“Beyond the ever-shifting rhythmic crosscurrents that give the music its vigor and hypnotic intensity, ‘Timber’ also plays on tones unique to each plank…

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Timber (2009) 60'

six percussionists playing wooden simantras (2x4s) [all instruments amplified]

Club Guy and Roni, Slagwerk den Haag, Mantra Percussion, with support from The Nief Norf Project

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Bass Clarinet Music

Artist: Volker Hemken

Release Date: 2002

Label: iTunes

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Crash Ensemble premieres Dry at Kilkenny Festival

The fortieth annual Kilkenny Festival in Ireland presents the newest work by Michael Gordon, called Dry, written for and premiered by the Crash Ensemble.

Over the last 16 years, Crash Ensemble has established itself as a “a powerhouse of new music” (The Irish Times) renowned for commissioning, producing and performing the most adventurous and exciting works both from established international composers like Steve Reich and Kevin Volans and up-and-coming fresh talent…

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Clouded Yellow (2010) 10'

string quartet

For the Kronos Quartet by the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College. Additional project support was provided by the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.

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What Kind of Music Is This Anyway?

The New York Times, The Score

March 5, 2007

(…) I have always felt uncomfortable with the word “classical.” It sends an instant message to most people that you are involved in something other. And, vainly, I am very aware that classical music has the squarest image on the planet. A bigger problem is that my music is not what most people think of as classical music. It doesn’t sound like Mozart, it is not genteel, will not serve as pleasant background music at a dinner party, and it can not be used to sell a Mercedes…

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