Joby Burgess

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Joby burgess“with percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess ... thunder and menace are offset by taps, rattles and delicate whispers redolent of an entire percussion section.”BBC Music Magazine Joby BurgessOne of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby Burgess is best known for his virtuosic performances, daring collaborations, extensive education work and regularly appears throughout Europe, the USA and beyond.Joby commits much of his time to his own projects, most notably with the audio visual collective Powerplant – a collaboration with sound designer, Matthew Fairclough and visual artist, Kathy Hinde - where the worlds of minimalism and electronica collide. Powerplant has released albums on Signum and Nonclassical featuring music by Steve Reich, Gabriel Prokofiev, Graham Fitkin and Max de Wardener.Dedicated to the development of the percussion repertoire, often in combination with electronics, Joby spends much of his time commissioning and recording new music. Recent highlights have included extensive tours with Peter Gabriel’s New Blood Orchestra, PUNKIT– an adventurous participatory project for massed percussion ensemble by Stephen Deazley and ‘Pioneers of Percussion’ a solo recital programme featuring new work by Nicol Lizée, Linda Buckley and Rebecca Dale.Joby regularly performs, records and collaborates with artists including Christophe Beck, Stewart Copeland, Murray Gold, Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), John Kenny, Akram Khan, Sarah Leonard, Joanna MacGregor, Dario Marianelli, Peter Maxwell Davies, Max Richter, Sasha, Nitin Sawhney, Keith Tippett, Pete Tong, Adrian Utley (Portishead), Nana Vasconcelos and Eric Whitacre along with many of the world’s leading chamber ensembles.Joby can often be heard on major film and TV scores, notably leading the percussion on Black Panther, The Darkest Hour, Paddington 2, Trolls, The Last Kingdom and Taboo, he was featured on the score to Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. Joby enjoys close relationships with a variety of instrument makers and manufactures, his extensive collection of instruments are featured exclusively on Spitfire Audio’s sample library Percussion Redux, recorded at the world famous Air Lyndhurst Hall, London.Each year Joby gives master-classes and leads numerous creative workshops for focusing on rhythm, composition and improvisation, often using West African music as the stimulus. Joby studied at the Guildhall School of Music Drama, London. From 2010 to 2012 Joby Burgess toured and recorded with Peter Gabriel as his only percussionist … This unique recording for Signum Records shows the warm, earthly tones of the marimba and lush harmonies of Eric Whitacre’s … Joby Burgess is bringing CoMA’s Contemporary Music for All Festival to the atmospheric Elstow Abbey, Bedfordshire … Eric Whitacre, normally known for his choral compositions and arrangements, personally requested Joby Burgess arrange … It was great to back in Yekaterinburg this week as part of the British Council’s UK-RUSSIA Year of Music 2019. I was delighted when Eric got in touch to ask if I might arrange some of his choral music for marimba. I first met and worked with Eric in 2012 … Released on Signum Records on 27 September 2019, Gabriel Prokofiev’s latest album ‘Saxophone Concerto / Bass Drum Concerto’ … Joby Burgess gives the first UK performances of John Luther Adams’s Qilyaun, for solo bass drum … Excellent times this Spring recording all the timpani and percussion for ‘Rocketman’ … MusicBass Drum Concerto“one of the best concertos written this century … Joby Burgess has made the Bass Drum Concerto his own, and the Ural Philharmonic under Alexei Bogorad clearly respond to the percussionists’s virtuoso treatment of an instrument that resided in the lower reaches of the orchestral hierarchy for far too long.” Gramophone TemazcalTemazcal - Javier Alvarez performed by Joby Burgess (aka Powerplant)Watch more videos Virtual Marimba ChoiRHi Percussion Pals!During the last week of March with the global COVID-19 Pandemic spreading alarmingly and my home (the United Kingdom) on the brink of lockdown, I began to play with the idea of creating a virtual performance project for percussionists.With most of us quickly spending the majority of our time at home, there was (and still remains) little or no opportunity to perform as part of our regular percussion section, ensemble or group. I was moved by the footage of quarantined Italians making music from balconies earlier in March, using music to both connect and bring solace as we so often do in difficult moments.Having worked for several years with composer Eric Whitacre - the godfather of virtual music making - I decided to to build a project using my arrangement of Eric’s ‘Sleep’ to create a Virtual Marimba Choir.With ‘No Click Track’ each player would perform and record their individual part following my virtual conductor video and a scrolling score.The project launched on Monday the 20th of April with the challenge to get videos recorded and uploaded by Monday the 11th of May - just 3 weeks! 227 percussionists from 40 countries joined the party, submitting their individual performances on marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, steel pan orelectronic mallet synth.Over the next 17 days myself and my incredible team - Nick Wollage (audio mix), Jack Mills (audio editing and mix preparation) and Howie Bailey (video design) - worked tirelessly to pull the audio and video into shape to present the first Virtual Marimba Choir performance.Special thanks to all the percussionists who took part and those who supported them.I hope you enjoy our performance.Joby Burgess (29 May 2020) The Joby Burgess Percussion Collective presents Marimba Quartets - the warm, earthy sound of the marimba and Burgess’ own arrangements of Eric Whitacre’s ever-popular choral works. The Joby Burgess Percussion Collective presents a non-stop soundtrack of 20th century classics from the East and West coasts of the United States. A solo recital programmeof new commissions and pioneering works, from the most innovative and creative composers of the 20th Century. An inspiring collaboration of British artists, which fuses driving minimalism and electronica with original video. The definitive symphonic percussion library, expertly recorded in The Hall at AIR Studios - described by Sound On Sound as "to die for". Joby Burgess - Fanta®Oxford Festival of the Arts - #OFA Virtual Exclusive Performance RecordingAs a session musician I work regularly at all of London’s finest studios and scoring stages including Air Studios, Abbey Road (EMI) Studios, Angel Recording Studios, RAK Studios, Air Edel Studios and British Grove Studios. My discography includes film scores, TV shows, adverts and albums for a wide range of classical, pop and rock artists. DISCOGRAPHYOver the past 15 years my playing has been heard on features and shows including Ad Astra, Rocketman, Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, The Darkest Hour, Paddington 2, Trolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, Ex-Machina, Gentleman Jack, The Little Drummer Girl, Thunderbirds are Go! The Last Kingdom, Taboo, Life Story, Hidden Kingdoms, Torchwood, Doctor Who and for artists including Robert Tear, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, John Rutter, Joanna MacGregor, Graham Fitkin, Gabriel Prokofiev, Sam Smith, Trevor Horn, Pete Tong, Sasha, Goldfrapp, Peter Gabriel, Stewart Copeland, The Who.Remote RecordingDue to budget and time restrictions it’s not always possible to look past samples when considering your percussion parts.Remote Percussion Recordis my percussion tracking service, located at my studio - a former coach house just north of London. Here I am able to offer everything from cymbal swishes to waterphone effects, rhythm percussion to trash metals, beautiful bells and melodic vibraphone to Thai gongs and bass marimba, military snare drums or even a complete Hans Zimmer style complement of toms, djuns, taikos and bass drums.MyRemote Percussion Recordservice has been used by composers including; Ruth Barrett, Geoff Barrow Ben Salisbury, Rebecca Dale, Ben Foster, Murray Gold, Will Gregory, Andrew Simon McAllister, Sheridan Tongue and Toy Drum aka Pablo Clements James Griffith.“Joby Burgess has performed on many of my soundtracks and has the perfect remote recording set up for my needs. He uses high quality microphones with great placement for his extensive collection of percussion instruments and delivers incredibly well recorded and organised stems.”Sheridan Tongue (film TV composer - Silent Witness) “Remote Recording with Joby is great, his session work is amazing. We’ve spent countless hours in the studio together - sampling and recording - so his understanding of what is needed remotely is fantastic. His instruments sound great and always work perfectly in the mix.”Jake Jackson (producer, recording mix engineer - Air Studios)PERCUSSION GEAR"As a percussionist I am always on the look out for new sounds, be it the latest innovation, traditional instrument or found sound. Over the years I have built up a vast collection of instruments from around the world and enjoy close relationships with a variety of instrument makers and manufactures."TUNEDAluminium Harp / Canna Sonora / Rub Rods,Bell Plates, Crotales, Desk Bells, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Parsifal Bell, Thai Gongs, Tubaphone, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone, XylophoneDRUMSBass Drums, Bombo, Bongos, Cajon, Concert Toms, Congas, Darabuka, Djembes, Djun Djuns, Epic Toms, Field Drums, Gran Cassa, Military Drums, Octobans, Roto Toms, Shimme Daiko, Snare Drums, Surdo, Talking Drums, Tama Gong Drum, Tenor Drums, Timbales, Taikos, TimpaniMETALSAnvils, Agogo Bells, Bell Plates, Bell Trees, Brake Drums, Chains, Cowbells, Cup Chimes, Cymbals, Dustbin, Echo Tree, Finger Cymbals, Frying Pans, Mark Tree, Oil Drum, Peking Opera Gongs, Piatti, Spiral Trash, Spring Coil, Tam Tams, Thundersheet, Trash Can, Triangles, Waterphone, Wind GongTOYSBerimbau, Cabassas, Castanets, Chinese Blocks, Claves, Flexatone, Guiros, Log Drums, Puilis, Ratchets, Shakers, Sleighbells, Tambourines, Temple Blocks, Udu, Vibraslap, Washboard, Whistles, Wind Chimes, Wood BlocksENDORSEMENTSAdams / Alliard / De Gregorio / Grover / Remo / Sabian / Tama / Expanding Hands Music / Mike Balter / Vater / Wernick Music Instruments / Protection Racket “Wow factor was supplied by Joby Burgess’ percussion, which exquisitely enhanced the music – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.” The Upcoming

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British percussionist Joby Burgess works as a soloist, chamber and session musician. Credits include Peter Gabriel, Gabriel Prokofiev, Max Richter, Pete Tong and Eric Whitacre. Projects include Powerplant, Import/Export, Pioneers of Percussion and Concerto for Bass Drum. Film scores include Rocketman, Mission Impossible, Black Panther and The Darkest Hour. Joby is featured on Spitfire Percussion.

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