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Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s life and musical impact explored in new film

“A vehicle for our newly appointed queer elder to connect with youth across the globe.”

Beverly Glenn-Copeland is the subject of a new documentary, titled Keyboard Fantasies, coming this October.

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Directed by Posy Dixon, the film charts Glenn-Copeland’s life, as well as focusing on his reaction to becoming more widely recognised following the late discovery of his Keyboard Fantasies album.

“The film provides a vehicle for our newly appointed queer elder to connect with youth across the globe. A timely lullaby to soothe those souls struggling to make sense of the world.”

Alongside Keyboard Fantasies, Multimedia artist Wu Tsang also recently worked with Glenn-Copeland to create an eighty-four-foot curtain sculpture and “film portrait” of the artist at the Guggenheim.

Keyboard Fantasies will hit cinemas on 29th October 2021.

Head here for more info.


Photo by: Nathan Bajar

Spells are turned into sound on new Séance Centre compilation

Featuring Beverly-Glenn Copeland, Félicia Atkinson, Tomoko Sauvage, Gavilán Rayna Russom, Museum Of No Art, and more.

Séance Centre has released a new compilation focusing on spells turned into sound, called Incantations.

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For the compilation, the label paired eight spell-scores created by visual and text-based artists with musicians to bring to life.

“The resulting sound works give voice to these evocative “texts”, residing in the liminal space between musical form and magical utterance,” explains the label.

Incantations features Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Félicia Atkinson, Yu Su, Tomoko Sauvage, Gavilán Rayna Russom, Andrew Zukerman, Dani Spinosa, and more.

Alongside the LP, the vinyl edition also includes eight spell cards.

As well as contributing to Incantations, Glenn-Copeland is also the subject of artist Wu Tsang’s “film portrait” and curtain sculpture, Anthem, which is currently on show at the Guggenheim.

Purchase a copy of Incantations here, and check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Tomoko Sauvage – Salt Spell (spell by Benjamin Kilchhofer)
2. Museum Of No Art – Textile Trance (spell by Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh)
3. Gavilán Rayna Russom – Shadows Cast By Moonlight (spell by Dani Spinosa)
4. Félicia Atkinson – Enter The Memory of a Crow (spell by David Horvitz)
5. C.R. Gillespie – Invitation To A Clog (spell by Andrew Zukerman)
6. Idris Rahman – incanti jazz score 1 (spell by bill bissett)
7. Scott Gailey – Ginger Soy Milk Pudding 姜撞豆奶 (spell by Yu Su)
8. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – a spell for the present moment (spell by adrienne maree brown)

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland announces new album, Transmissions

With new tracks alongside archival recordings. 

Beverly Glenn-Copeland is releasing a new career-spanning retrospective album, titled Transmissions, via Transgressive this September.

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Looking across Glenn-Copeland’s varied career, Transmissions includes early compositions, new tracks, live versions and songs from his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies.

Speaking about ‘River Dreams’, his first new track in 15 years, Glenn-Copeland explains, “I feel that music originates from the Universe itself, and it comes to me via something I call the UBS i.e. The Universal Broadcasting System. This song ‘River Dreams’ came to me through the UBS.”

Transmissions follows Transgressive’s reissue of Glenn-Copeland’s 2004 album Primal Prayer in 2019.

Head here to pre-order a copy in advance of Transmissions’ 25th September release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. La Vita
2. Ever New
3. Colour Of Anyhow (CBC q live version)
4. Deep River (live from Le Guess Who?)
5. Don’t Despair
6. Durocher
7. River Dreams
8. This Side Of Grace
9. Sunset Village
10. In the Image
11. A Little Talk
12. Montreal Main (A Buddha In The Palm)
13. Erzilli