Alex Roth
@alexrothmusic.com
Composer, guitarist, producer:
🎸 Cut The Sky
🎚️ MultiTraction Orchestra
🎛️ Supersigil
🎼 Music for dance/film/theatre
I also run multidisciplinary label @zylaworks.bsky.social
www.alexrothmusic.com
🎸 Cut The Sky
🎚️ MultiTraction Orchestra
🎛️ Supersigil
🎼 Music for dance/film/theatre
I also run multidisciplinary label @zylaworks.bsky.social
www.alexrothmusic.com
His work in the '50s–'60s introduced some seriously innovative guitar sounds that presaged punk, heavy metal and prog.
Resisting labels' attempts to "clean up" his sound, Wray turned his brother's chicken coop into a 3-track studio & spent the '70s experimenting on his own terms. Legend.
Resisting labels' attempts to "clean up" his sound, Wray turned his brother's chicken coop into a 3-track studio & spent the '70s experimenting on his own terms. Legend.
June 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
His work in the '50s–'60s introduced some seriously innovative guitar sounds that presaged punk, heavy metal and prog.
Resisting labels' attempts to "clean up" his sound, Wray turned his brother's chicken coop into a 3-track studio & spent the '70s experimenting on his own terms. Legend.
Resisting labels' attempts to "clean up" his sound, Wray turned his brother's chicken coop into a 3-track studio & spent the '70s experimenting on his own terms. Legend.
Moment of appreciation for Fred Lincoln Wray Jr.
Of Shawnee descent, he grew up in a mud hut dodging KKK.
Caught TB fighting in Korean War & lost a lung. No more singing so focused on gtr.
Went on to invent the power chord on his 1st hit "Rumble", which was banned for fear of inciting gang violence.
Of Shawnee descent, he grew up in a mud hut dodging KKK.
Caught TB fighting in Korean War & lost a lung. No more singing so focused on gtr.
Went on to invent the power chord on his 1st hit "Rumble", which was banned for fear of inciting gang violence.
June 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Moment of appreciation for Fred Lincoln Wray Jr.
Of Shawnee descent, he grew up in a mud hut dodging KKK.
Caught TB fighting in Korean War & lost a lung. No more singing so focused on gtr.
Went on to invent the power chord on his 1st hit "Rumble", which was banned for fear of inciting gang violence.
Of Shawnee descent, he grew up in a mud hut dodging KKK.
Caught TB fighting in Korean War & lost a lung. No more singing so focused on gtr.
Went on to invent the power chord on his 1st hit "Rumble", which was banned for fear of inciting gang violence.
Thank you 🙏
Most of the eruv was .8mm welding wire, which I stretched round trees by threading through holes in wooden blocks tied to trunks (so as not to harm the bark) (L). Then at strategic points I inserted guitar strings by crimping wire & string together with ferrules (R).
Most of the eruv was .8mm welding wire, which I stretched round trees by threading through holes in wooden blocks tied to trunks (so as not to harm the bark) (L). Then at strategic points I inserted guitar strings by crimping wire & string together with ferrules (R).
June 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thank you 🙏
Most of the eruv was .8mm welding wire, which I stretched round trees by threading through holes in wooden blocks tied to trunks (so as not to harm the bark) (L). Then at strategic points I inserted guitar strings by crimping wire & string together with ferrules (R).
Most of the eruv was .8mm welding wire, which I stretched round trees by threading through holes in wooden blocks tied to trunks (so as not to harm the bark) (L). Then at strategic points I inserted guitar strings by crimping wire & string together with ferrules (R).
Deep thanks to the Foundation for this invitation, and to the locals who participated in the project.
Photos by Alicja Szulc (the good ones) and me (the rest).
Photos by Alicja Szulc (the good ones) and me (the rest).
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Deep thanks to the Foundation for this invitation, and to the locals who participated in the project.
Photos by Alicja Szulc (the good ones) and me (the rest).
Photos by Alicja Szulc (the good ones) and me (the rest).
The sounds we recorded—barely audible to the naked ear, fragile, yet rich in overtones— will become the basis of a new composition which will feed into Fundacja Zapomniane's ongoing commemorative activities.
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The sounds we recorded—barely audible to the naked ear, fragile, yet rich in overtones— will become the basis of a new composition which will feed into Fundacja Zapomniane's ongoing commemorative activities.
Then I invited members of the local community to interact with the installation, recording sounds from the strings as they did so.
Thus the forest was transformed into a large-scale musical instrument—a resonator of history—& the eruv reimagined as an acoustic perimeter of remembrance.
Thus the forest was transformed into a large-scale musical instrument—a resonator of history—& the eruv reimagined as an acoustic perimeter of remembrance.
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Then I invited members of the local community to interact with the installation, recording sounds from the strings as they did so.
Thus the forest was transformed into a large-scale musical instrument—a resonator of history—& the eruv reimagined as an acoustic perimeter of remembrance.
Thus the forest was transformed into a large-scale musical instrument—a resonator of history—& the eruv reimagined as an acoustic perimeter of remembrance.
1st I built a symbolic 150-metre-long eruv around the 3 mass graves, using guitar strings (from my own guitar) & wire stretched between trees. Movingly, this was the first time the scale of the burial site had been made clearly visible.
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
1st I built a symbolic 150-metre-long eruv around the 3 mass graves, using guitar strings (from my own guitar) & wire stretched between trees. Movingly, this was the first time the scale of the burial site had been made clearly visible.
My latest attempt to answer this question responds to the requirement in Jewish law to mark the boundaries of graves (which in this case are otherwise invisible in the landscape), & the idea of an eruv—a symbolic enclosure that extends the sacred space of the home into the public realm on Shabbat.
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My latest attempt to answer this question responds to the requirement in Jewish law to mark the boundaries of graves (which in this case are otherwise invisible in the landscape), & the idea of an eruv—a symbolic enclosure that extends the sacred space of the home into the public realm on Shabbat.
How to engage with sites of trauma through sound?
I've been asking myself this since moving to Poland 7 years ago. And this week I had the honour of being invited to participate in a commemoration ceremony in the Chodówki Forest, where over 600 Jews were massacred & buried during the Holocaust.
I've been asking myself this since moving to Poland 7 years ago. And this week I had the honour of being invited to participate in a commemoration ceremony in the Chodówki Forest, where over 600 Jews were massacred & buried during the Holocaust.
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How to engage with sites of trauma through sound?
I've been asking myself this since moving to Poland 7 years ago. And this week I had the honour of being invited to participate in a commemoration ceremony in the Chodówki Forest, where over 600 Jews were massacred & buried during the Holocaust.
I've been asking myself this since moving to Poland 7 years ago. And this week I had the honour of being invited to participate in a commemoration ceremony in the Chodówki Forest, where over 600 Jews were massacred & buried during the Holocaust.
This unique new sound installation by Miyu Hosoi in partnership with @citiesandmemory.bsky.social uses sound to collect snapshots of places and times all over the world.
On the map pictured here, the little dot in Kraków represents my recording of the famous Hejnał Mariacki trumpet call.
On the map pictured here, the little dot in Kraków represents my recording of the famous Hejnał Mariacki trumpet call.
May 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This unique new sound installation by Miyu Hosoi in partnership with @citiesandmemory.bsky.social uses sound to collect snapshots of places and times all over the world.
On the map pictured here, the little dot in Kraków represents my recording of the famous Hejnał Mariacki trumpet call.
On the map pictured here, the little dot in Kraków represents my recording of the famous Hejnał Mariacki trumpet call.
Happy to have played a small part in this new exhibition at the Barbican.
Observatory Station is a global collaborative project that reflects on the relationship between sound & place, between reality & imagination.
Observatory Station is a global collaborative project that reflects on the relationship between sound & place, between reality & imagination.
May 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Happy to have played a small part in this new exhibition at the Barbican.
Observatory Station is a global collaborative project that reflects on the relationship between sound & place, between reality & imagination.
Observatory Station is a global collaborative project that reflects on the relationship between sound & place, between reality & imagination.
Hands up: who knew Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor recorded together?
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hands up: who knew Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor recorded together?
A couple of shots from Kasia Witek's performance The Peace Of Wild Things, which premièred at Laban Theatre, London, earlier this month.
Music by me in collaboration with @alicepurton.bsky.social (cello, voice), James Opstad & Caius Williams (double basses)
📸 Rocio Chacon
More info on my website.
Music by me in collaboration with @alicepurton.bsky.social (cello, voice), James Opstad & Caius Williams (double basses)
📸 Rocio Chacon
More info on my website.
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A couple of shots from Kasia Witek's performance The Peace Of Wild Things, which premièred at Laban Theatre, London, earlier this month.
Music by me in collaboration with @alicepurton.bsky.social (cello, voice), James Opstad & Caius Williams (double basses)
📸 Rocio Chacon
More info on my website.
Music by me in collaboration with @alicepurton.bsky.social (cello, voice), James Opstad & Caius Williams (double basses)
📸 Rocio Chacon
More info on my website.
Kasia Witek's latest dance performance, which I've scored, premieres this week at Laban Theatre in London, commissioned by Trinity Laban Dance Collective with new music I created in collaboration with double bassist Caius Williams:
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...
📸 from yday's tech rehearsal
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...
📸 from yday's tech rehearsal
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Kasia Witek's latest dance performance, which I've scored, premieres this week at Laban Theatre in London, commissioned by Trinity Laban Dance Collective with new music I created in collaboration with double bassist Caius Williams:
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...
📸 from yday's tech rehearsal
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...
📸 from yday's tech rehearsal
The music is accompanied by a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, which are available as A3 prints and include a download of the music—my first physical release in about a decade!
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The music is accompanied by a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, which are available as A3 prints and include a download of the music—my first physical release in about a decade!
Viscera has won awards at festivals around the world, including "Best Sound & Music" at Los Angeles' Experimental Film & Music Video Festival and "Best Dance Film" at Dreamers Of Dreams / New Renaissance Film Festival in London.
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Viscera has won awards at festivals around the world, including "Best Sound & Music" at Los Angeles' Experimental Film & Music Video Festival and "Best Dance Film" at Dreamers Of Dreams / New Renaissance Film Festival in London.
My debut film score builds on my experiences recording guitar on soundtracks for TV shows such as #BlackMirror
(composed by @jonopstad.bsky.social) and #SilentWitness (by Sheridan Tongue).
(composed by @jonopstad.bsky.social) and #SilentWitness (by Sheridan Tongue).
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My debut film score builds on my experiences recording guitar on soundtracks for TV shows such as #BlackMirror
(composed by @jonopstad.bsky.social) and #SilentWitness (by Sheridan Tongue).
(composed by @jonopstad.bsky.social) and #SilentWitness (by Sheridan Tongue).
Today I'm delighted to release my original score for Celina Liesegang & Arturo Bandinelli's experimental short film Viscera.
Set in an abandoned hotel on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, Viscera is a dance film exploring the relationship between time, memory & trauma.
Set in an abandoned hotel on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, Viscera is a dance film exploring the relationship between time, memory & trauma.
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Today I'm delighted to release my original score for Celina Liesegang & Arturo Bandinelli's experimental short film Viscera.
Set in an abandoned hotel on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, Viscera is a dance film exploring the relationship between time, memory & trauma.
Set in an abandoned hotel on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, Viscera is a dance film exploring the relationship between time, memory & trauma.
These photographs will be available as A3 prints which include a download of the music—my first physical release in about a decade!
RSVP for the listening party here:
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RSVP for the listening party here:
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March 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
These photographs will be available as A3 prints which include a download of the music—my first physical release in about a decade!
RSVP for the listening party here:
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RSVP for the listening party here:
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My new EP drops on Friday and I'm celebrating with a listening party. RSVP 🔗 below.
Viscera is my first film score 🎥
The release includes a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, created by using extremely long exposure times to capture entire scenes of the film in single images.
Viscera is my first film score 🎥
The release includes a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, created by using extremely long exposure times to capture entire scenes of the film in single images.
March 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
My new EP drops on Friday and I'm celebrating with a listening party. RSVP 🔗 below.
Viscera is my first film score 🎥
The release includes a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, created by using extremely long exposure times to capture entire scenes of the film in single images.
Viscera is my first film score 🎥
The release includes a specially commissioned series of photographs by MOAL, created by using extremely long exposure times to capture entire scenes of the film in single images.
#NowPlaying
Sunny Five – Candid
Somehow missed this release early last year, despite it featuring some of my favourite musicians on the planet. Such is the challenge of keeping up with an artist as prolific as Tim Berne. Great to hear him and Ducret playing together again!
Sunny Five – Candid
Somehow missed this release early last year, despite it featuring some of my favourite musicians on the planet. Such is the challenge of keeping up with an artist as prolific as Tim Berne. Great to hear him and Ducret playing together again!
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#NowPlaying
Sunny Five – Candid
Somehow missed this release early last year, despite it featuring some of my favourite musicians on the planet. Such is the challenge of keeping up with an artist as prolific as Tim Berne. Great to hear him and Ducret playing together again!
Sunny Five – Candid
Somehow missed this release early last year, despite it featuring some of my favourite musicians on the planet. Such is the challenge of keeping up with an artist as prolific as Tim Berne. Great to hear him and Ducret playing together again!
Billy Hart listening to the Coltrane track above in this lovely @nytimes.com profile by @darkforcesswing.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...
February 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Billy Hart listening to the Coltrane track above in this lovely @nytimes.com profile by @darkforcesswing.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...
#NowPlaying
Roberta Flack – First Take
Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" has always been my go-to version—at once tender and mighty.
I'd never heard this whole album though, and it's a classic. Thoughts below 🧵
Roberta Flack – First Take
Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" has always been my go-to version—at once tender and mighty.
I'd never heard this whole album though, and it's a classic. Thoughts below 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#NowPlaying
Roberta Flack – First Take
Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" has always been my go-to version—at once tender and mighty.
I'd never heard this whole album though, and it's a classic. Thoughts below 🧵
Roberta Flack – First Take
Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" has always been my go-to version—at once tender and mighty.
I'd never heard this whole album though, and it's a classic. Thoughts below 🧵
The extended pieces on Stil. were inspired by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto’s exquisite Seascapes. There is indeed something oceanic about Deupree’s music: overlapping loops mimic tides, creating rhythmic waves that seem regular on the surface but are in fact constantly evolving.
February 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The extended pieces on Stil. were inspired by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto’s exquisite Seascapes. There is indeed something oceanic about Deupree’s music: overlapping loops mimic tides, creating rhythmic waves that seem regular on the surface but are in fact constantly evolving.
#NowPlaying
Tonight's double bill:
Taylor Deupree – Stil. (2002) & Sti.ll (2024)
Glitchy ambient electronic music (Stil.) reimagined acoustically (Sti.ll), nudging it towards a post-minimalist contemporary classical soundworld.
Hypnotic listening.
Tonight's double bill:
Taylor Deupree – Stil. (2002) & Sti.ll (2024)
Glitchy ambient electronic music (Stil.) reimagined acoustically (Sti.ll), nudging it towards a post-minimalist contemporary classical soundworld.
Hypnotic listening.
February 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#NowPlaying
Tonight's double bill:
Taylor Deupree – Stil. (2002) & Sti.ll (2024)
Glitchy ambient electronic music (Stil.) reimagined acoustically (Sti.ll), nudging it towards a post-minimalist contemporary classical soundworld.
Hypnotic listening.
Tonight's double bill:
Taylor Deupree – Stil. (2002) & Sti.ll (2024)
Glitchy ambient electronic music (Stil.) reimagined acoustically (Sti.ll), nudging it towards a post-minimalist contemporary classical soundworld.
Hypnotic listening.