Syrinx

Syrinx Reissue release RVNG Intl released 3 remastered albums by the Canadian trio, Syrinx, under the title  “Tumblers From the Vault”. RVNG Intl. is a Brooklyn-based company.  “RVNG seeks to appease collector fandom with extravagant packaging and to remind hopeful audiophile generations of the sonic spectacle that transforms the surrounding airspace when needle presses vinyl. Of course, we’re not total curmudgeons, our catalogue is (almost)…

Intersystems

Intersystems “Intersystems” was the early collaboration of Michael Hayden, installation artist, Blake Parker, poet, John Mills-Cockell, the sound artist/composer, and the architectural designer, Dik Zander.  A three album set of Intersystem work has been reissued by Alga Marghen and is being distributed by Forced Exposure  Recalling Intersystems There’s really no way to put into words what…

Do you hear the rushing river?

Composer John Mills-Cockell unveils his most intimate work with Kestrel Music’s release of the new compact disc Do You Hear The Rushing River? Creating a luminous body of instrumental music that is seductive, magical and full of emotion, this influential, style-setting, contemporary composer proves that poetry can be written without words. This collection of music, haunting and…

Concerto of Deliverance

Monart Pon, a longtime follower of my work, hoped that I might be the composer to fulfill his long time dream of realizing musically a utopian vision of deliverance, an uplifting, joyful brilliance that was referenced in the novel Atlas Shrugged.  According to Monart, the Concerto is what he would have created if he were a composer. His commission provided the…

Music for Heaven

Music For Heaven came about when sculptor Michael Hayden was commissioned to create a permanent piece for The Gallery Of Modern Art in Glasgow, UK in 1994. It is installed in a space between a newly constructed wing of the gallery and the old building. Michael calls this an “inside-outside” sculpture. The space is four storeys…