GVSU New Music Ensemble in C Remixed
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heidi
Nov 17, 2009, 2:13:52 PM11/17/09
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Hey Innova-philes,
GVSU's New Music Ensemble In C Remixed hits the streets today. The
release has already accrued critical appraise in Newsweek, The New
York Times, and Allmusic Guide, and was lauded by Terry Riley himself;
In C Remixed is the result of a huge labor of love...springing from a
desire to create something memorable and magical from the score of In
C.
The awesome young musicians from the Grand Valley State University New
Music Ensemble have teamed up with some of the most imaginative DJ's,
remixers and composers to realize not only one of the best In C
performances ever, but also some ‘alternate universe’ In C's that got
me smiling, beaming and sometimes amazed. A new revelational viewpoint
on a piece that has been turned every way but loose over the past 45
years. - Terry Riley
More about the release;
In C Remixed is the latest project from the Grand Valley State
University New Music Ensemble, the corn-fed young group from western
Michigan that brought you Innova’s 2007 best-seller, Steve Reich’s
Music for 18 Musicians. That release vaulted to #1 on the iTunes and
Amazon classical charts and spent eleven weeks on the Billboard
charts. WNYC’s John Schaefer called it “the story of the year in
classical music.”
Following in its own footsteps, the group has taken on another
Minimalist icon: Terry Riley’s In C from 1964, a work known as the
Rosetta Stone of the style, that opened up a new world where classical
and rock music could finally meet. Insistent, propulsive, and vastly
appealing, In C is based on a series of 53 interlocking phrases,
repeated any number of times, that merge to form a kaleidoscopic, ever-
changing tapestry of sound.
From the heady days of the 60s to the fastpaced 21st century
lifestyle, what has changed in the last 45 years? In C Remixed offers
18 answers to that question. The GVSU New Music Ensemble gave their
lively and incisive tracks (pristinely recorded by Silas Brown) to
some of the hottest artists around (some of whom weren’t even born
when the original was created) and told them to go to town. Pulitzer
Prize-winner David Lang, ambient/hip hop master DJ Spooky, cello
goddess Zoë Keating, crossover Wunderkind Nico Muhly, electronica
pioneer Jack Dangers, and many more took to their laptops and played
freely. From chill room ambiance to alternate-universe dancefloor
anthem, from the Left Coast to New York – In C retains the distinctive
energy and charm that has made it the Ground Zero of Minimalism for
decades. With its stirring performance and rocking remixes, In C
Remixed goes well beyond its modest white notes.
The composer-approved disc will be launched with a pre-release event
on November 8 at Le Poisson Rouge, New York’s sizzling new venue for
adventurous music.
Check it out!!
Best,
Heidi
GVSU's New Music Ensemble In C Remixed hits the streets today. The
release has already accrued critical appraise in Newsweek, The New
York Times, and Allmusic Guide, and was lauded by Terry Riley himself;
In C Remixed is the result of a huge labor of love...springing from a
desire to create something memorable and magical from the score of In
C.
The awesome young musicians from the Grand Valley State University New
Music Ensemble have teamed up with some of the most imaginative DJ's,
remixers and composers to realize not only one of the best In C
performances ever, but also some ‘alternate universe’ In C's that got
me smiling, beaming and sometimes amazed. A new revelational viewpoint
on a piece that has been turned every way but loose over the past 45
years. - Terry Riley
More about the release;
In C Remixed is the latest project from the Grand Valley State
University New Music Ensemble, the corn-fed young group from western
Michigan that brought you Innova’s 2007 best-seller, Steve Reich’s
Music for 18 Musicians. That release vaulted to #1 on the iTunes and
Amazon classical charts and spent eleven weeks on the Billboard
charts. WNYC’s John Schaefer called it “the story of the year in
classical music.”
Following in its own footsteps, the group has taken on another
Minimalist icon: Terry Riley’s In C from 1964, a work known as the
Rosetta Stone of the style, that opened up a new world where classical
and rock music could finally meet. Insistent, propulsive, and vastly
appealing, In C is based on a series of 53 interlocking phrases,
repeated any number of times, that merge to form a kaleidoscopic, ever-
changing tapestry of sound.
From the heady days of the 60s to the fastpaced 21st century
lifestyle, what has changed in the last 45 years? In C Remixed offers
18 answers to that question. The GVSU New Music Ensemble gave their
lively and incisive tracks (pristinely recorded by Silas Brown) to
some of the hottest artists around (some of whom weren’t even born
when the original was created) and told them to go to town. Pulitzer
Prize-winner David Lang, ambient/hip hop master DJ Spooky, cello
goddess Zoë Keating, crossover Wunderkind Nico Muhly, electronica
pioneer Jack Dangers, and many more took to their laptops and played
freely. From chill room ambiance to alternate-universe dancefloor
anthem, from the Left Coast to New York – In C retains the distinctive
energy and charm that has made it the Ground Zero of Minimalism for
decades. With its stirring performance and rocking remixes, In C
Remixed goes well beyond its modest white notes.
The composer-approved disc will be launched with a pre-release event
on November 8 at Le Poisson Rouge, New York’s sizzling new venue for
adventurous music.
Check it out!!
Best,
Heidi
Richard Mitnick
Nov 17, 2009, 10:54:28 PM11/17/09
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Hey- Thanks for the notice.
I bought the album in .mp3 at Amazon. Terrific effort from a terrific
group. I am glad that they are on Innova.
Amazon users take note: Amazon is royally screwing up the genres. They
called this one "Dance DJ", same as they called Barry Schrader's work.
They also screwed up Nadia Sirota's "First Things First" (New
Amsterdam). I went after them and wrote this whole thing up in my
weblog, "Whither Public Radio and serious music", http://richardmitnick.wordpress.com
. The entry is dated October 23, 2009.
>>RSM
I bought the album in .mp3 at Amazon. Terrific effort from a terrific
group. I am glad that they are on Innova.
Amazon users take note: Amazon is royally screwing up the genres. They
called this one "Dance DJ", same as they called Barry Schrader's work.
They also screwed up Nadia Sirota's "First Things First" (New
Amsterdam). I went after them and wrote this whole thing up in my
weblog, "Whither Public Radio and serious music", http://richardmitnick.wordpress.com
. The entry is dated October 23, 2009.
>>RSM
Richard Mitnick
Nov 20, 2009, 6:27:04 PM11/20/09
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I bought this delightful rfendition in .mp3 at Amazon, where they had
the genre at "DJ Dance". Gotta love Amazon and their prices; but, kepp
your eye on them especially with New Music.
the genre at "DJ Dance". Gotta love Amazon and their prices; but, kepp
your eye on them especially with New Music.
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