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“Sybarite5 is a standout among groovier new music ensembles. Its latest disc, Live from New York, is a diverse collection by some of the group’s favorite composers.”
“The deeply felt encore, an arrangement of Where Have All the Flowers Gone by Steve Metcalf, father of the group’s cellist, feels sadly fitting in June 2020” -Clive Paget, Musical America (June 2020)
“The inspiration for this album was born out of our love of our hometown of New York City, and our desire to get some of our favorite collaborative repertoire and latest new works out into the world to capture the energy of a live concert experience …” bassist Louis Levitt has this week told The Violin Channel.
Read More“[Sybarite5] knew in order to continue and to be able to grow they would need to do what yMusic did, approach composers they knew to compose music for them”
Read More“While each piece is executed with precision, the music's visceral punch calls to mind the excitement of a sweaty rock concert more than the refined formality of a chamber classical set.”
Read More“Throughout the impeccably engineered album, the two artists make magic with their honestly straight forward approach to the music.”
Read More“She’s a brilliant avant-garde composer…”
Read More“Released on the intrepid Bright Shiny Things label, Ex Machina is an eclectic mix of music for saxophone quartet, tightly performed and flawlessly recorded in generous, in-your-face sound…”
Read More“New York-based chamber quintet SybariteS's latest genre-bending album is irresistible”
Read More“These talented, technically astute, rhythmic and musical saxophonists shine throughout.”
Read More“There’s not a dull moment on an album brimming with the quintet’s trademark energy and drive.”
Read More"Virtuosic to the core, the DSQ executes all seven pieces with infectious energy and conviction, which makes the performances seem all the more definitive."
Read More“an extraordinary mash-up of what feels like Block’s addled memory of Bach, and a live phonographic collage. The effect is that of a bizarre aural kaleidoscope, where fragments of Bach’s suites are tessellated into bluegrass, eerie electronics, a jazz-funk drum machine, or gospel singing, as the ‘phonographer’, DJ-like, syncs speech and recordings into Block’s improvisations. “
Read More“The wonderfully monikered fivesome has emerged over the last 15 years as one of America’s hippest new music ensembles thanks to a series of smart commissions and eclectic recordings such as 2017’s uber-groovy Outliers. Their latest album showcases a host of new music for string quintet – in their case, a string quartet plus double bass – and proves that they’re just as good live.”
Read More“As one might expect, the resulting collage of sounds, words, and noises is by turns eerie, funny, disconcerting, and deeply beautiful. “
Read More“there’s a refreshing freedom and a sense of exploration in his beautiful playing here, a feeling of “let’s see where this goes” with delightful results.”
Read More“I've rarely heard the Suite No 6 Prelude's earthy lilt unfold to Block's supple degree”
Read More“Jessica Meyer - Ring Out In which supremely talented violist Meyer reveals herself as a delightfully varied, and emotionally connected, composer.”
Read More“Jessica Meyer is the violist in the new-music collective counter)induction, a New York group that includes a core ensemble for performances, non-playing composers who are on the roster and write for the ensemble, and musicians like Meyer, who both play and compose. Her collection, Ring Out (Bright Shiny Things) is a superb introductory sampler that touches on a variety of Meyer’s compositional concerns.”
Read More“When I began composing, I did not recognize at the time where this deep need to do so came from … I knew that I wrote music in response to events in my life, but I did not realize until recently that the process of becoming a composer was also the catalyst for growing into a new version of myself …” Jessica has told The Violin Channel."
Read More“The song takes on a different feel in this all-strings setting, but Block and company maintain the eerie, chilling vibe of Monroe’s recording by bringing the lonesome.”
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