Sid Peacock

“……the best new stuff I’ve heard in an age came from the Birmingham-based Irish composer Sid Peacock, whose young, 16-piece big band played inspiring, wildly creative music of avant-garde bite yet emotional weight. Premiering works written while Peacock was on a recent residency at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, the orchestra (two violins, marimba and congas added to reeds and minimal brass), handled the difficult idioms with great skill.



His witty titles – “Bronze Bling” (about the Olympics), “Pixel Rampage”, “Hallucinogenic Garden” – are pegs on which to hang intricately tesselated, complex cycles of competing motifs, as well as melodies that are both intellectually satisfying and funkily corporeal. You could mention Steve Reich, but this is actually enjoyable. Give Peacock an award, quick. The album is out this summer.” - Phil Johnson - Independent On Sunday.





You can learn a little of what I am up to here. www.sidpeacock.com .