Hunter Coblentz and the new music from the 1066 Hz label

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Hunter Coblentz is a Canadian, United Kingdom-based composer whose work engages with acoustics, microtonality, and quiet, introspective sound worlds marked by restrained, layered sounds. He also manages the newly established record label 1066 Hz label where the number refers to the Battle of Hastings, the town where the label is based. Edwin Hillier is a British, London-based composer whose music explores acoustic and electronic timbre. David Zucchi is a Canadian, London-based sax player who performs classical, contemporary, experimental, and improvised music.

Music for Saxophone & Electronics features two extended compositions. The opening one, Hillier’s five-movement “Port Dundas: Traced Landscapes” (2024-25), reflects the composer’s memories from the area of Glasgow, north of the city center. Hillier taught