raven is the solo musical project of Peter Hollo, cellist in FourPlay String Quartet, Tangents, Black Aleph, and many other ensembles. Started as an outlet for experiments in electronic music in about 1997, raven continues to reflect his musical interests, which can be seen in some detail via his radio show Utility Fog.
Tools include cello, piano, found objects, looping and other fx pedals and laptop programming/processing.
raven releases are available on Bandcamp, and miscellaneous tracks can be found streaming on SoundCloud.
An archive of much older, mostly electronic tracks can be found in this post.
In addition to his bands, Peter is known for countless collaborations, including regular appearances live & recorded with Sophie Hutchings and Close to Forever, as well as:
- a live improvisation on the stage of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall with Lisa Gerrard (view on YouTube);
- a live solo accompaniment to an exclusive hallucinatory prose-poem by Grant Morrison, also in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall;
- live and recorded work with:
Oren Ambarchi, Exhibitionist, Setec, Manyfingers, X, Shoeb Ahmad, Ollie Bown, Deborah Conway, Funkenbubble/Kabel, Gerling, the Hinterlandt Arkestra, Karma County, Jimmy Little, Monsieur Camembert, Ollo, Part Timer, Paul Mac, Purdy, the Stiff Gins, Sub Bass Snarl, Holly Throsby, Tooth, Waikiki, The Whitlams…
raven resides and works on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Hi
I just wanted to say a big thank you for including me on your show last night.
Such a fantastic selection of sounds and artists
– and really like your delivery,
will certainly continue listening to future programmes
take care and stay well
Cheers
Ross
thanks !!