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Andrew Poppy is an eclectic, post-modern artist whose music has been compared to Cabaret Voltaire and Philip Glass, Kraftwerk and Cage, Underworld and Adams. Always mixing it up and moving between the studio and the concert hall, treading a path between downtempo electronica and the minimalist classical works for orchestra that shot him to notoriety almost 20 years ago. One of the UK’s leading contemporary composers, Poppy arrived at ZTT in 1984 having studied under John Cage and founded the avant-garde collective The Lost Jockey (Les Disques du Crépuscule/Operation Twilight). He went on to successfully straddle two worlds: orchestral compositions on one hand; left field pop collaborations (Psychic TV, Coil, Nitzer Ebb) on the other. The BBC Concert Orchestra recently played Poppy alongside Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman and John Tavener at the Festival Hall.
“…and the Shuffle of Things” is Poppy’s first new release since 2000s electronic Time At Rest Devouring Its Secret which The Wire described as “Bewitching, beautifully crafted and hightly addictive”. Inspired by Francis Bacon’s thoughts about the creative impulse and the urge to collect things”
“…and the Shuffle of Things” brings together new compositions, improvisations and songs without singing. Rebels in Control designed the CD packaging in response to Poppy's description of its music: "A homage to the grid." The album is released on 27 October 2008. A specially created performance with videos by Julia Bardsley will be presented at London's Chelsea Theatre on Friday 24 October 2008.