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About Us |
At the start of 2000, the Inklein Quartet was formed to explore new musical avenues, creating an innovative style and blending music from different cultures into a vibrant and arresting sound. The British Council attended their first performance of Raga and immediately commisioned their Chinese and Brazilian music for a World Banking Seminar. The composer Steve Bentley-Klein, was reflecting on his time living in NY when the events of 9.11 inspired the 20 minute Brave New World Composition. The quartet's first album A Brave New World is a result of this. Composed entirely by Steve Bentley-Klein and released earlier in the year, the album comprises strongly contrasting musical styles embracing raga, be-bop, blues, classical, brazillian, chinese, funk and rock. In the Autumn of 2004, Kevin Leman, director of music at the Royal National Theatre, invited the Inklein Quartet to perform in 'Stuff Happens' and maintains that it is the first named quartet to work at the RNT for 26 years. We were thrilled to be involved with Nicholas Hytner's production of David Hare's political drama, in particular because of our strong links with Human Rights campaigns. As quoted in the New York Times, 'More than anything else in 'Stuff Happens', this music expresses the profound, enduring unease that the events shown onstage have inspired'. The second recording of the Inklein Quartet to be released is of Shostakovich's Eighth quartet as played in part in this production of 'Stuff Happens'. The Quartet has also featured on two Bentley-Klein soundtracks for Butterfly Man (2002)and Ghost of Mae Nak (2005). The Inklein Quartet is constantly in demand to collaborate with other artists. S B-K's legacy of orchestrating on 3 Morcheeba albums (especially 'BIG CALM') lead to Inklein recording the debut album 'They Died for Beauty' of Bristol based band ILYA (2002). In 2003 they appeared on OBI's "Diceman Lopez". They have also performed and recorded for several years with the virtuoso electric guitarist Uli Jon Roth including featuring on his spectacular 'Metamorphosis' which is based on Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In 2005 they returned to the National Theatre to work with SUPERTHRILLER in Nick Hytner's acclaimed production of Henry IV parts 1 & 2 starring Micheal Gambon.They recorded some cuts on swinging jazz singer Matthew Ford's album "The Mood I'm In" (Diving Duck Recordings) and also Skye Edward's (Atlantic Records) first solo album since leaving Morcheeba which is due for release early 2006. |
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