“Amplified Derek Bailey meets Thomas Lehn”? “A lively and sizzling session of fierce interplay… between… two boxing kangaroos”? Ed Pinsent of The Sound Projector reviews Richard Barrett and Han-earl Park’s ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd): [Han-earl] Park is one of those scary polymath guys who seems to have a tremendous facility for music, both improvising and [...]
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The Sound Projector: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park
Revue & Corrigée: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park
Sporty and dynamic! The September 2012 issue of Revue & Corrigée prints a review of Richard Barrett and Han-earl Park’s ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd): Je connais de nombreuses pièces de Richard Barrett enregistrées, écrites ou improvisées. C’est une figure importante de la musique contemporaine, malheureusement sous-estimée en France. Je vous invite vivement à écouter ce [...]
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Chain D.L.K.: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park
Death of an Accountant? In his review at Chain D.L.K. of Richard Barrett and Han-earl Park’s ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd), Vito Camarretta imagines an unfortunate scenario for an “accountant, a computer expert or an operational researcher”, and describes an “acoustic lucid computational delirium, whose trajectory is impossible to outguess”: You can easily imagine an accountant, [...]
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CD available: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park
Released as part of Creative Sources Recordings’ February 2012 CD catalog: ‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd), a duo recording by composer, performer and electronic musician Richard Barrett and guitarist, improviser and constructor Han-earl Park. [Creative Sources catalog page…] [Numbers project page…] [Discography entry…] description Numbers is a high-energy, quick-footed, scatter-brained two hander—a looping, convoluted, interactive dance [...]
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site update: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park
The (provisional) page for Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park is now live. More to come including audio recordings and news about future performances. Here’s an excerpt: Richard Barrett (electronics) Han-earl Park (guitar) Numbers is a high-energy, quick-footed, scatter-brained two hander—a looping, convoluted, interactive dance made audible—a musical fender bender involving electroacoustic complexities and (physio)logical [...]





