Robin Hayward
Robin Hayward (born 1969) is an English tuba player and composer, based in Berlin since 1998. He works in experimental and improvised music and is known for redesigning his instrument: he found the noise-valve technique in 1996 and built the first fully microtonal tuba in 2009, which led him to the Hayward Tuning Vine in 2012. Hayward studied music at the University of Manchester and tuba at the Royal Northern College of Music, and played in the improvised music scenes of Manchester and London before moving to Germany, where he became part of the Berlin Echtzeitmusik scene.
Musicworks 89 (CD+magazine)
One of the best magazines of experimental music / sound art, founded by John Oswald and published since 1978. Includes feaurures, essays, interviews, reviews, etc., and comes with a CD with (often exclusive) music/sound in relation to the contents of the magazine. In this issue: John Gzowski, Robin Hayward, Jim Burton, etc.
Words of Paradise
**Edition of 300. LP picture disc replicating the multi-colored circular scores; housed in a black die-cut sleeve with liner notes on the rear side** Robin Hayward (b. 1969 in Brighton, England) is a tuba player and composer based in Berlin. Since the 1990s, he has been concerning himself with experimental and radical playing techniques on brass instruments, initially through the discovery of the "noise-valve", later through development of the first fully microtonal tuba in 2009. In 2012, he inv…
States of Rushing
Microtonal articulations and noise concretions form the expressive stylistic elements of this extremely organized network of audio emergencies. They include the spurious frequencies apparently produced by hissing devices and the hypnotic patterns with almost industrial textures that have been calibrated according to mechanical envelopes. In “State of Rushing” it does not seem immediately evident that these sounds are the result of manipulating traditional instruments, such as the tuba.
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Reidemeister Move plays Borromean Rings
Edition of 300 numbered copies fullcolour Picture LP. Robin Hayward (microtonal tuba) and Christopher Williams (contrabass) performing "Borromean Rings" might be compared to playing a board game such as chess. Notation is used to define a field of possible moves for navigating within harmonic space. Unlike chess however the idea is not to overcome the other player, but rather to challenge them to explore continually fresh avenues within the harmonic framework laid out by the score.
Rubble Master
The cassette showcases two contrasting explorations of the microtonal tuba. On side A, Rubble Master explores noise production, with the lips and tongue acting as noise generators which are filtered using half-valve techniques. On side B, Underground Music uses live-electronics to simulate the movement of two related tunings moving in opposite directions, like trains through the abandoned underground station in which the piece was premiered.
Stop Time
Robin Hayward plays microtonal tuba in Catherine Christer Hennix's ensemble and Stop Time is his first composition to be released on Important Records. Stop Time was commissioned for a festival of the same name taking place in Leuven in 2013. It is the first piece to use a subset of the three-dimensional physical version of the Hayward Tuning Vine, invented in 2012, as a musical score. The harmonic space implied within the four cubes contained within the subset, based on prime numbers two (octav…
Nouveau saxhorn nouveau basse
Hayward found the noise valve, then in 2009 built the first fully microtonal tuba, then in 2012 made the Hayward Tuning Vine to see the harmonic space it had opened. Three extremely quiet and extremely long pieces for that instrument.
Tables and Stairs
How does music happen, and why does it happen sometimes? In June 2010, the TOT1.0 festival took place in Athens, small steps towards a greater affirmation of the small music community that has been blossoming in the hell-hole that is Greece’s capital. As part of the festival, two foreign improvisers (Ferran Fages and Grundik Kasyansky) were invited to take part in the proceedings. While we were at it, we got notice that Robin Hayward also happened to be in town during those days, for unre…
Microtub
A wonderful microtonal play.In microtub, ideas of microtonal tuba music are put into action by the three improvisors Robin Hayward, Martin Taxt and Kristoffer Lo. A unique timbre is created when the sound of the three tubas merge together. SOFA is proud to present this groundbreaking piece of music. Robin Hayward developed the first fully microtonal tuba together with the tuba manufacturer B&S in 2009. After exploring the possibilities in just intonation on the regular tuba, he found it necessa…
Nella Basilica
Roberto Fabbriciani, bass flutes. Robin Hayward, microtonal tuba. 'This is the first CD of improvised music featuring Roberto Fabbriciani, one of the giants of contemporary music. Fabbriciani was the instrumentalist with whom Luigi Nono worked most closely in the last two decades of his life, playing in the premieres of virtually all of the composer's late works. On nella basilica Fabbriciani improvises with Robin Hayward, the phenomenal Berlin-based tuba player with whom he has worked on …
Valve division
LAST COPIES, NOW DELETED - special priced first solo release by the Berlin-based tuba player. 'Though not specifically about the tuba, the three pieces presented here reflect particular ways of regarding the instrument. Whereas in the first two pieces, Dial and Coil, it is viewed as a labyrinth of tubing within which air may be trapped and redirected, in the final piece, Valve Division, it is seen as a collection of individual tube lengths, tuned to one another by positioning the valve slides in…
Amber
Rhodri Davies : harp. Robin Hayward : tuba. Julia Eckhardt : viola. Lucio Capecce : soprano saxophone, bass clarinet. Recorded on April 2004 in Berlin.