| Glass Farm Ensemble / In Four |
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| Album: | In Four | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Glass Farm Ensemble | Added: | 04/2008 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-08-17 | Pull Date: | 2008-10-19 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | 19 Oct | 28 Sep | 21 Sep | 31 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 21, 2011: | Music Casserole Louis Andriesson: Hout | 4. | Jan 01, 2009: | Music Casserole Louis Andriesson: Hout | |
| 2. | Apr 29, 2011: | gilt Louis Andriesson: Hout | 5. | Oct 17, 2008: | Memory Select: Tom Djll's "Mockracy" Peter Herbert: Deafening Silence [excerpt] | |
| 3. | Oct 24, 2009: | Music Casserole Louis Andriesson: Hout | 6. | Sep 26, 2008: | Memory Select Elizabeth Hoffman: Holonyms |
| Album Review |
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| Red West Reviewed 2008-08-01 | ||
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Interesting mix of contemporary pieces, all on the dissonant/prog side to varying degrees. Played by a quartet who apparently appreciate a challenge. This ensemble formed in 2000 NYC, this is their first CD, and the liner notes are written by the composers of the pieces within. +1. Mid-fast angular, minimal, playful even (as much as something so clearly influenced by 80s Phillip Glass can be playful). Fun to listen to. Cool “reverb”- the sax plays a series, which is echoed by piano, marimba, etc. Middle is a little trippy. 10-minute-length could be maddening for some. Way cool with headphones! 2. Generally slow with a few “trills”, short. Use for an atonal, mostly chill, interlude. 3. Anxiously running up and down the scale, meanders with a valium, then rushes again. +4.out-there jazzy avant-classical. Questioning, slightly anxious +5.Prog, wide changes in speed/volume, nice piano in parts, lots of extended techniques. 6.too squeaky & dissonant for me, though the “train” at around t-5:10 is cool 7.Anthemic, rocky/proggy, could imagine it being a cover of a popular tune (but it isn’t). Abrasive. Complex rhythms in the middle. | ||
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