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The Karamel Club hosted its first Classical/Contemporary night on 18th April 2012. Here is an excerpt from Rory Simmons' Glass Dancers, with the Fable Quartet, Rory Simmons on electronics and Pete Ibbetson on drums/percussion. Glass Dancers was inspired by the composer's interest in the more cinematic apporach to electronic music and production along with a passion for 20th century string writing. "I wanted to experiment with fusing these sounds, in a similar way to how Max De Wardener, Ben Frost and Nicolas Bernier have. But using the sonic approach of someone like Humcrush or David Torn" says the composer. "I was writing some string music while away on tour and at the same time, listening a lot to the David Torn album Prezens and the Tim Berne album The Sevens. But also my interest in more cinematic sounds like Max Richter and Jon Hopkins got me thinking about a totally different sound-world. Plus I liked the idea of producing something where I don't actually really play any instrument. Its been a really exciting project to complete - with the post production element being so integral. I'm hoping to transfer much of this sonic approach to the next album I make".