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Cantaloupe Music's year-end roundup!
As we take a quick breather before the holiday madness sets in, we figured now might be a good time to take a look back on Cantaloupe Music's 2014 releases. From the deep Americana and folk influences of Julia Wolfe's Steel Hammer
to the epic undulations of John Luther Adams' Become Ocean, this has been an adventurous and trend-setting year for the label. If you need promos for any Best of the Year consideration, or just want to check out something you missed, get in touch with us today!
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Michael Gordon
Rushes
"...like the rippling patterns of the op art it calls to mind, Rushes is full of wonderful, illusory textural effects and little bursts of surprise." – SFGate
Composed for seven bassoons, Rushes takes its place alongside Michael Gordon’s Timber for expanding the boundaries of a single instrument’s repertoire into unknown (and at times, otherworldly) spaces.
Live excerpt from the world premiere
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Glenn Kotche
Adventureland
"[Kotche] roughens minimalism around the edges and speeds up its action, forcing the listener to adapt quickly to constant metrical changes." – Pitchfork
Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche embarks on his most kaleidoscopic ride yet, featuring Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird and Gamelan Galak Tika.
Watch the official trailer
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Julia Wolfe
Steel Hammer
"At its best, the music of Julia Wolfe is totally relentless, like a steam-powered drill boring a great hole right through the hard heart of a mountain." – Q2 Music
Inspired by Wolfe's love for the music and lore of Appalachia, Steel Hammer features Norway’s renowned Trio Mediaeval, and stretches the standard instrumentation of the Bang on a Can All-Stars with wooden bones, mountain dulcimer, banjo, clapping, clogging and much more.
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David Lang
love fail
"There is, if not perhaps a name, at least a commonplace description for this uncommon music: sublime beauty." – LA Times
A meditation on the timelessness of love, love fail weaves together details from the story of Tristan and Isolde with more modern sources, spotlighting the magical sound of the vocal quartet Anonymous 4.
Watch "Head, Heart" performed live
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John Luther Adams
Become Ocean
"Become Ocean is not only a description of the sea – it behaves like it, [submerging] the listener in a swirling, churning wash of sound." – New York Times
Performed by the Seattle Symphony under the baton of Ludovic Morlot, Become Ocean won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and has been described by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross as “...the loveliest apocalypse in musical history.”
Watch the official trailer
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Bobby Previte
Terminals
"True to form, Mr. Previte finds humor in juxtaposition, and works wonders with shifting texture." – New York Times
The four horsemen of So Percussion go toe-to-toe with some of the heavyweights of improvised music in Bobby Previte’s luminous masterpiece, featuring John Medeski, Nels Cline, Zeena Parkins and Greg Osby.
Watch Nels Cline recording Terminal 3
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Florent Ghys
Télévision
Florent Ghys presents an epic foray into classical forms, musique concrète, samples and sci-fi that warps the very edges of contemporary music. As Ghys himself describes it, “Télévision is about weather reports, digital music, plastic beauty, synesthesia and dance.” All 13 pieces were composed, played, recorded, filmed and mixed by Ghys.
Performing live on November 30 at Joe's Pub, NYC.
Watch the official video for "Teamwork"
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