Anna Meredith is one of the UK's most in-demand composers of both electronic and acoustic music. Her music is widely performed around the world and she is a regular judge, guest and commentator on BBC Television and Radio 3 and 4.
Her most recently piece - HandsFree - a no-instruments piece for the National Youth Orchestra has been called "mesmerising" and "exhilarating" by The Times, "a tour de force" by the Guardian, "breathtaking" by the Huffington Post and "wicked" by the Independent and has been performed by the NYO throughout 2012 as part of the 20x12 Cultural Olympiad including a performance at the BBC Proms.
Alongside her acoustic commissions, Anna has also turned her focus to performing her eclectic electronic music with her band Horsebox and has performed as part of festivals such as Ether and Soundwave as well as broadcasts including the Lamacq show on 6Music and reviews on Pitchfork.
Anna has signed to Moshi Moshi Records who will be releasing her debut EP Black Prince Fury in October 2012.
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Press:
"Something unusual in the jaded landscape of new music"
The Guardian
"Meredith's music sounds like bang smash crunch - but she doesn't demand you treat it as the pronouncements of a guru. It's only sounds - enjoy it!"
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"dishy"
Sunday Mirror
"In the sedate classical world she’s a blast of fresh air"
The Times
"...thundering, post-industrial electronics {evoking} the harsher end of Hyperdub while demonstrating admirable chutzpah in her juxtaposition of pipe samples from Scotland and Morocco, complemented by projected images of horses shooting death rays from their eyes"
The Wire
