DAN
JOSEPH archaea
- Available from Mutable
Music - Three extended chamber works performed by the Dan
Joseph Ensemble: Tom Chiu (violin), Michael Lowenstern (clarnet),
Danny Tunick (percussion), Marija Ilic (harpsichord), Loren
Dempster (cello) and the composer on hammer dulcimer.
01...Percussion and Strings (2005), excerpt:
Percussion and Strings
02...Archaea Quartet (2001), excerpt:
Archaea Quartet
03...Lotus Quintet (2002), excerpt:
Lotus Quintet
Press Quotes:
"Archaea
is an intriguing contemporary minimalist album......a sophisticated
and beautifully performed personal expression......as vibrant
as Phillip Glass's early works: it is fresh, young, and perfectly
straddles that fine line of pop new music on which Glass,
Riley, Reich, Hassel, Eno, and others rode to fame in the
1960s and '70s......a great way to introduce new composition
to younger ears, and to lighten the soul of the jaded listener."
Musicworks
(Canada)
"I put this on an was transported.......The first reference
was the Penguin Café Orchestra – the sound, vibrancy,
joy and tempo. Then I realised that this was minimalism of
a high order........ A fabulous album."
Ampersand
(USA)
"Through and through, this is an outstanding release." GAZ-ETA
| recenzje (Poland)
"For Joseph, Archaea knocks one out of the park,
meeting Mutable Music’s worthy goal of releasing music
that will “engage the mind and the heart,” as
well as providing an example of everything that can go deliciously
right with minimalist work." Startling
Moniker (USA)
"I played this with curiosity and fell in love with this.
Especially the first two pieces, 'Percussion And Strings'
and 'Archaea Quartet' are great. It's an odd mixture of minimalism,
along Steve Reich's early seventies works (like 'Octet', but
then without any wind instruments), oriental (eastern Europe),
baroque and even mediaeval at times." Vital
Weekly (USA)
"What is clear to me in
Dan Joseph's pieces is how he tries different ideas of minimalism....the
performance by the group is brilliant, precise and fluent
at the same time. Especially the first two pieces show rewarding
and fresh ideas." Radioshow
"PSYCHE v/h FOLK." (Belgium)
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