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James Weeks

@jamesweeks.bsky.social

composer - conductor - human

230 Followers  |  175 Following  |  25 Posts  |  Joined: 28.11.2024  |  2.288

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The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

22.09.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5715    πŸ” 1510    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 89

Damn right. Well said all round.

22.09.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

at least one of them's looking forward to it

17.09.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
James Weeks: Blue Hours - Sound Scotland

Very excited for this early-morning premiere with the incredible GBSR Duo in Aberdeen next month! sound-scotland.co.uk/event/james-...

05.09.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weeks with and without voices: Frey, Gombert JΓΌrg Frey: Voices

"The impersonal gains profundity when it engages with the listeners to reflect upon themselves." Exaudi sing JΓΌrg Frey and Apartment House play Gombert. Isn't that supposed to be the other way around? www.cookylamoo.com/boringlikead...

01.09.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Ben, appreciate your attention to these and for giving me a few things to think about too!

01.09.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank-you!

27.08.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

glad you like it! thanks for supporting it - couldn't have made it without you...

28.07.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks SeΓ‘n! amazing music this

22.06.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voices, by JΓΌrg Frey 9 track album

Some nice stuff on around the house this past week part VII

Pure beauty β„… @juergfrey.bsky.social @jamesweeks.bsky.social & Exaudi…

neurecordsbcn.bandcamp.com/album/voices

21.06.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2025 Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

Good and profound review about VOICES, EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and James Weeks.
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2025.
Thank you Peter Margasak
daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

17.05.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I've heard he does a mean rumba.

01.05.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Opening paragraph from the Leipziger Argus, 1752.

01.05.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

so pleased it arrived promptly. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for supporting!!

13.04.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Stephen!

10.04.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JΓΌrg Frey: Voices – EXAUDI Release Date: 2025 Label: Neu Records EXAUDI makes the first recording of Swiss composer JΓΌrg Frey's intimate and shimmering vocal music.

Absolutely, a big box of them here. If you order one through the EXAUDI website I'll get the order. Or email me! www.exaudi.org.uk/product/jurg...

07.04.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always a good day when the albums arrive. Especially when they're as smart as this! Now for the pleasant task of sending them out to our many project supporters. If you want one, there will be plenty left... www.exaudi.org.uk/product/jurg...

07.04.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Neu Records | Voices Neu Records is an independent label devoted to recording contemporary music in surround and 3D formats.

Listening to JΓΌrg Frey's 'VOICES', beautifully performed by the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble. (I got HD 24/96 files from my pledge). I am so happy that this long-awaited album is finally coming out on NEU RECORDS.
www.neurecords.com/voices/

11.03.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.neurecords.com/voices/
JΓΌrg Frey: Voices.
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, James Weeks
NEU RECORDS.
I am very pleased to present a new CD here. More than 10 years of inspiring cooperation with EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and James Weeks has resulted in this wonderful CD.

28.03.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

thanks SeΓ‘n. It's remarkable stuff. Hope all is well!

28.03.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voices, by JΓΌrg Frey 9 track album

EXAUDI's JΓΌrg Frey album, VOICES, is out today on Neu Records. The music is entirely stunning and devastatingly beautiful! Listen now: neurecordsbcn.bandcamp.com/album/voices. Buy a copy direct from EXAUDI: www.exaudi.org.uk/albums/ (Please don't just go to Spotify etc...)

28.03.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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GBSR Duo and EXAUDI will premiere Linda Catlin Smith’s β€˜The Lighthouse’ at Wigmore Hall on Saturday!

[EXAUDI photo credit: Jon Cartwright; GBSR photo credit: Dejan Mrdja]
@wigmore-hall.org.uk
whatsnew.composersedition.com/gbsr-exaudi-...

18.02.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and I was one of them. Thank-you!

18.02.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm running a Come-and-sing/play workshop in Elvet Methodist Church in Durham on Saturday 1st March (10am-12pm), called 'Meadow'. It should be really fun, for those wanting something a little different...
pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...

17.02.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hear hear, and nice to see my workplace pictured (albeit the article is less sunny)...

11.02.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quite a free rendition, numerous chords altered. but haunting.

06.02.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

reductionism in practice

06.02.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, January 2025 Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

Go G O M B E R T!

06.02.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to all those who came out for both performances of Hello Halo @kingsplace.bsky.social. It’s the 1st time in my career that I felt like to actually achieved what I set out to do. This couldn’t have happened without the wonderful @Jamesweeks & EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble. Now for Liverpool today!

03.02.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

indeed!

04.02.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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