SIGHTLINES: A New Music Party Mix for the End of the Decade
SIGHTLINES: A New Music Party Mix for the End of the Decade
BY NICHOLAS PERRY CLARK
“3) Meltdown Upshot: IV. True/False | Marcos Balter | Ensemble Dal Niente and Deerhoof | 2016 | 2’
Marcos Balter has become a leading voice in the American new music scene, frequently collaborating with the International Contemporary Ensemble and in this album, Chicago-based new music ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente. But Ensemble Dal Niente is not the only group featured on this album. San Francisco’s avant-rock group Deerhoof partnered with Ensemble Dal Niente to bring Balter’s diverse suite to life. With an ensemble of saxophone, horn, piano, harp, electric guitars, electric bass, mandolin, strings, and three female singers, each movement of Meltdown Upshot evokes a different genre, birthing his own indie classical sound. Second Inversion describes this movement as ‘organized mania’ and ‘a fast-paced, string-plucking homage to Philip Glass-style repetition.’”