Another Timbre is a record label, based in Sheffield and known for its releases of free improvisation, experimental and contemporary classical music. It was founded by television sound recordist Simon Reynell, who also engineers and produces most of the label's recordings.[1]
Many of the label's releases have received positive reviews in the UK and international press,[2][3][4] and it has been the subject of several published articles, profiling the label's distinctive aesthetic.[1][5][6] In addition to its release schedule, the label has organised concert events at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Cafe Oto, London,[7] and Reynell has occasionally commissioned composers to write new music for release and performance.[8]
The label's first release was Tempestuous by improvising musicians John Butcher, Xavier Charles & Axel Dörner (2007).[1][5] Reynell has stated that "most of the early releases [on Another Timbre] featured improvised music in the tradition of AMM and/or Derek Bailey's 'non-idiomatic' improvisation".[1] The label has gradually released more 'composed' music, especially experimental classical music influenced by John Cage[9] and Morton Feldman.