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Into the Ocean is a London-based recording and concert series showcasing experimental new music. Founded by James Layton in 2020, Into the Ocean seeks to promote music primarily by emerging composers.
​‘’The river is in delta, there are many possibilities, [….] we may even have left the river and gone into the ocean’’ - John Cage

INTO THE OCEAN: Daste Ma دست م [ITO002]

released 15 July, 2022

​Avaliable now on Bandcamp


Into the Ocean Presents: Daste Ma دست ما

An improvised album with inspirational roots in Iranian Dastgāh,  performed by Experimental improvisation duo Roxanna Albayati and Kristjan Kannukene.
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TRACK LISTING:

1 - Qatre (قطره)
2 - Navazesh (نوازش)
3 - Daste Ma (دست ما)
4 - Shur (شور)
5 - Gozasht (گذشت)

Kristjan Kannukene - Viola/voice

Roxanna Albayati - Cello/voice

Recorded and Edited by Àlex Carretero Salvador at Medusa Studios, Barcelona

Mixed by Lumanzin
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Artwork by Georgina Bowden

​Links:

www.roxannaalbayati.com/rk.html
linktr.ee/Kannukrox

INTO THE OCEAN: THE VIOLA [ITO001]

released 2 October, 2020

​Avaliable now on Bandcamp
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​Into the Ocean Presents: The Viola

A collection of experimental works for solo viola by emerging British and American composers in collaboration American violist Stephen Upshaw
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TRACK LISTING:
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1 - Tandem - Theo Finkel
2 - Passacaglia - Heather Stephenson
3 - Allanton Air - Michael Worboys
4 - Yaban Arıları (Wild Bees) - Georgina Bowden
5 - Two Thousand, One Hundred Ninety-Seven - Matt Simon
6 - Wandering - James Layton
7 - The Harmonics of Real Strings - John Lely

​Stephen Upshaw - Viola


Recorded and Edited by Aaron Holloway-Nahum

​Mixed by John Lely

Artwork by Georgina Bowden

Into the Ocean: The Viola | Featuring Stephen Upshaw

Premiered on 26 Jun 2020
Music by:

Benjamin Graves - NocturNe

Georgina Bowden - Yaban Arıları (Wild Bees)
Heather Stephenson - Passacaglia
Marc Yeats - Hyran

Jonathan Harvey - Chant

Video credit:

​Performed by Stephen Upshaw

Curated by James Layton and Stephen Upshaw
Filmed by Stephen Upshaw and James Layton
Edited by Aaron Holloway-Nahum

Artwork by Georgian Bowden


Online Concert hosted by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
 Curated by James Layton, one of six winners of the inaugural TL Innovation Award, ‘Into the Ocean’ is an integrated concert and recording series showcasing the work of recent graduate composers. The project has its origins in James’ time at TL studying composition, where a training highlight was how frequently his works were performed and recorded. He recognised the importance of this for developing artists, but noticed that many contemporary classical record labels tend to focus on work by established composers. To remedy this, James set up ‘Into the Ocean’, a new platform for emerging writers.

Originally due to be performed last month at The Hundred Years Gallery, this solo performance by American violist Stephen Upshaw has been reinvented for a digital audience.

Included in the 30-minute programme are Georgina Bowden’s Yaban Arilar (Wild Bees) and Heather Stephenson’s Passacaglia, two new commissions specifically written for ‘Into the Ocean’ by TL alumni. 
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