| Apart from the opening trio
performance of the dirge-scape "LPM," this startling project features an
adventurous sextet that combines five Canadian electronic artists with violist
Laura Wilcox. Ranging from the fierce percussive impressionism of "Stonehenge"
to the delicate lyrical miniature "Caspin's Arrival," this enthralling ensemble
explores rich variations in Jim Montgomery's "Last Man Standing" that alternate
between soaring dynamics and spacier interludes, as fascinating sequential
exchanges evolve between samples, percussion and solo viola. This ensemble is a
wonderful example of how contemporary electronic music can recombine
traditional forms into fresh creative idioms at the cutting edge. |
