochhead’s music seems to jump through the speakers and grab the listener’s proverbial collar, demanding not only attention to its own construction, but a vigilant kind of listening. In his instrumental writing, Fisher-Lochhead shows an affinity for vigor, gravitating towards gestures that pack a lot of drama into short durations. When Fisher-Lochhead’s music explores sustained textures as in the two works for the vocal group Quince Ensemble, he embeds intensity inside durations — the music is always growing and imbued with urgency. This is music that takes an unspoken but almost polemical stance against complacency.

Listen/Purchase: www.newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wake-up-the-dead