Nico Muhly - Drones

Drones

Nico Muhly

CD Album 14 tracks £10.00

Description

Nico Muhly - Drones

I started writing the Drones pieces as a method of developing harmonic ideas over a static structure. The idea is something not unlike singing along with one’s vacuum cleaner, or with the subtle but constant humming found in most dwelling-places. We surround ourselves with constant noise, and the Drones pieces are an attempt to honor these drones and stylize them. -Nico Muhly

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Drones consists of the Nico Muhly’s three EP’s Drones & Piano, Drones & Viola and Drones & Violin, with a special bonus composition. Performing the pieces are Bruce Brubaker, Nadia Sirota and Pekka Kuusisto along with Muhly himself. Drones was recorded and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson in the Greenhouse studios in Iceland.

Reviews

These are drones with an intellect. -The Atlantic

...expressive, enchanting, moving skein. -The Telegraph

...a lilting, sometimes arch set of modern classical composition – by no means intimidating to neophytes, and encoded with delightful little motifs. -FACT Magazine

... the bedrock of these pieces becomes highly charged; stuck within a confined space they so desperately want to break free of. -Drowned In Sound

...the results are captivating and continue to strengthen the case for Nico Muhly as one of the world’s consistently brilliant young composers. -Boomkat

Tracklisting

CD Album (HVALUR16CD)
  1. Drones & Piano: Part I
  2. Drones & Piano: Part II
  3. Drones & Piano: Part III (The 8th Tune)
  4. Drones & Piano: Part IV
  5. Drones & Piano: Part V
  6. Drones & Viola: Part I Material in D
  7. Drones & Viola: Part II Material in a Handsome Stack
  8. Drones & Viola: Part III Material with no Tricks
  9. Drones & Viola: Part IV Material in a Long Cadence
  10. Drones & Violin: Part I Material in Eb
  11. Drones & Violin: Part II Material in Sevenths
  12. Drones & Violin: Part III Material in Two Keys
  13. Drones & Violin: Part IV Material with Shifting Drones
  14. Drones in Large Cycles