Glenn Kotche: Drumkit Quartets

by So Percussion

Overview

An artful collection of nine pieces composed for drum kit(s) by Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, Drumkit Quartets explores sound and texture within the kit and beyond, including a recited haiku on the marimba-centric "Drumkit Quartet #51," featuring the voice of Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto, Brooklyn Funk Essentials). Performed with expected impeccable musicianship by boundary-pushing avant-garde four-piece So Percussion, Drumkit Quartets is Kotche's third excursion into the classical realm in less than year, following his recordings of John Luther Adams: Ilmaq and Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for a New Dark Age, the latter with Lorne Dune and Victoire. Here, the compositions not only explore rhythmic expectation, pitch, timbre, and solo versus unison, but also location, as performances are conspicuously choreographed in stereo. The recording was mixed for release in both stereo and 5.1 surround. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2016
Label:	Cantaloupe
UPC:	0713746311629
Rank:	226939

Tracks

1. Drumkit Quartet #51
2. Drumkit Quartet #1
3. Drumkit Quartet #3~Mvt 1
4. Drumkit Quartet #3~Mvt 2
5. Drumkit Quartet #3~Mvt 3
6. Drumkit Quartet #6
7. Drumkit Quartet #50
8. Drumkit Quartet #54
9. Drumkit Quartet #51 Chicago Realization

Album Credits

Performance Credits

So Percussion   Primary Artist,Ensemble

Technical Credits

Glenn Kotche   Mixing,Editing,Composer,Liner Notes
Michael Gordon   Executive Producer
Kenny Savelson   Executive Producer
Zoran Orlic   Photography
Julia Wolfe   Executive Producer
Pat Burns   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Mastering
Adam Cuthbert   Management
Bill Murphy   Label Manager
D.M. Stith   Design,Art Direction
David Lang   Executive Producer
So Percussion   Mixing,Editing