NPR MUSIC: The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
NPR MUSIC: The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
BY TOM HUIZENGA
“88. Roomful Of Teeth ‘Just Constellations No. 1, The Opening Constellation (Summer)’
Recorded in an enormous steel water tank dating from 1940, this opening piece, from a four-movement suite, takes great advantage of that spectacularly reverberant space. The music, by Michael Harrison, unfolds in blurry, swirling, echoing layers that produce massive "halos" of glowing sound. Let the music wash in and out, and you can hear what might have happened if Giovanni Palestrina was a fan of Tuvan throat singing.”