Music released on TUSK, Wormhole World and TQN-aut labels.

 

Gary Wilkinsons' pieces ALCOHOL FUELLED VIOLENCE FIXED ODDS BETTING TERMINALS, CANNABIS FARMS, WIND FARMS and CAGE FIGHTS have received support from the Arts Council.

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ALCOHOL FUELLED VIOLENCE deals with Asperger syndrome, epilepsy, violence in socially deprived areas, NHS surgery, loss and atonement. It describes the events surrounding the assault and subsequent death of the artist’s brother Lee Wilkinson.

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CAGE FIGHTS uses cutups of Brahms and Holst to create Chicago juke house and flashcore rhythms that portray the visceral violence of cage Fighting.

 

FIXED ODDS BETTING TERMINALS have been described as the crack cocaine of gambling using only piano to reflect the isolation of the individual and the single player nature of the central theme and the piece combines Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Albéniz to portray a world where vaulting and cascading rhythms meet with shadowy intent. 

 

A number of the pieces have been performed in Newcastle, Manchester, Bradford and Holy Island.

 

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“Great night listening to Gary Wilkinson’s beautiful Alcohol Fuelled Violence. Absolutely gripping!”

Mary Wilson, Choral Manager, Royal Northern Sinfonia

 

“Wilkinson is adept at applying the tragic and ennobling quality of orchestral music to his subject.”
God Is In The TV -
The Independent Music & Culture and Webzine. 

 

“Serious messages and serious music. Sonic wonder."

Narc magazine 

 

“Moving, strident and deeply affecting”

The Crack magazine