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Frances Shelley: A Place That Exists

Read "A Place That Exists" reviewed by Duncan Heining


Pianist Frances Shelley's third solo album, A Place That Exists, is an intriguing, atmospheric collection. Though she describes her approach as “neo-classical," Shelley might equally be described as an instant composer. Classically-influenced, she has for some years explored the potential for bringing that influence together with improvisation and electronics, with her musical partner Matthew Bickerton. Inevitably, these thirteen tracks (sixteen with digital download) have a certain Nyman-esque quality to them, in that they are as much concerned with ...


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