BANDCAMP DAILY: The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2020
BANDCAMP DAILY: The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2020
BY PETER MARGASAK
“Composer Tristan Perich has long used one-bit audio—the most elemental manifestation of digital waveforms—as the building block of his music, but in recent years he’s expanded his electronic arsenal to generate contrapuntal depth from those tones, usually paired with conventional concert instruments. This monumental new work, conducted by percussionist Douglas Perkins, blends 50 one-bit devices with 50 violins for an orchestral grandeur marked by cycling post-minimal lines that soar and churn with a complexity and rigor that sometimes makes it hard to tell the difference between electronic and acoustic. The 10-section opus delivers a ravishing journey through lyric splendor and biting white noise.”