Releases
Walking North (2023)
70-minute work with electronics
Meander Selection (2022)
A selection of John Lely's music played by Apartment House
Gordon MacKay & Mira Benjamin, violins
Anton Lukoszevieze, cello
Bridget Carey & Chihiro Ono, violas
Mark Knoop, piano
1 Doubles (2012) string quartet
2 Karnaugh Quartet (2020) string quartet
3 Pale Signal (2020) electronics, John Lely
4 Meander Section (2018) version for string quartet youtube
5 Nocturne (2017) piano
6 Stopping at the Sheer Edge Will Never Abolish Space (2020) version for violin, 2 violas & cello
7 for Philip (2013) piano
Orrery (2021)
Two versions of a long piano piece
Early to Late
Magnus Granberg - How Vain Are All Our Frail Delights? (2017) youtube
Jurg Frey - Late Silence (2017) youtube
Ensemble Grizzana:
Jurg Frey (clarinet)
Magnus Granberg (celesta, harmonica & stones)
Angharad Davies & Mira Benjamin (violins)
Anton Lukoszevieze (cello)
Dominic Lash (double bass)
John Lely (electronics, harmonica & stones)
Richard Craig (flute & electronics)
Philip Thomas (piano)
Simon Allen (dulcimer & glass harp)
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga (zither & electronics)
Recorded at Huddersfield University, November 2017
Another Timbre at121 (2018)
Seaside - John Tilbury, Dirar Kalash, John Lely, Christian Wolff
Compositions by Christian Wolff and John Lely, and improvisations played by
John Tilbury (clavichord), John Lely (electronics) and Dirar Kalash (oud)
Listen:
Biyar 'Adas (improvisation) youtube
John Lely 'Line with Accompaniment'(2016) youtube
Another Timbre at100 (2016)
Goldsmiths
A group improvisation and compositions by Sarah Hughes, John Lely and Jurg Frey played by Angharad Davies (violin), Rhodri Davies (electric harp, melodica), Michael Duch (double bass), Lina Lapelyte (violin, voice), John Lely (objects, electronics, melodica), John Tilbury (piano)
Another Timbre at92 (2015)
The Harmonics of Real Strings
Four realisations, one on each string of the cello, played by Anton Lukoszevieze
Recorded in Norwich, February 2014
Listen: youtube
Another Timbre at80 (2014)
Launch of the Red Bird (2005)
edition of 75 cds
The Yasser Collection
Works for microtonal trumpet played by Steve Altoft, includes Corona by John Lely
9!
Nathaniel Catchpole, tenor saxophone and elk calls
Jamie Coleman, trumpet
Alex James, piano
Ross Lambert, guitar, pocket trumpet and preparations
John Lely, piano
Sebastian Lexer, piano+
Marianthi Papalexandri, moving objects
Edwin (Eddie) Prevost, percussion
Seymour Wright, alto saxophone
Matchless Recordings MRCD54 (2003)
Seventh of May 2001
Recordings from 'Freedom of the City - festival of radical improvised musics', held at Conway Hall, London over 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th May 2001.
CD 1 features:
Bark! (Rex Caswell, Phillip Marks and Paul Obermayer)
Eddie Prevost solo
Charaoui/Lely/Wright
CD 2 features:
Eddie Prevost Trio (with Tom Chant and John Edwards)
Particles (Romuald Wadych, Sandy Kindness, Tim Goldie and Ross Lambert)
Wadych/Denis Dubovtsev
John Tilbury/Evan Parker
Matchless Recordings MRCD47 (2003)
396
Yann Charaoui, cymbals and table top samplers
John Lely, piano and prepared bal-bal tarang
Seymour Wright, alto saxophone
Matchless Recordings MRCD42 (2000)