Furt
Furt is an electronic duo formed in London in 1986 by the composer Richard Barrett and the improviser Paul Obermayer. The two build dense, detailed pieces mostly from sampled and processed sound, mixing free improvisation with systematic composition. Furt is known for its long-running live electronic work and as the core of the larger ensemble fORCH. Furt released Defekt in 2002, Dead or Alive in 2004 and Omnivm in 2006.
Spukhafte Fernwirkung
Concert performance, 20 October 2012 Sporthalle der Gewerblichen Schulen, Donaueschingen & Studio performance, 19 October 2012 Schlossbergsaal, SWR-Studio, Freiburg "Following in the august footsteps of Berg,Webern,Messiaen and Ligeti,Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer assembled this wonderful international octet for the Donaueschingen Festival in 2012.Their live improvisation with Phil Minton, Ute Wassermann, Lori Freedman, John Butcher, Rhodri Davies and Paul Lovens was then used as material f…
Sense
Too often, critics make an automatic separation between ‘emotion’ and ‘intellect’, a framework which will get one nowhere with FURT. Instead, their music shows graphically how fused, how inseparable are the two. As Richard Barrett puts it: "The music is motivated by emotional and sensual considerations as much as by anything else. Without wishing to sound too pretentious I think it’s concerned with finding and exploring (musical) states of consciousness to which the word ‘ecstasy’ might well be …
Omnivm
Recorded 2005-6. 'FURT's new CD combines live sets from Durham and Belfast into a vertiginous journey lasting almost 78 minutes. Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer once more redefine the outer limits of intensity, virtuosity and improvisational rapport in electronic music in OMNIVM, named after the essential inherent interior essence which is hidden in the root of the kernel of everything in Flann O'Brien's novel The Third Policeman
Defekt
Matchless Recordings presents a live performance by Furt. The album includes four tracks performed by Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer - electronics.Track 1 - recorded in Berlin, December 2001Track 2 - produced in Watford, October 1997Track 3 - produced in AmsterdamTrack 4 - recorded in Amsterdam, 29 February 2000
