Unthunk is an identifier for Trevor Tunnacliffe's musical endeavours.
To hear, record or perform Unthunk material, get in touch. We're happy to provide high resolution audio files.
Unthunk merges chamber and popular music. The chamber music influence derives particularly from the modal polyphony of the Renaissance. Pop music characteristics include modern lyrics and instruments. With chamber music, the score captures the initial impulse, much as a screenplay does for a film. The performers provide feel and character, bringing the score to life, transforming the piece in the process. The popular music elements originate intuitively, from off the cuff sketches or improvisation. If you are musician who would like to be involved in Unthunk recording, we invite you to get in touch.
Voice
Guitars, ‘cello
Keyboards
Drums, percussion
Bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar. Various simple parts not otherwise credited. Trevor is also a lapsed viola da gamba player.
What does Rachel Carson have to do with Brazilian samba music? The new Unthunk project is inspired by the marine biologist Rachel Carson, and for obscure reasons, it seemed that some popular mid-century music could provide some appealing relief. So…
Giovanni Grandi of Frap.tools, the Eurorack musical instrument maker, interviewed Unthunk’s Trevor Tunnacliffe for a wide-ranging discussion including how Frap.tools specifically, and the modular synthesizer generally, is used in Unthunk recordings. The podcast is part of their Let’s Talk Music…
Excerpt of Altostratus from album: Oblong. Thanks to Lauri A. Kangas for use of the video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trevor Tunnacliffe (@unthunkmusic)
