NEW VIDEOS: Turtle Island Quartet

We’re excited to release two brand new videos with the Turtle Island Quartet, recorded here in our studios!

“Crossover” is a term that is thrown around a lot with genre-mixing music. TIQ violinist David Balakrishnan explained their take on “crossover” in a recent Seattle Times article.  It’s brilliant:

“Crossover is often associated with classical musicians trying to do something they don’t know how to do.  In our case, we were formed for the express purpose of doing what we’ve wanted to do since childhood: play improvised music and jazz using our classical training as string players. What we’ve ended up doing isn’t crossover, because how can you cross over when you’re already there?

Our request?  Keep on keepin’ on!

NEW VIDEO: Simple Measures plays Shostakovich

Simple Measures stopped by our studios for a combined session with the Turtle Island Quartet and shared a little Shostakovich with us, too!

Mark your calendars for Simple Measures’ 2015-16 season – they always put on a great show and balance the “old” and the “new” music brilliantly.

Be sure to check out our other in-studio and on-site videos!

NEW VIDEO AND CONCERT AUDIO: Deviant Septet

Our latest videos are hot off the press!  Deviant Septet was in Seattle recently for a spectacular performance on the TownMusic series at Town Hall and they stopped by our studios for some video fun:

In case you missed our live broadcast, here’s the audio from their March 25 performance!

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NEW VIDEOS: Jherek Bischoff and Scrape

Jherek Bischoff recently co-curated the Bang on a Can marathon here in Seattle.  Part of this epic, six-hour new music extravaganza included a collaboration between Jherek and the local string ensemble Scrape, who stopped by our studios for a video session of some awesome original tunes!

NEW VIDEOS: Ashley Bathgate from Bang on a Can All-Stars

What a treat!  Ashley Bathgate from the Bang on a Can All-Stars stopped by our studios before the epic Bang on a Can Marathon at The Moore.

Michael Gordon’s “Light is Calling” was originally written for violinist Todd Reynolds. It juxtaposes an acoustic sound against an electronic track with pulses that are actually being warped backwards. This piece is a response to what happened on September 11, 2001.

Of Jacob Cooper’s “Arches,” Ashley says this is almost like a modern-day prelude to a Bach suite. It’s very pure and simple in its form – a lot of arpeggios and oscillations between the strings. It could be played as an acoustic work, but Jacob designed a max patch that Ashley’s sound goes through, so it’s actually going through an interface into her computer. There’s a gradient delay effect that happens and the piece itself is many small arches within one large arch.  It’s a beautiful work and one of her favorite pieces to play.