Colin Riley
This is a selection of music videos, live concert videos and documentaries about my work from 2000 onwards.
Additional videos can be viewed on my Vimeo channel http://vimeo.com/user18095925
‘Riley is that rarest of birds, a genuine original.’ London Jazz Blog
‘Wry, understated and slightly bonkers’ The Guardian
‘Beautiful, clever and direct’ Classical Music Magazine
‘Tantalising new territory’ The Times
‘Has the hairs rising on the back of your neck.’ Birmingham Post
‘Something extraordinarily strange and beautiful.’ BBC Radio 1
‘He doffs his cap to the contemporary classical genre but also manages to stand alone in that genre as a unique indie voice.’ BBC
Colin Riley's music draws on a range of elements including new technologies, improvisation, song-writing and large-scale classical form. His work is difficult to categorize embodying a genuine integration of stylistic approaches.
Drift to Earth
Silence and Darkness Fall
Pale Lake of Autumn
Pale Lake of Autumn
Liquid Worlds of Sleep
Moment
Blue Butterfly
A Hundred Years From Now
Throbbing Air
In Gold
Empty Fields
Somewhere Else
Released Today - The Year Round
The Years Midnight
It Speaks Without Answer Vlog
Moving Music Trailer
Ludic Inventions
Winter Sunrise
Hive
Water Songs
Out of the Machinery
Pale Rain With Birds
Steel And Steam
Wind Clatter
Hearing Places extracts
Litanies for the Furness Fells
Quiet Flower (Colin Riley discusses his latest piece)
I Dance As I Rise
Most of My Day