# Another Timbre

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**Another Timbre** is a [record label](/source/Record_label), based in [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield) and known for its releases of [free improvisation](/source/Free_improvisation), [experimental](/source/Experimental_music) and [contemporary classical music](/source/Contemporary_classical_music). It was founded by television [sound recordist](/source/Sound_recording_and_reproduction) Simon Reynell, who also [engineers](/source/Audio_engineer) and [produces](/source/Record_producer) most of the label's recordings.[1]

Many of the label's releases have received positive reviews in the UK and international press,[2][3][4] and it has been the subject of several published articles, profiling the label's distinctive [aesthetic](/source/Aesthetics).[1][5][6] In addition to its release schedule, the label has organised concert events at the [Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival](/source/Huddersfield_Contemporary_Music_Festival) and [Cafe Oto](/source/Cafe_Oto), London,[7] and Reynell has occasionally commissioned composers to write new music for release and performance.[8]

The label's first release was *Tempestuous* by improvising musicians [John Butcher](/source/John_Butcher_(musician)), Xavier Charles & [Axel Dörner](/source/Axel_D%C3%B6rner) (2007).[1][5] Reynell has stated that "most of the early releases [on Another Timbre] featured improvised music in the tradition of [AMM](/source/AMM_(group)) and/or [Derek Bailey](/source/Derek_Bailey_(guitarist))'s 'non-idiomatic' improvisation".[1] The label has gradually released more 'composed' music, especially experimental classical music influenced by [John Cage](/source/John_Cage)[9] and [Morton Feldman](/source/Morton_Feldman).

## Wandelweiser und so weiter

A key release in the label's history was a 6-CD box set, *Wandelweiser und so weiter*, released in 2012 and featuring composers associated with the [Wandelweiser](/source/Wandelweiser) collective, whose music is generally very sparse and quiet, with frequent silences.[10][4] These included [Jürg Frey](/source/J%C3%BCrg_Frey), [Radu Malfatti](/source/Radu_Malfatti) and [Michael Pisaro](/source/Michael_Pisaro). The set also included music by younger composers influenced by this sound. Reviewers noted that the set "will surely come to be seen as a landmark release"[11] and in subsequent label profiles the set has been described as having "introduced the music of the group to a whole new audience and helped establish it as one of the most influential forces in Western experimental music today".

## Other significant releases

In 2014, Another Timbre released a double album of music by the UK composer [Laurence Crane](/source/Laurence_Crane), *Chamber Works 1992-2009*.[12] This was the first release on the label to contain solely fully composed music, as opposed to 'open scores' ([indeterminate music](/source/Indeterminacy_(music))) that include some element of improvisation or choice. The album was a commercial success and was later re-printed.

In 2017 the label embarked on a series of ten albums focusing on Canadian composers,[3] including albums of music by [Linda Catlin Smith](/source/Linda_Catlin_Smith), [Martin Arnold](/source/Martin_Arnold_(composer)),[13] [Cassandra Miller](/source/Cassandra_Miller) and [Marc Sabat](/source/Marc_Sabat).

The label has also released extensive recordings of the music of Morton Feldman: a two-CD box set including works for two pianos[14] and a five-CD box set of his works for solo piano.[15]

As of 2023, the label has released more than 200 discs.[16]

## References

1. Thomas, Nathan (2018-05-08). ["Label focus: Another Timbre"](https://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2018/05/label-focus-another-timbre/). *Fluid Radio*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Clements, Andrew (2014-12-03). ["Feldman: Two Pianos and Other Pieces CD review – transcendently beautiful"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/03/feldman-two-pianos-and-other-pieces-review-thomas-tilbury). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Clements, Andrew (2018-08-23). ["Cassandra Miller: Just So; O Zomer! CD review – profoundly haunting"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/23/cassandra-miller-just-so-o-zomer-classical-album-of-the-week-review-profoundly-haunting). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Molleson, Kate (2017-07-06). ["Antoine Beuger: Ockeghem Octets review – tender and heroically controlled"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/06/antoine-beuger-ockeghem-octets-review-another-timbre). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. ["New Sounds from Another Timbre"](http://www.musicandliterature.org/reviews/2015/6/13/new-sounds-from-another-timbre). *Music & Literature*. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Jazz, All About (11 May 2008). ["Another Timbre"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/another-timbre-by-john-eyles.php). *All About Jazz*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. ["Cafe OTO → Another Timbre presents Canadian Composers Concert, Monday 13 August 2018, 7.30pm"](https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/another-timbre-presents-canadian-composers-concert/). *www.cafeoto.co.uk*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. ["HCMF 2017: Ensemble Grizzana"](http://5against4.com/2017/11/29/hcmf-2017-ensemble-grizzana/). *5:4*. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. ["Another Timbre builds YouTube archive - The Wire"](https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/19076/another-timbre-builds-youtube-archive). *The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Ross, Alex (2016-08-29). ["The Composers of Quiet"](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/05/silence-overtakes-sound-for-the-wandelweiser-collective). *The New Yorker*. [ISSN 0028-792X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-792X). Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Jazz, All About (5 December 2012). ["Various Artists: Various Artists: Wandelweiser Und So Weiter"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/various-artists-wandelweiser-und-so-weiter-by-john-eyles.php). *All About Jazz*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Kilbey, Paul (2014). ["Laurence Crane - 'CHAMBER WORKS 1992–2009'"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/article/laurence-crane-chamber-works-19922009-laurence-crane-cd-1-sparling-trio-raimondas-rumsas-see-our-lake-sparling-riis-bobby-j-sparling-2000-estonia-cd-2-seven-short-pieces-piano-piece-no-23-ethiopian-distance-runners-four-miniatures-come-back-to-the-old-specimen-cabinet-john-vigani-john-vigani-part-1-john-white-in-berlin-apartment-house-anton-lukoszevieze-vc-gordon-mackay-vln-ruth-ehrlich-vln-angharad-davies-vln-hilary-sturt-vla-alan-thomas-guit-nancy-ruffer-fls-andrew-sparling-cl-philip-thomas-pno-sarah-walker-elec-org-simon-limbrick-perc-laurence-crane-aux-insts-another-timbre-at74/B03EF7C252A3FB399035F866FB6A495F). *Tempo*. **68** (270): 88–89. [doi:10.1017/S004029821400045X](https://doi.org/10.1017/S004029821400045X). [ISSN 0040-2982](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-2982). [S2CID 233359118](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:233359118)

1. ["Chicago Reader"](https://www.chicagoreader.com/). *Chicago Reader*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

1. Clements, Andrew (2014-12-03). ["Feldman: Two Pianos and Other Pieces CD review – transcendently beautiful"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/03/feldman-two-pianos-and-other-pieces-review-thomas-tilbury). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2019-08-05.

1. ["Morton Feldman box set forthcoming - The Wire"](https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/55684/morton-feldman-box-set). *The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music*. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

1. ["catalogue"](http://www.anothertimbre.com/another%20timbre%20catalogue.html). *www.anothertimbre.com*. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

## External links

- [Another Timbre](http://www.anothertimbre.com) – official site

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