Anna Meredith
A genre-bending composer and performer, Anna Meredith first came to prominence within the classical world before branching out into electronica and, as a Moshi Moshi recording artist, with a compositional blend of rhythmically driven electronic music and ethereal avant-pop. In 2004, while in her mid-twenties, she became a composer in residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Work for the BBC and various elite media events followed over the next several years. After issuing a pair of EPs, Meredith released her full-length indie electronic debut, Varmints, in 2016, and her first film score, Eighth Grade, hit theaters in 2018. She was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to music in 2019.
Born in London in 1978, Anna Meredith moved to Edinburgh with her family when she was just two. At school, she took up the clarinet and percussion and, later, composition. Meredith studied at Napier University and earned a degree in music from the University of York, going on to earn a master's degree at the prestigious Royal College of Music. A position as composer in residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra followed in 2004, and she became the PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA, a post she held until 2007. It was during this period that she composed numerous pieces for the BBC alongside her breakout work "Froms," which was broadcast to 40 million households on the BBC's 2008 Proms. This success landed her a spot as Goldie's mentor on documentary series Classic Goldie, and she was nominated for the 2009 Times Breakthrough Award before winning the 2010 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers.
Along with her acoustic classical work and forays into body percussion (2012's "HandsFree"), Meredith started working on more eclectic electronic music and sharing concert bills with the likes of James Blake and These New Puritans. Her off-kilter, irreverent sonics found a home on the label Moshi Moshi, which issued her debut EP, Black Prince Fury, in December 2012. Her sophomore EP, Jet Black Raider, was released the following year, matching her electronic stylings with more traditional instrumentation. Meredith's fusion of electronic and classical continued to develop on her 2016 debut album, Varmints, which opened with her standout 2012 single "Nautilus." The album received significant critical acclaim, winning the Scottish Album of the Year Award for 2016.
Around this time, Meredith turned her hand to a variety of other media. After reworking Vivaldi's Four Seasons for the 2016 project Anno, she spent 2017 creating installations for Manchester International Festival and the Barbican Centre. 2018 saw her compose her first film score, for Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, in addition to opening the Proms with "Five Telegrams," a piece reflecting the centenary of the end of World War I. In early 2019, she became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Meredith's sophomore album, FIBS, was released in October of the same year.
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Diskografie
24 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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The End We Start From (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 19.01.2024
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Nuc (Deluxe)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mercury Classics am 14.04.2023
QobuzissimeVerfügbar in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Bumps Per Minute (18 Studies for Dodgems)
Electronic - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 15.07.2021
Verfügbar in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Tuesday (Original Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei A24 Music am 16.07.2024
Verfügbar in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Anna Meredith: Nautilus
Dalia Stasevska, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anna Meredith
Klassik - Erschienen bei Platoon am 08.03.2024
Verfügbar in24-Bit/192 kHz Stereo -
ANNO: Four Seasons by Anna Meredith & Antonio Vivaldi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 17.08.2018
Verfügbar in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Calion
Electronic - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 14.01.2018
Verfügbar in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
The End We Start From (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 19.01.2024
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Nuc (Deluxe)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mercury Classics am 14.04.2023
QobuzissimeVerfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
FIBS
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 25.10.2019
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Jet Black Raider EP
Electronic - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 18.08.2013
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Black Prince Fury EP
Electronic - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 14.10.2012
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Eighth Grade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Columbia am 13.07.2018
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Paramour
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 10.07.2019
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
VapourIsED (LoneLady Remix)
Electronic - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi am 14.11.2016
Verfügbar in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Low Light - Ice
Klassik - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 13.06.2018
Verfügbar in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Anno / Four Seasons: Stoop (Spring)
Anna Meredith, Jonathan Morton
Klassik - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 03.07.2018
Verfügbar in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Little World (From "The End We Start From" Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 08.12.2023
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Waterfall (From "The End We Start From" Soundtrack)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Decca (UMO) am 05.01.2024
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
moonmoons
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Moshi Moshi Records am 22.08.2019
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo