It’s slow music and we don’t seem to be living in a slow music world at the moment. If I can get anyone to listen to the damn thing they’d be very rewarded!
His most ambitious project, the vast Babel construct […] involved 48 collaborators and took ten years to compose.
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“Roger Doylehas long been Ireland’s foremost exponent of musique concrète and experimental composition. His late ’70s / early ’80s work under the moniker Operating Theatre is somewhat legendary, with releases on Steven Stapleton’s United Dairies label. This astonishing set marks the culmination of his most ambitious work to date, recorded over a ten year span of time. The first 3 CDs alone are works of true genius that combine the finest elements of, say, Pierre Henry and Nurse With Wound.” — Othermusic Magazine (New York City, USA): February 16, 2000
“Roger Doyle ought to be canonized (declared a saint!) […] Those who have not heard this Babel collection have missed a whole lot in life. What drama! A lot of electroacoustic music composers are put to shame — they should all bow deeply for Roger Doyle. His music is warm, funny and richly elaborate — a gold mine!” — Gränslöst Magazine (Sweden)