Eric Honour's new recording Phantasm will be released July 26, 2011 on Ravello Records. The culmination of two years of work and touring, the release features eleven outstanding works for saxophone and computer.

Watch this space for updates on the release date, reviews, and information on how to order your own copy.

See below for track previews and a video of Honour performing Karlheinz Essl's Sequitur VII in Klosterneuburg, Austria.

In May 2008, Honour put out an international call for scores for saxophone and computer. After receiving more than 30 submissions from North and South America, Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East, he chose 11 extraordinary works.

The pieces and composers selected for this project:

Massimo Biasioni (Italy): Il Cortile di Charlie for alto saxophone and computer
Christopher Biggs (USA): Exterminate All the Brutes for alto saxophone and digital media
Lou Bunk (USA): Luna for alto saxophone and digital media
Luigi Ceccarelli (Italy): Neuromante for alto saxophone and digital media
William Coogan (USA): Fantasy for Saxophone for alto saxophone and computer
Zachary Crockett (USA): Fight to Flow Between for alto saxophone and computer
D. Edward Davis (USA): sugar baby for baritone saxophone and computer
Karlheinz Essl (Austria): Sequitur VII for alto saxophone and computer
Eric Honour (USA): Phantasm for alto saxophone and computer
Ed Martin (USA): Apparitions for alto saxophone and digital media
Scott McLaughlin (UK): Whitewater for baritone saxophone and computer

In 2009, Honour took this program of works on an extended tour:

9 March: University of Macedonia-Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
14 March: Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
17 March: Auditorum del Suffragio, Istituto Boccherini, Lucca, Italy
18 March: Conservatorio di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
20 March: St. Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England
26 March: Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, New York
28 March: Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire
1 April: Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, Oklahoma
2 April: SCI National Conference 2010, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
4 April: NASA Region IV Conference 2010, University of Missouri-Columbia
6 April: Grant Hall, University of Missouri-Kansas City
9 April: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
16 April: Intermedia Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
17 April: St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
19 April: Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
30 April: Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Bellingham, Washington
3 May: Hart Recital Hall, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri
22 October: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Here are some excerpts from the new release. Enjoy!

Luigi Ceccarelli (Italy), Neuromante for alto saxophone and digital media
Zachary Crockett (USA), Fight to Flow Between for alto saxophone and computer
Ed Martin (USA), Apparitions for alto saxophone and digital media
Scott McLaughlin (UK), Whitewater for baritone saxophone and computer
Eric Honour (USA), Phantasm for alto saxophone and computer

Performing Karlheinz Essl's Sequitur VII for alto saxophone and computer
14 March 2009: Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
(Video courtesy of Karlheinz Essl)