
John Luther Adams writes music that lacks any trace of human feeling. It is “process” music–cold, implacable, but often very beautiful in its way, as
So, these six percussionists are standing in a circle, and someone places in front of them six differently-sized wooden 2x4s. So what do they do?
Not unlike a boy named Sue, there is a string quartet named Ethel. This is its second solo CD. Cornelius Dufallo and Mary Rowell play
New York-based composer Julia Wolfe is one of the founders of Bang on a Can, so it’s not surprising to find a collection of her
What is Decasia? Don’t look to the CD insert for the answer, because the only thing you’ll get is a one-line explanation: “Decasia was conceived
The young, New York-based Cantaloupe Music (affiliated with the founders of Bang on a Can) is quickly building quite a discography. The catalogue traverses both
Do not let an hour long, unaccompanied microtonal Mass for the Dead scare you; there is nothing to fear here–quite the opposite. Philadelphia-based composer Toby
Bang on a Can attacks In C, the first piece of musical minimalism (born, according to the composer, “on a spring night in 1964”) with