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Posts by Sam Buttler
In just over a week, Canterbury Symphony Orchestra are playing my brand new piece, 'Moon Asks Sun To Dance'! Please come along if you can #newmusic #composer
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The first year end list is out now! The Top 10 Songs that aren't from albums on my top 10 list... Catchy title I know!
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3 months ago
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So something pretty monumental happened yesterday...
I PASSED MY PHD VIVA!!!! ππ
Thank you so much to Tonia Ko and Mark Bowden for being such brilliant examiners. Can't believe I've got this far, it feels unreal #phd #phdlife
5 months ago
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My brand new piece 'Who Has Seen', written at this year's Cheltenham Festival Composers Academy and performed by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social and George Parris is out now! They did such an incredible job and I can't wait for you all to hear it ππ
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Give it a listen, now out on SoundCloud and YouTube (links in bio). I'm super proud of this one!!
8 months ago
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Colours in the Sky is out now!!!! πππ Ever wondered what it would sound like if Vikings played Mario Kart? WONDER NO MORE!
Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!
8 months ago
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Guess who just submitted their PhD....
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Such a pleasure to present some of my PhD research at the KCL-UNC Graduate Music Conference! Thank you to everyone who came and listened to my talk and The Choir of King's College London and Joseph Fort's performance of 'Two Eagles and Empty Skies".
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Today's bread
Few things better than fresh bread in the morning
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Longest run ever... How people do full marathons is beyond me!
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The Vice Chancellor's comments on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning about the 'competition' between RWCMD and CU School of Music were ill-informed and simply wrong. The facilities, methodologies, learners, outcomes, opportunities and staff are different. That's okay. But they are NOT interchangeable.
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1. Mantras - Katie Pruitt
Stellar songwriting and themes, brought together by one of the best voices working in country music right now. For me, nothing came close, it's the best album of 2024.
Best tracks: White Lies, White Jesus and You, Blood Related
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2. The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch - Karen Jonas
This one really grew on me throughout the year, and the gut punch of the penultimate track kept hitting harder with each listen
Best tracks: Plastic Pink Flamingos, American Kitsch
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3. BRAT - Charli XCX
This is the album of 2024, nothing else had even close to this much impact. It also is absolutely fantastic
Best tracks: Girl, so confusing, Talk talk
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4. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Billie Eilish
The most consistent narratively of all of Billie's albums, and one with more call backs to her previous work. A listen that really grows on you.
Best tracks: THE DINER, L'AMOUR DE MA VIE
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5. Anniversary - @adeemtheartist.bsky.social
Tender and intimate, righteous and demanding change. This album has it all with a potent political message to boot
Best tracks: Nightmare, Wounded Astronaut
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6. GNX - @kendricklamar.bsky.social
A victory lap after the year Kendrick has had, with some of his most cutting lines and lushest production.
Best tracks: man at the garden, luther
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7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell
An honest and rootsy Americana album, with songs with a hefty amount of rollick to them. Great driving music
Best tracks: Fox Hunt, American Dreaming
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8. COWBOY CARTER - Beyonce
Once again proving why she is one of, if not the, greatest living entertainer, COWBOY CARTER is an odyssey through what country music means and what it could be
Best tracks: YA YA, II MOST WANTED
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9. What A Relief - Katie Gavin
If you like MUNA, but want a folkier twist on their songs, this is the album for you
Best tracks: The Baton, Casual Drug Use
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10. Stampede - Orville Peck
A duets album with a tonne of surprises and excellent guest features. Orville Peck once again proving that country music can be queer, fun, and alive
Best tracks: MientΓ©me, Papa Was a Rodeo
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And here we have it, my TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2024! There were some last minute cuts and albums that just didn't make it, but these were the projects that I kept going back to all year. Give them a listen, you might enjoy them!
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