January 11, 2010 – 3:21 pm
CE’s rockstar horn player David Byrd-Marrow gives us some insight into what it’s like to prepare for the experience of playing Xenakis.
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by Steve Schick
I have had the great privilege to play the music of Iannis Xenakis many hundreds of times over the last 35 years. The collaboration with ICE on Palimpsest, Echange, Akanthos and Omega has been one of the most satisfying and exciting of any of those performances. The group is superb, dynamic and passionate. [...]
By Bruce Hodges
For many years the sole Xenakis I had on recording was Tetras by the Arditti String Quartet. Its hyperactive spasms completely captivated me; I had never heard a quartet like it. And in live performance, here and there some of the chamber music had crossed my path, like Okho (1989) for three djembes [...]
By Whit Bernard
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Also tagged Aïs, Anastenaria, Arditti, Bruce Hodges, Claire Chase, Erikhthon, glissando, heavy metal, Jack String Quartet, Monotonous Forest, Okho, Oresteia, Schotzko, Tetras, Troorkh
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Francisco Lopez, a giant in sound art and ambient music, is far from a typical Xenakis protege. His soundscapes evolve slowly and patiently, and he is as allergic to rhythm as he is to any other delimiter of musical time. But that didn’t stop him from creating a fascinating remix of one of Xenakis’ most [...]
By Whit Bernard
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Also tagged ambient, asphodel, contemporary music, francisco lopez, iran, metal, noise, persepolis, popular music, remix, shah
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March 25, 2009 – 11:58 am
Check out this eloquent preview of ICE’s upcoming concert with Steve Schick at Boston’s Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum. From Keith Powers, classical music critic for the Boston Herald:
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March 20, 2009
With high-octane superstars like Renee Fleming, Peter Serkin [...]
